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A latest report from the Academy of Pediatrics suggested that 21% of youngsters say they've consumed over a sip of alcohol before they were just 13-year-old, and 79% had done so by their senior year in high school.

In a report, published on Monday in the journal Pediatrics, the authors wrote that now as many as 50% of high school students consume alcohol, and among them around 60% binge drink.

Parents who keep on delaying the conversation for too long are likely to put their child at risk of other over-consumption linked ill effects, including nausea, vomiting and depression.

Experts mentioned that the children also have the tendency of testing their own limits of sustaining alcohol, as a result of which they face a higher risk of health problems.

In recent years, bicycle-related incidents have seen a huge rise, with Secretary of State John Kerry's broken right femur and U2 singer Bono's multiple fractures drawing particular attention. Last week, a cyclist was killed during the morning commute after being hit by A Chevrolet Malibu. The victim was 64-year-old former Navy Seal.

On Tuesday, a study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the number of bike-related injuries in adults and old people have almost become double from 1998-99 to 2012-2013. The number has gone up from 8,791 to 15,427.

Niamh Geaney, 26, has been able to meet not one but two of her real-life doppelgangers. Through website Twin Strangers, she met the first one, Karen Branigan in Ireland a few months back. And now, she has met Luisa Guizzardi, another doppelganger, who not only looks like her, but also acts just as her.

Geaney shared, "I met with her friend of 24 years before meeting her, and he said Luisa and I had the same presence and aura. And when I finally met her in person, it was crazy".

Guizzardi said that she came in touch with Geaney after watching a video of her in which she was meeting with her first doppelganger. After watching the video, she contacted Geaney and asked what if she could come over her place. In response, Geaney was quite excited about the idea.

Breastfeeding is beneficial for mother and child and especially for the women who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Women with MS, who breastfeed exclusive, have reduced risk of developing postpartum relapse in comparison to those who do not.

Study researchers cleared that exclusive breastfeeding involves just mother's milk and not supplementing it with other fluids such as formula milk. Study's lead researcher Dr. Kerstin Hellwig from Ruhr-University Bochum said that postpartum relapse is common among women.

At least 20% of new mothers pass through it in the first four months after the delivery. The researchers have said that if women breastfeed their babies for at least two months then it may prevent them from relapse for around half a year.

Researchers across the world have been trying to come up with better biomarkers for prostate cancer. Scientists want to have tests that have few falsely positive and falsely negative results. Also, the ones are able to distinguish between aggressive and non-aggressive prostate cancers.

There are certain shortcomings in currently available prostate cancer test. Researchers are conducting studies to come up with better biomarkers that are more accurate in terms of results and also, are able to distinguish between aggressive and non-aggressive prostate cancers.

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration said it has sent warning letters to five producers of pure powdered caffeine. The letters consumer advocates mentioned that it was a long overdue move against the product and its maker.

The product is often added into beverages. The agency pointed out that the product is ‘potentially dangerous’ and presents a ‘significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury’. The products are very strong and thus safe amounts of pure caffeine are present in small amounts due to which it becomes very difficult to measure.

The agency said kitchen measuring tools, including teaspoons are not specific enough due to the variations in how tightly the powder is packed.