Washington, Mar 20 : Researchers at Boston University School of Public Health say that hospital practices like supplementing newborns with formula or water, or giving them pacifiers, might reduces new mothers’ chances to breastfeed their child.

The new study showed that among first-time mothers, 70 percent reported an intention to exclusively breastfeed, but only 50 percent achieved that goal at one week.

The researchers suggest that hospital practices were strongly related to those outcomes.

Washington, Mar 20 : Eating out in restaurants, laid back attitude towards exercise, and leading high-risk lifestyles are some of the barriers that stop patients with type 2 diabetes from controlling their condition, say researchers.

In the study involving 8,900 patients, the researchers from Hong Kong and Northern Ireland listed some of the psychosocial, socio-economic, physical, environmental and cultural factors that prove to be major barriers to effective diabetes care.

Washington, Mar 20 : A new study involving Michigan State University researchers has found that prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women.

For the study, more than 250 mothers who live along and eat fish from Lake Michigan were examined for their exposure to DDE - a breakdown of DDT.

They analyzed DDE levels of the women's offspring.

Washington, Mar 20 : Acetaldehyde in alcohol is no longer a chemical that causes hangover, for scientists have found new evidence that it can also lead to cancer.

Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Germany show that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer.

They also said that heavy drinkers might be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources.

London, Mar 20 : Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found that for the treatment of patients suffering from multi-vessel coronary artery disease, who have diabetes, and for patients older than 65, heart bypass surgery is a better option than angioplasty.

Washington, Mar 20 : A novel device implanted inside the spinal cord might offer an effective treatment against Parkinson’s disease, according to a study.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Centre have developed a prosthetic device, which applies electrical stimulation to the dorsal column in the spinal cord, the main sensory pathway carrying tactile information from the body to the brain.