Tag: health risk
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Eating more beef increases health risks
Eating more beef increases health risks
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Skipping breakfast can affect your immune system
Skipping breakfast can affect your immune system
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Children and adults suffering from vitamin D deficiency
Generally, most of the population of the country suffers from vitamin D deficiency at some level or the other. However, if a pregnant woman has this deficiency, then the child will also be born with vitamin D deficiency, doctors have warned. People who are less exposed to sunlight after birth and children or adults who…
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Unintentional weight loss is a warning to see a doctor
Compared with participants who did not lose weight, recent weight loss was associated with a significantly increased risk of several types of cancer, including cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas), hematological (including non) included. -Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma and leukemia), colorectal and lung cancer. However, recent weight loss…
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PM is in favor of zero tolerance against wrong treatment, negligence: Health Minister
PM is in favor of zero tolerance against wrong treatment, negligence: Health Minister
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Air pollution: Dhaka tops 11 out of 17 days in February
Experts said digging of roads, construction of infrastructure without following rules, movement of unfit vehicles, burning of garbage, irregular sprinkling of water on roads, black smoke from brick kilns etc. are responsible for air pollution in Dhaka. Professor Kamruzzaman said that every day in Dhaka city, garbage is burnt at an average of 50 places…
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Pregnant women should avoid ultra-processed, fast foods
According to researchers, ultra-processed foods are mostly made of substances extracted from foods such as oil, sugar and starch, but they have been altered so much by processing and the addition of chemicals and preservatives to enhance their appearance or shelf life. Researchers said that they are difficult to identify from their original form. These…
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Delhi’s children are facing serious consequences of smog
“About 30-40 per cent of the total attendance is mainly due to respiratory diseases,” he said. Pulmonologist Dhingra said the only advice he can give to parents is to restrict their children’s outdoor activities as much as possible. “Imagine telling a parent not to let the child go out and play in this toxic environment.”…
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New study shows link between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease
“Using cutting-edge geospatial analytical techniques, we were able to confirm, for the first time, a strong nationwide association between incident Parkinson’s disease and fine particulate matter in the US” The study also found that the association between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease is not the same in every part of the country, and varies in…
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20-25 minutes of physical activity daily can reduce the risk of death caused by prolonged sitting.
For example, an extra 10 minutes a day was associated with a 15 percent lower risk of death among those who spent fewer than 10.5 sedentary hours, and a 35 percent lower risk among those who spent more than 10.5 sedentary hours each day. Light-intensity physical activity was associated with a reduced risk of death…
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Exposure to air pollution may increase risk of stroke
Short-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of stroke, according to a meta-analysis. Short-term risk was defined as occurring within five days after stroke. The study was published in the Medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology “Previous research has established an association between long-term exposure to air pollution and an increased…
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Unhealthy symptoms linked to early heart attack and stroke
Metabolic syndrome is believed to affect up to 31 percent of people worldwide. Previous research has shown that people who have metabolic syndrome have a higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and early death. In this study, the association between asymptomatic metabolic syndrome in midlife and cardiovascular disease and death up to three decades…
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Does playing football increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease?
Michael L. Alsoko is associate professor of neurology at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. The researchers also emphasized that they compared soccer players to another group of athletes, which is a notable strength of the study. Furthermore, the majority of participants only played tackle football at an amateur level, which is…
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Contaminated cough syrup from India kills children
The agency said the manufacturer and marketer have not given guarantees to the WHO on the safety and quality of the product. The WHO lists the “toxic effects” of the syrup as “abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, inability to urinate, headache, altered mental status and acute kidney injury” that can lead to death. According to a…
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Excess sugar intake increases the risk of kidney stones
Yin et al. analyzed epidemiological data on 28,303 adult women and men collected between 2007 and 2018 within the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Participants self-reported if they had a history of kidney stones. Each participant’s daily intake of added sugars was estimated from their recall of their most recent food and…