Health n fitness

"Most of us tend to ignore the benefits of oral hygiene until we are "forced" to pay a visit to the office of a dentist. But these visits are often made when the situation has already gone out of control or otherwise."

"A variety of symptoms that may seem mysterious or vague could signal that a child is being bullied and having trouble coping. The research found in the review of studies from 15 countries that complaints of headache, backache, abdominal pain, skin problems, sleeping problems, bed-wetting or dizziness were more than twice as common among kids who were victims of bullying."

"A new U.S. study has suggested that young women with breast cancer often overestimate both their chance of developing cancer in the other breast and how much removal of that breast is likely to protect them."

"Older Americans suffering with macular degeneration tend not to travel as far from home as others with normal vision, as per a new study. However, this was not the case with those diagnosed with glaucoma despite the fact that both health conditions cause vision loss which could make traveling more difficult, researchers said."

"French drugmaker Sanofi has disclosed that it has won approval from authorities in Europe for a second multiple sclerosis treatment, which will pave the way to start selling both drugs in the region soon."

"According to a study, regular screening for colon cancer has long-term benefits. It was disclosed in this study that testing for blood in the stool minimized the risk of death through colorectal cancer by as much as 32 percent and it seemed to keep the death rate low even after testing stopped."

"Non-hallucinogenic components of cannabis could act as effective anti-cancer agents, according to a new study. Using a number of cannabinoids, either alone or in combination with each other, the team, led by Dr Wai Liu and colleagues carried out laboratory investigations for measuring their anti-cancer actions in relation to leukemia. Of the six cannabinoids studied, each demonstrated anti-cancer properties as effective as those seen in THC. If that was not all, they had an increased effect on cancer cells when combined with each other."

"An innovative method for growing miniature pancreas from progenitor cells has been successfully developed by an international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen."

"Women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts, according to a study. This study was published in an issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society."

"A new study has revealed that almost one in 10 U.S. teens and young adults admit to having coerced or forced someone into sexual behavior. The study revealed that nine percent of youth reported committing some sort of sexual violence, which included kissing or touching someone while knowing that the person didn't want them to or forcing someone to have sex."

"A new study has found that the risk of fatal strokes and heart attacks can get increased for those living near an airport due to noise from planes."

"Teachers should thread the needle between chilly distance and over-exposure of their own foibles to gaining the confidence of their students and avoiding disruptions in the classroom, according to a recently concluded study."

"Establishing relationships may be a powerful and less expensive way for improving the success of students, according to researchers from University of Missouri. In a review of the research, it was found that students with positive attachments to their schools and teachers have higher grades and higher standardized test scores."

"Students who have poor behavior in the classroom do not always have poor grades, according to a study published in an issue of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions."

"According to a study conducted by McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School investigators, the ability of an individual to accurately recall the shapes and spatial relationships of objects may be severely affected by the use of anabolic androgenic steroids in the long term."

"OneTaste hosts what the group calls TurnOn events. At its roots, a TurnOn event is designed to be the ignition that leads to a participant getting more out of what really is important in life. A TurnOn event focuses on what really is the powerful element of a relationship: desire, intimacy and orgasm. A main focus of a TurnOn event is the orgasm."