Health tips:news- Gestures help child learn to talk

LONDON: An advice for parents - gestures like waving arms and making funny faces can help your tiny tot learn to talk fast, a new study has suggested.
An international team has carried out the study and found that boys and girls whose parents gesticulate a lot have bigger vocabularies when they start school, according to a new report in the 'Science' journal.
Researchers claimed that simple gestures from nodding and shaking of the head to indicate yes and no, to flapping of the arms to indicate flying, could make all the difference - when it comes to teaching kids to talk.
"For example, in response to a child's point at a doll a mother might say 'yes, that's a doll', thus providing a word for the object that is the focus of the child's attention," the researchers said. They have based their findings on an analysis of the actions and gestures used by 50 toddlers and their parents as they played together.
All the boys and girls, aged around 14 months, used an average of 21 different gestures and 13 different words. Their parents used 40 different gestures and more than 350 different words in the experiment.

Health tips news: India, China to top dementia cases by 2020

CHENNAI: India would be among the top five nations that would have to face by 2020 the problem of increasing number of aged people suffering from
dementia, a disease relating to mental deterioration of organic or functional origin, T S Srinivasan Charitable Trust Chairman Venu Srinivasan said on Saturday.
In his address at the 25th T S Srinivasan Endowment Oration, he said that dementia was clearly linked with aging. "It is estimated that by 2020 the top five nations with elderly populations will face the problem with China and India topping the list", he added.
He said according to Alzheimer's disease International (ADI) there were 24 million people with Dementia worldwide. "While Dementia has received much attention in developed world, few recognize that an epidemic of dementia looms over developing nations like India", he claimed.
He said until now the care of the elder in India had traditionally remained with the extended family. "However, important sociological changes pervade urban India today, with nucleus families becoming the norm, and consequent isolation of the elderly", he added.
C Morris, Professor of Neurology, Washington University, said in US alone five million people were affected by dementia and it would double in 2025. "The disease is likely to grow in lesser developed countries including India", he added.

Health tips News: Fresh fruits trigger food poisoning

LONDON: Beware of fresh fruits and vegetables - they can trigger food poisoning outbreaks, latest research shows. A review co-authored by several experts has highlighted the fact that fresh fruits and vegetables are increasingly recognised as a source of food poisoning outbreaks in many parts of the world. Recent outbreaks in Europe have revealed new and unexplained links between some bacteria and viruses that cause food poisoning and imported baby corn, lettuce, and even raspberries. Similarly, in the US, outbreaks of E Coli infections have been linked to bagged baby spinach, and salmonella to peppers, imported cantaloupe melons and tomatoes as well.
"This research confirms that raw fruit and vegetables can cause food poisoning. Raw fruit and vegetables out of season... are transported many thousands of miles from growing areas, and outbreaks can affect many widely dispersed countries simultaneously," said Norman Noah, professor and editor-in-chief of Epidemiology and Infection, which published the study.

Health tips News: Myths > sugar and health

Replacing sugar with other sources of carbohydrates does not necessarily make you lose weight, according to a scientific review study.
Busting such misconceptions about the impact of sugars on health, the study observes that what appears more important is the total amount of energy intake, the energy density of the foods and the quality of the diet.
The evidence shows that added sugars do not necessarily compromise a person's intake of micronutrients. The "micronutrient dilution" myth that eating added sugars dilutes the nutrient density of a person's diet appears mostly due to misreporting and methodological constraints.
Finally, although sugar consumption has traditionally been associated with poor dental health, the experts pointed to the importance of the frequency, more than the amount, of consumption of all sugars and fermentable carbohydrates.
The combined impact of many dietary and lifestyle factors such as physical activity, excessive calorie intake and weight gain, and their interactions, have to be taken into account.
Obesity and low physical activity are causally related to the development of insulin resistance and its progression towards type 2 diabetes.
There is convincing evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCT) that weight loss and moderate physical activity are beneficial in improving insulin sensitivity and preventing type 2 diabetes, said a Comité Européen des Fabricants de Sucre (CEFS) release. CEFS represents all European sugar manufacturers and refiners among European Institutions.

Health Tips News: Passive smoking to Dementia

Passive smoking appears to significantly raise a person's risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive problems, British and U.S. researchers said on Friday.
Their report published in the British Medical Journal found a 44 per cent increased risk for people exposed to high levels of second-hand smoke, and is the first large-scale study to show the association between the two.
"Our results suggest that inhaling other people's smoke may damage the brain, impair cognitive functions such as memory, and make dementia more likely," David Llewellyn of Britain's University of Cambridge, who led the study, said in a statement.
Research has tied passive smoking to a range of conditions including lung cancer and heart disease. More than half of children worldwide are exposed to second-hand smoke in their homes, according to the World Health Organization.
Previous studies have also identified smoking as something that increases the chances of dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment but it was not as clear whether the same held true for second-hand smoke. Llewellyn and colleagues examined saliva samples from nearly 5,000 non-smoking adults over the age of 50 using data from three separate British health surveys.
Then they tested the saliva for cotinine -- a product of nicotine found in saliva for about 25 hours after exposure to second-hand smoke - to measure exposure to cigarettes. Tests aimed at gauging brain function such as verbal memory and keeping track of time showed an association between exposure to second-hand smoke and cognitive impairment.
One possible explanation is that exposure to second-hand smoke increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, conditions known to boost the odds of dementia and other cognitive problems, the researchers said. "Given the ongoing international policy debate on exposure to second-hand smoke, this is a topic of major public health significance," the researchers wrote.
Source: TimesofIndia news paper

Addiction Tips

Addiction:

Definition

Addiction is a dependence on a behavior or substance that a person is powerless to stop.

The term has been partially replaced by the worddependence for substance abuse. Addiction has been extended, however, to include mood-altering behaviors or activities. Some researchers speak of two types of addictions: substance addictions (for example, alcoholism, drug abuse, and smoking); and process addictions (for example, gambling, spending, shopping, eating, and sexual activity). There is a growing recognition that many addicts, such as polydrug abusers, are addicted to more than one substance or process.

Health Tips

These Health tips and tricks can help you maintain your health, speed up your morning routine, or pamper yourself in new ways. Find out hear Fashion tips, Beauty tips and Sex tricks how to look good without all the hassle and get help when choosing your Health care products.