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Sharing bed with Parents causes no harm to Kid’s Intellectual and Social Development
Study says that there is no point of worry in bed sharing with your kids as it does not have any bad impact on their mental and social development. Parents are the foundations of any house and know what is best for their children and if they are bed sharing with them, it will not leave any impact on their children. Bed sharing is not a common trend in America and it is not recommended until the... More »
Over 1,000 Cows fed on nuclear-contaminated feed are being shipped in Japan
According to a report by Kyodo news agency, Over thousand beef cattle which ate feed contaminated with radioactive cesium are being shipped all over Japan from Fukushima and other regions thus adding worry after the world’s worst nuclear disaster after 25 years. The report arrived a day after Tokyo planned to suspend all the shipments of beef cattle from areas around Fukushima after it foun... More »
United States pediatrician feels child obesity as a major issue of concern
Boston pediatrician David Ludwig who is the center of media fire recently is now thinking to set the record on his idea of sate to intervene in the major cases of child obesity. Ludwig and Lindsey Murtagh at Harvard School of Public Health prompted a criticism with an opinion piece in a US medical journal on a significant topic of what should be done with youngsters who are highly obese. The... More »
Polls said, Most of the US population want ban on smoking
According to a Gallup poll, majority of the Americans want a ban on smoking in all public places but merely 19 percent want cigarette smoking should be made illegal in United States. In the Princeton, New Jersey based pollster of telephonic survey from July 7 to 10, for the first time it was seen that 59 percent of the Americans support public ban on smoking. The scenario was entirely differe... More »
Samsung study disagrees to have correlation between semiconductor plant and cancer
According to a study conducted by Samsung Electronics, claims that employees are being exposed to carcinogenic chemicals at the company’s plant have been rejected. This is because many former employees of the word’s top memory chipmaker suffering from cancer ask for the compensation for their illness. On the contrary, the South Korean firm said it favors giving financial assistance for some... More »
Curbing Global Funds to China: a Blunder
The head of UNAIDS on Monday said that it will be a blunder to cut donations to China for AIDS. He announced this spurning the critics who said the world’s second largest economy should not any longer receive of funds for AIDS. In China several non government organizations that are involved in fighting against AIDS are facing severe lack of funds coming from developed nations because of the c... More »
US proposes flexibility for health insurance exchanges
The US government has proposed a framework with greater flexibility for health insurance exchanges. This will give more flexibility to the exchanges as to how and when these are set up. A deadline was announced by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. It is a sliding deadline and by the deadline the states are required to set up the exchanges. It allows them to a conditional approval i... More »
Europe Bans Seed Import from Egypt over E. Coli Epidemic
In Europe food safety investigators have found that a single shipment of fenugreek seeds from Egypt was the reason of the outbreak of E. Coli which caused the lives of 49 people. After this revelation Europe has banned the import of some seeds and beans from Egypt. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that beyond France and Germany many other European countries may have received seeds with... More »
People In Thailand Infected By Parasites
In northeast Thailand, health experts have decided to screen people for fluke warms. This is being done to detect the initial signs of bile duct cancer and this disease is linked to eating uncooked freshwater fish. Tiny parasitic worms live in the rivers in northeast Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Koreas and China. These worms enter into the human body when sea food is consumed without cook... More »
Evergreen Produce Sprouts Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in 5 US states
In US health experts are advising people not to consume Evergeen Produce branded alfalfa or spicy sprouts. This was the result of an investigation conducted which showed a possible link of the product to salmonella outbreak in US. Five states have been affected by this in US. This outbreak of salmonella in US is not linked to E. Coli outbreak in Europe. This infection due to Salmonella Enteriti... More »
