Tag Archives: clock
Breast cancer link to working nights: Three late shifts a week ‘doubles the risk of disease’
Jenny Hope Daily Mail Women who work night shifts are at higher risk of breast cancer, warn researchers. Their findings suggest working at night increases the chances of the disease by 40 per cent. Women working more than two night … Continue reading →
Six “Grow Younger” Nutrients I Take Every Day
Dr.Mercola mercola.com Nutritionists have long been interested in the dynamics of telomere length in the body, and how telomeres figure in to human health and life expectancy. Telomeres were first discovered in 1973 by Alexey Olovnikov. He found that the … Continue reading →
Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
Rory Sutherland TED “Waiting seven minutes for a train with a countdown clock is less frustrating and irritating than waiting four minutes, knuckle-biting, going ‘When’s this train going to arrive?’” (Rory Sutherland) The circumstances of our lives may matter less … Continue reading →
‘I never saw him observing parents with children’: The woman who said she was forced to take babies from their mothers by the ‘expert’ who played God
Katherine Faulkner Daily Mail Anyone who works in child protection will tell you that one of the worst aspects of the job is having to take a youngster from its mother’s arms, possibly for ever. It is heart-breaking enough, even … Continue reading →
Women Cannot Rewind the ‘Biological Clock’
Science Daily Many women do not fully appreciate the consequences of delaying motherhood, and expect that assisted reproductive technologies can reverse their aged ovarian function, Yale researchers reported in a study published in a recent issue of Fertility and Sterility. … Continue reading →
Body clock ‘alters’ immune system
James Gallagher BBC News The time of the day could be an important factor in the risk of getting an infection, according to researchers in the US. They showed how a protein in the immune system was affected by changes … Continue reading →
Schools ‘spy’ on fat kids
Source: NY Post Big Brother is joining the battle of the bulge. A group of Long Island students will soon be wearing controversial electronic monitors that allow school officials to track their physical activity around the clock. The athletics chair … Continue reading →
Night Shift Work May Raise Diabetes Risk
Source: Mercola One of the worst things you can do to disrupt your body clock is engage in regular night shift work. However, one-fifth of the work force endures a night shift at least occasionally, and research is now suggesting that … Continue reading →
Cell Phone Towers: The 3 a.m. Alarm Clock
Source: Conrad LeBeau Today, millions of Americans in cities awaken around 3 in the morning and then struggle to get back to sleep. As the number of devices (cell phones, iPods, GPS, Wi-Fi, smart meters, wireless broadband for laptop computers, … Continue reading →
E.coli outbreak is new ‘super-toxic’ strain of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics
Source: Daily Mail Scientists have identified ‘an entirely new super-toxic’ strain of E.coli which has infected more than 1,600 people worldwide, including seven in the UK. Chinese and German researchers have been working round the clock to identify the strain, … Continue reading →