Archive for the Category ‘Health’

Depression link to processed food

Depression link to processed food

Brian Godfrey: “I gradually got rid of foods that were causing the problem”

Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.
What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.
Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged [...]

Egg screening ‘ups IVF success’

Egg screening ‘ups IVF success’

 
A screening technique can double the chance of IVF success, giving hope to tens of thousands of women struggling to have children, say experts.
Doctors at an annual US fertility meeting heard for the second year running of the merits of a test that screens embryos for genetic faults.
So far more than 20 babies have been [...]

The Danger of Smoking

The Danger of Smoking

Seriously now, all guys over here, you know that Smoking is “Haram” in the law of Islam, and so is Alcohol. Let’s talk serious stuff right over here! First, a smoke rehabilitation centre can be built to help people to quit smoking, that will greatly reduce the number of smokers.
Besides that, smoking can really reduce [...]

Muslim Coalition to Host D.C. Hearing on Health Care Reform

Muslim Coalition to Host D.C. Hearing on Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Tuesday, September 15, the
American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of
major national Islamic organizations, will host a Capitol Hill citizens’
hearing on mobilizing Muslim support for health care reform.

DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

PLACE: Rayburn Building, Room 2203, Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.

TIME: 10 AM-1 PM (Social [...]

Genes blamed for early first sex

Genes blamed for early first sex

The fact that children raised in homes without a dad have sex earlier is down to their genes, say US researchers.
The study tested for genetic influences as well as factors such as poverty, educational opportunities and religion.
The more genes the children shared, the more similar their ages of first intercourse regardless of whether they had [...]

Hope for Brain Injury Repair

Hope for Brain Injury Repair

An injectable hydrogel could aid recovery from brain injury by helping stimulate tissue growth at the site of the wound, researchers say.
Research on rats suggests the gel, made from synthetic and natural sources, may spur growth of stem cells in the brain.
The gel has been developed by Dr Ning Zhang at Clemson University, South Carolina, [...]

Smokers cancer genetics unravelled

Smokers cancer genetics unravelled

The genetics underpinning a smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer have been further unpicked by UK scientists.
Three areas of DNA were found to be linked with lung cancer risk in smokers – two of them influencing the type of cancer which develops.
It supports previous studies which have suggested a family link, even after taking smoking [...]

Smoking: A Social Poison

Smoking: A Social Poison

By Muhammad al-Jibaly
Introduction
Discovery Of Tobacco
Tobacco was discovered by the Spanish sailors on the American shores at about 1500 CE (900 AH). [...]

Malaria parasites ‘resist drugs’

Malaria parasites ‘resist drugs’

Malaria parasites ‘resist drugs’

International scientists say they have found the first evidence of resistance to the world’s most effective drug for treating malaria.
They say the trend in western Cambodia has to be urgently contained because full-blown resistance would be a global health catastrophe.
Drugs are taking longer to clear blood of malaria parasites than [...]

Somalia: Seeking Alternatives to Charcoal in Somaliland

Somalia: Seeking Alternatives to Charcoal in Somaliland

Insufficient cheaper alternatives and a large former refugee population are fuelling tree-felling and dependence on charcoal in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, adversely affecting the environment, say analysts.
Most urban households use charcoal for everyday cooking. “We use a sack of charcoal every four days because our family is large,” said Zahra Omar, a mother of [...]