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Air Purifiers Can Prevent Respiratory Problems, Suggest Doctors

April 10, 2016 SrijitaAir, Can, Doctors, Prevent, Problems, Purifiers, Respiratory, Suggest

Installation of air purifiers can be an easy way to prevent respiratory problems caused by indoor air pollution, doctors say. According to health experts, air purifiers are becoming more reliable for people in metro cities because pollutants released indoors are 1,000 times more likely to reach the lungs than pollutants released outdoors. More than 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution, and India and China together account for 55 percent of these deaths, a new research has found. “Air pollution has come…

How Brushing Your Teeth Twice a Day Can Revitalise Your Heart

April 8, 2016 Srijitaa, Brushing, Can, Day, Heart, How, Revitalise, Teeth, Twice, Your

What have brushing and cleaning your teeth to do with your heart? A lot, say health experts, suggesting that taking care of your teeth and gums will not only help keep oral hygiene or make you smile better but also save your heart from various heart diseases. Gum disease can be a reason for heart disease because bacteria from infected gums can dislodge, enter the bloodstream, attach to blood vessels and increase clot formation. “Swelling caused by gum disease may also trigger clot formation. Clots decrease blood flow to the…

A Diet Full of Fruits in Adolescence Can Fight Breast Cancer Risk

April 8, 2016 Srijitaa, Adolescence, Breast, Can, Cancer, Diet:, Fight, Fruits, Full, In, of, Risk

Experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found that girls who eat more high-fibre foods during adolescence – especially lots of fruits and vegetables – may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fibre when young, According to their research, for each additional 10 grams of fibre intake daily – for example, about one apple and two slices of whole wheat bread, or about half a cup each of cooked kidney beans and cooked cauliflower or squash – during early adulthood, breast…

FBI Says More Time Needed to Know if iPhone Can Be Unlocked

March 30, 2016 Srijitabe, Can, FBI, if, iPhone, Know, More, Needed, Says, Time, to, Unlocked

It will take at least two weeks to know whether an alternate method will unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, the head of the FBI’s Los Angeles office said Tuesday, adding that federal investigators think they have “a good shot.” Government officials were asked to file a status report in court about the alternate method by April 5 because that’s how long they think it will take to know if the method will unlock the phone without compromising the data it contains, said David…

Academic Stress Can Trigger ADHD in Kids

March 8, 2016 SrijitaAcademic, ADHD, Can, In, Kids, Stress, Trigger

A new study suggests that the increasing academic stress on younger children is likely to be the reason behind the high prevalence of attention-deficit disorder. Researchers from the University of Miami in the US hypothesized that increased academic standards since the 1970s have contributed to the rise in diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From time spent studying to enrollment rates in pre-primary programmes, everything had increased, and not surprisingly, in the past 40 years also saw ADHD diagnoses double, the study revealed. The results showed that from 1981 to…