Bottling up negativity can lead to ill health

November 2nd, 2009 SYDNEY - An increased waistline is not only bad for your health but can lead to decreased bedroom activity, according to researchers. Im exploring the effects of being overweight or obese on sexual relationships, both the frequency of, and intensity of sexual activity, Frances Quirk, a professor at James Cook University said.

October 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exposure to lead in early childhood impairs performance on reading tests among minority and low-income children, according to a new study. The analysis showed that children already at the low end of the test-score curve were more greatly affected by lead exposure - the greater the exposure, the greater the impact on their scores.

October 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that exposure to lead in early childhood might affect kids' performance in school. The research team from Duke University and North Carolina Central University showed that exposure to lead contributes to lower performances on end-of-grade (EOG) reading tests among minority and low-income children.

October 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Doctors have warned heavy drinkers against alcohol abuse that can lead to the "pickled walnut" effect. Dr Mark Daglish, Director of Addiction Psychiatry at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), explained excessive alcohol could lead to serious brain damage and may cause memory deficits.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Don't reprimand your son for sobbing over a problem he is facing or tick him off for "behaving like a sissy". It would only make him bottle up his emotions and lead to serious implications on his overall well being.

October 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - Scientists in Denmark have found a powerful new technique to rid soil of toxic heavy metals faster and more efficiently than current methods. Our aim was to speed up the established process for removing metals like lead and cadmium from soil using electrokinetic methods to protect community health and safety, says Lisbeth Ottossen of the Technical University of Denmark, who led the study.

October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists claim to have identified a crack in the armor of a common microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other diseases. They have identified a group of substances that block a key chemical pathway that the bacteria need for survival, which could lead to more effective antibiotics to fight these hard-to-treat microbes Lead researcher Javier Sancho revealed that Helicobacter pylori (H.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Children who are the most popular and powerful at school tend to go on to enjoy better health as adults, a new study suggests. The study, which was based on a 30-year follow-up of more than 14,000 children born in Sweden in 1953, has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

September 27th, 2009 XIAMEN - More than 120 children have fallen ill due to lead poisoning in southeast China's Fujian province, authorities said. Of the 287 children aged under 14 tested in Longyan city, 120 were found to have excessive levels of lead in their blood.

September 26th, 2009 Lead poisons 121 children in eastern ChinaBEIJING — Medical tests have shown at least 121 children living near a battery plant in eastern China are suffering from lead poisoning, the latest in a recent string of such cases that have affected hundreds. Two medical agencies tested 287 children younger than 14 years of age for lead poisoning and found 121 of them had excessive levels of lead in their blood, the government of Shanghang county in Fujian province said in a statement late Saturday.

September 17th, 2009 Identified amnesia patient doesn't know who he isSEATTLE — It was seven weeks ago that Edward Lighthart walked out of a Seattle park with no idea of who he was and how he got there, the apparent victim of a bizarre case of amnesia. He says some memories have since been slowly trickling back, including slight recollections of living in China and Europe.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston have discovered a protein that appears to play a crucial role in development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The protein called osteopontin (OPN) could lead to a novel approach to the treatment of a devastating lung disease.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Studies have linked exposure to environmental lead with cardiovascular diseases. However, they have looked at lead concentrations in blood, not bone, which is a better indicator of cumulative lead exposure, says a new study.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men with high levels of lead in bones are six times more likely to die from heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Michigan School of Public Health found that bone lead was associated with a higher risk of death from all causes, particularly from cardiovascular disease.

August 31st, 2009 China faces 3rd case of kids' mass lead poisoningBEIJING — Two hundred children are suffering from lead poisoning in southwest China, the country's third such case of mass sickening in the past month, an official newspaper said Monday. Parents in Tongdu, a township in Yunnan province's capital of Kunming, blamed the poisoning on a nearby industrial park while local environmental officials attributed it to vehicle exhaust, the China Daily reported.