E-cigarettes Potentially As Harmful As Tobacco

With many smokers switching to electronic cigarettes, hoping they would be less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, a new study has affirmed that e-cigarettes are potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes.

Using a new testing device, researchers from the University of Connecticut in the United States, U.S., found that e-cigarettes with a nicotine- based liquid could damage DNA as much as unfiltered cigarettes.

The findings which are published in the journal ‘ACS Sensors’, also found that cellular mutations caused by DNA damage can lead to cancer. An electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that creates an aerosol by heating a liquid.

The user then inhales the aerosol. Using e-cigarettes is sometimes called vaping.

The new testing device also discovered the vapour from non-nicotine ecigarettes caused as much DNA damage as filtered cigarettes, probably due to the numerous chemical additives in the vapours.

According to study’s lead author, Karteek Kadimisetty, the amount of DNA damage e-cigarettes cause depends on the amount of vapour the user inhales, the other additives present, whether nicotine or non-nicotine liquid is used, and other factors.

However, to explore whether or not the chemicals in e-cigarettes could damage DNA, the researchers used a device they developed that can quickly detect DNA damage. T he ‘newsmax’ reported that the device uses micropumps to push liquid samples across multiple “microwells” embedded in a small carbon chip.

The wells are pre-loaded with reactive human metabolic enzymes and DNA. As the samples drop into the wells, new metabolites that have the potential to cause DNA damage are formed.

Kadimisetty said that by converting chemicals into their metabolites during testing, it replicates what happens in the human body.

Reactions between the metabolites and the DNA generate light that is photographed, and within five minutes, researchers can see how much DNA damage is done to a sample. “Some people use ecigarettes heavily because they think there is no harm,

“We wanted to see exactly what might be happening to DNA,” he said.

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Fertilo Woman: The Effective Herbal Solution For Female Fertility

Infertility is one ailment that has brought pains and sorrows to many homes and families. And when it comes to women, the issue of infertility can be quite traumatizing because orthodox medicine does not have real cure for it. Infertility has to do with the hormones and the only real remedy lies with natural, herbal medicine that are organic in nature and thous easily absorbed into the body hormonal systems.

 

Fertilo Woman is a rich herbal supplement that helps women to get pregnant. Fertilo Woman helps to balance the hormones, helps women to ovulate well and supports implantation.

 

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Fertilo Woman Capsule is a medicine that is used for the treatment of Painful menstrual periods with back pain, Inflammation, Smooth muscle relaxation, Vasodilation, Tumors, Development and maintenance of female sex characteristics and other conditions. 

 

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• Painful menstrual periods with back pain
• Inflammation
• Smooth muscle relaxation
• Vasodilation
• Tumors
• Development and maintenance of female sex characteristics
• Improvement of brain function and memory
• Improves mental alertness
• Relieves digestive symptoms
• Headache 
• Promotes weight loss
• Heart diseases 
• Type 2 diabetes

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Global Alert: Obesity Growing Worldewide

A new study has shown that one doesn’t have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight. According to a new study published in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’, more than one in 10 people worldwide are now obese, with weight-related health problems claiming millions of lives every year.

The study found that more than 2 billion children and adults suffered from health problems linked to being overweight, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, an increasing percentage had a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30, the The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has disowned a phoney conversation circulating on social media purporting to be a phone call between him and Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno State.

In what is turning out to be one of the most vicious and ungodly acts, meant to further create confusion in the land, a 20:38 (twenty minutes and thirty eight seconds) telephone conversation, purportedly be threshold for obesity.

Of the four million deaths attributed to being overweight in 2015, nearly 40 per cent were not considered clinically obese. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight by the square of the person’s height, is over30 kg/ m2, with the range25–30 kg/m2 defined as overweight.

Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility. A few cases are caused primarily by genes, endocrine disorders, medications, or mental disorder. The ‘bbc’ reported that the findings highlighted “a growing and disturbing global public health crisis”.

The author of the study and director of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, Dr. Christopher Murray said, “People who shrug off weight gain do so at their own risk – risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other life threatening conditions.

The study, which looked at 195 countries and territories over a period of 35 years, from 1980 to 2015, revealed that 30 per cent of the world’s population – 2.2 billion children and adults – are affected by excess weight.
This includes nearly 108 million children and more than 600 million adults who are categorised as a having a BMI of higher than 30 and therefore medically defined as obese. Obesity has been increasing around the globe since 1980, doubling in more than 70 countries.

