Working mums have less healthy babies

29th September, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Kids of working mothers are less healthy than those who stay at home, according to a new study. The study, which was conducted by Institute of Child Health on more than 12,500 five-year-olds, has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Child Health. In the study, the researchers found children whose mothers worked were more likely » Read More

Fat? And don’t know it?

29th September, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Most of the people who have crossed the line of obesity fail to realise that they are above normal weight, according to a new survey. The poll, carried out by YouGov for Slimming World, found that almost a quarter of the 2,000 people questioned had measurements, which would place them squarely in the obese camp. However, there » Read More

Lack of sleep harms brain health

29th September, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Students and businessmen are often miss a good night’s sleep with a view to performing brilliantly in exams and securing big contracts, respectively, but this may adversely affect their brain health in later life, according to two new studies. Published in the journal Science, one of the studies saw microdialysis experiments being conducted on mice, and » Read More