Condoms ‘infected with HIV’!

A CATHOLIC leader has claimed condoms are infected with HIV deliberately. “Condoms are not sure because I know that there are two countries in Europe, they are making condoms with the virus on purpose,” he alleged.
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Discovery supports theory of Alzheimer’s disease as form of diabetes

Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimers memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.
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Boys have biological reason to be troublesome

A team of researchers working with UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has discovered more compelling evidence that attention-deficit disorder in young boys is substantially attributable to brain development.
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Sleep yourself healthy: seven hours a night helps reduce heart problems

Getting enough sleep can be difficult for many juggling the demands of work, leisure and family.
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Too Much Sleep Will Make You More Likely to Die

Sleeping too much can harm you as much as sleeping too little, a new U.K study indicates. More surprisingly, scientists found those individuals who increased the number of hours they slept per night from seven to eight hours or more were more than twice as likely to die as those who kept sleeping for seven.
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NEW STUDY: Cell Phones Lead to Two Types of Brain Tumors

Using mobile phones for more than 10 years gives a consistent pattern of increased risk for at least two different types of brain tumors. This was the conclusion of a summary that reviewed sixteen other research studies from seven countries – USA, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.
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Caffeine Facts

What is America’s favorite drug? You guessed it – caffeine. We use more caffeine than all other drugs – legal or illegal – combined. Want to know what the stuff is doing to you? Here’s a quick overview
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1 in 10 girls has STD (Human Papilloma Virus) linked to cancer by 16 years of age

AAt least one in 10 teenage girls is carrying a sexually-transmitted disease which could give them cancer, shocking figures revealed last night.
More and more girls aged under 16 are infected with the human papilloma virus – putting them at risk of developing cervical cancer later in life.
Last night the Health Protection Agency warned that the [...]

Ten minutes of sun ‘could stop 30,000 cases of cancer’, researchers say

The researchers believe vitamin D deficiency may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases worldwide each year, particularly in northern European countries where sun exposure levels are relatively low.
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Breastfeeding vital within first hour of birth

MORE than one million babies could be saved worldwide if mothers were to start breastfeeding within the first hour of birth. “Exclusive breastfeeding (where all nutrients are naturally pro- vided from the mother) is crucial for the first six months of a baby’s life.
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