The United States, U.S. has the highest level of obesity among adults and children, at nearly 13 per cent of the population. Egypt on its part, topped the list for adult obesity, at about 35 per cent.

In Nigeria, obesity is fast becoming a health concern especially among the elite in cities. The indulgent lifestyles of this class of people makes them vulnerable to obesity and its attendant health issues.  

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Marriage Boosts Healthy Living - Study

A new study has shown that marriage appears to be good for health, boosting chances of survival, especially for people with a major heart risk factor such as high cholesterol. According to the researchers, a loving spouse might spur you on to look after yourself better. This was disclosed at the British Cardiovascular Society conference, based on their study of nearly a million adults in the United Kingdom (UK).

Although, all of the participants had high blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes, the married ones fared much better than those who were single. Dr. Paul Carter and colleagues at Aston Medical School in the UK, who carried out the research, have already shown that marriage is linked to a better chance of surviving a heart attack.

Their latest research hints at why this might be. They suspect marriage helps buffer against big heart disease risk factors, including cholesterol and high blood pressure. Similarly, the protective effect was put down to increased social support and care, such as your spouse nagging you to make lifestyle changes and take medication. Last year, the same team behind this study were part of a group that found married people were more likely to survive a heart attack.
 
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organisation, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers.

It is often viewed as a contract. The study looked at deaths from all causes, including heart disease. Men and women in their 50s, 60s and 70s with high cholesterol were 16 per cent more likely to be alive at the end of the 14-year study if they were married rather than single.

The same was true for diabetes and high blood pressure, with married people having a survival advantage. The picture was less clear for people cohabiting, separated, divorced or widowed. Also, the researchers did not test if the wedded people were in happy marriages.

They suspect having someone special in your life is what’s important, rather than simply getting hitched. Carter said: “We need to unpick the underlying reasons a bit more, but it appears there’s something about being married that is protective, not only in patients with heart disease but also those with heart disease risk factors. “We’re not saying that everyone should get married though.

“We need to replicate the positive effects of marriage and use friends, family and social support networks in the same way.” Dr. Mike Knapton, of the British Heart Foundation, said: “The take-home message is that our social interactions, as well as medical risk factors such as high blood pressure, are important determinants of both our health and wellbeing.

“Whether you are married or not, if you have any of the main risk factors for heart disease, then you can call upon loved ones to help you to manage them.”

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Eating Red Onion Destroys Cancer Tumours

A new study has confirmed that eating red onion, a common, vegetable used in cooking around the world, may help to fight cancer.

According to the study, which was presented at the ‘Food Research International’ forum, the tasty vegetable is full of powerful compounds that help to kill tumours.

One type of the red onion known as anthocyanins, which was responsible for its dark colouring, were believed to be inhibiting the spread of the disease.

A flavonoid called quercetin, one of the compounds, had the same effects by shrinking the size of cancerous masses, medical experts had affirmed.

According to Canadian scientists, any type of onion, regardless of its colour, may help to destroy cancer.

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Late Night Meal Raises Risk Of Diabetes, Heart Disease

There is a well-known link between eating late and weight gain and now new findings suggest it also increases the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

The study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, United States, U.S., found that eating later raises glucose and insulin levels, which are implicated in diabetes.

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.
Similarly, late-night meals also raise cholesterol and triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, both of which can increase the risk of heart disease.

On its part, cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke.

Other heart conditions, such as those that affect the heart’s muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.

Furthermore, in line with previous studies, the research discovered that late-night meals caused people to gain weight by reducing the body’s ability to burn fat.

In addition, the findings from the study further confirmed that eating late at night has a host of negative health effects.

Food is consumed late at night is meal taken anywhere from after dinner time to a person’s typical sleep/wake cycle.

Lead author and Research Associate, Professor of Psychology, Namni Goel said, “We know from our sleep loss studies that when you’re sleep deprived, it negatively affects weight and metabolism in part due to late-night eating, but now these early findings, which control for sleep, give a more comprehensive picture of the benefits of eating earlier in the day.”

According to a report on the ‘mailonline’, the researchers discovered that when participants ate later, compared to when they ate during the daytime, their weight increased.

They found late-night meals caused people to gain weight by reducing their body’s fat metabolism – the process by which fats are broken down and used for energy.

Tests revealed that eating later led the participants to metabolise fewer lipids or fats. It was also found that delayed eating led them to store carbohydrates – which can lead to weight gain and raised blood sugar and insulin levels.

Similarly, indeed insulin and fasting glucose were found to be higher when people ate later, and their cholesterol and triglyceride levels rose too.

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