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Vicks VapoRub can lead to breathing problems in infants

Vicks VapoRub can lead to breathing problems in infantsVicks VapoRub has been popularly used to relive symptoms of common cold from many years.

Recent research revealed that it should not be used in the infants because the menthol-based ointment can cause a young child's airways to swell and fill with mucus, triggering severe breathing problems because of the small size of their nasal airways can cause airway inflammation that can restrict breathing in them.

High level of insulin increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

High level of insulin increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal womenRecent research revealed that higher-than-normal levels of insulin increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

Brief test known as pulse oximetry screening can save new born babies

Brief test known as pulse oximetry screening can save new born babiesRecent study revealed that a brief test known as pulse oximetry screening on newborn babies can help in detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease.

One or two babies per 1000 live births are born with immediately life threatening heart abnormality, because a fetal blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus - which bypasses the baby's non-functioning lungs when in the uterus and normally closes off soon after birth - remains partly open. Current screening techniques fail to detect the abnormality in many newborns.

Mutation in a gene can predict high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblast leukaemia

Mutation in a gene can predict high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblast leukaemiaThe Children's Oncology Group (COG) study revealed that mutations in a gene called IKAROS can help predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblast leukaemia (ALL).

Experts from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, the University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Centre, Albuquerque and the National Cancer Institute conducted the recent study.

Male sweat can attract female unconsciously

Male sweat can attract female unconsciously Recent research has shown that socio-emotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat. Researchers at the Rice University in Texas found that women can subconsciously sniff out men who are attracted to them.

Research team led by Denise Chen, assistant professor of psychology at Rice studied how the brains of female volunteers processed and encoded the smell of sexual sweat from men.

Winter may not be the right season to give birth

Winter may not be the right season to give birthRecent study showed that children born in the months of December, January and February are, on average are less educated, less intelligent, less healthy and lower paid as grown ups as compared to children born in other seasons.

Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame studied U. S census data and birth certificates to determine if the typical woman giving birth in winter is any different from the typical woman giving birth at other times of the year.

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