Health (General) – Newsletter for January 16, 2011

Kiwi Spanish resident complains of racist abuse

WELLINGTON – New Zealand police are looking into a racial abuse complaint filed by a Spanish-origin child cancer researcher camping on conservation land.

Lucia Alonso-Gonzalez, who was born in Spain, but has lived in New Zealand for five years, claimed that she and her partner Alan McDermott had pitched their tent at the Piano Flat camp …. Read the original article  : Kiwi Spanish resident complains of racist abuse.

Resistance exercise beneficial for cardiovascular health

WASHINGTON – A new research has shown that resistance training has some similar effects as aerobic exercise in lowering a person’s blood pressure.
he research was conducted in the College of Health Sciences’ Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science at Appalachian State University.

The study is part of the growing body of research being conducted at …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Cigarette smoke causes ‘genetic damage within minutes after inhaling’

WASHINGTON – Scientists have warned that smoking begins to cause genetic damage within minutes-not years-after inhalation into the lungs.

It is the first human study to detail the way certain substances in tobacco cause DNA damage linked to cancer.

Stephen S. Hecht and colleagues have pointed out that evidence indicates harmful substances in tobacco smoke termed … Read more : Cigarette smoke causes ‘genetic damage within minutes after inhaling’.

Spain helping 40 percent of Haitians suffering from cholera

Madrid, Jan 16 (IANS/EFE) Forty percent of Haitians suffering from cholera are receiving economic aid from Spain, Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has said.

Rubalcaba, however, added that there was still “very much” left to do in the earthquake-devastated country.
The deputy prime minister said: “Spain has clearly fulfilled its commitments. We have invested …. Read the original article  : Spain helping 40 percent of Haitians suffering from cholera.

UAE charity campaign arrives in Egypt

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates’ humanitarian campaign to offer free health care services to needy children worldwide has arrived in Egypt.

The specialist doctors and paediatric surgeons volunteering for the Emirates World Humanitarian Hospital, who arrived in Egypt Friday, will treat 400 children and perform surgeries on 40 other adult patients as … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : UAE charity campaign arrives in Egypt.

Gurgaon hospital launches state-of-art birthing centre

GURGAON – A super speciality hospital in Gurgaon Saturday launched ‘Happy Nest’, a state-of-art birthing centre with individualised labour rooms where the family has an option to be part of the birth process.

According to a statement by the Artemis Health Institute (AHI), besides individualised labour rooms, the centre will offer exclusive features like a … Read more : Gurgaon hospital launches state-of-art birthing centre.

New breastfeeding advice leaves mums livid, baffled

LONDON – The latest scientific controversy about breastfeeding-mothers should not follow advice recommending that they exclusively breastfeed for the first six months-has left mothers angry and confused.

The confused mums besieged Internet forums and radio phone-ins to express their frustration at the latest controversy about breastfeeding, reports the Independent.

A team at the University of London’s Childhood …. Source article  : New breastfeeding advice leaves mums livid, baffled.

Early educational enrichment can bring improved health in adulthood

WASHINGTON – A new study has suggested that that early educational enrichment can bring improved health and healthier behaviors in early adulthood.

For the study, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health used data from a well-known Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC), a randomized control study that enrolled 111 infants in the 1970s and continued …. Source  : Early educational enrichment can bring improved health in adulthood.