Food additives may make children hyperactive

Hyperactive Children
London, September 6 : UK researchers have warned that children may develop hyperactive behaviour if their diets contain food additives.

The Food Standards Agency, a non-ministerial government department of the UK Government, carried out a study on 300 randomly selected children, and found that hyperactivity increased after a drink containing additive combinations.

The adult brain can change, confirms study

Normal Adult Brain
Washington, Sept 6 : Scientists have for long debated whether the adult brain has the ability to change like the child's brain. Now, a new study has confirmed that this does indeed happen.

Neuroscientists have used converging evidence to explain that the adult visual cortex does indeed reorganize and the change affects visual observation.

Bacteria 'ideal agent' for cancer treatment

Anti-Cancer Treatment

Inhaling microwave popcorn fumes may be harmful

Popcorns
New York : Inhaling fumes while micro waving popcorn appear to cause harm, a leading lung expert has warned.
The food-flavouring fumes contain a butter-flavour chemical called diacetyl used by some of the companies who produce microwave popcorn. This chemical when inhaled appears to cause this harm, the expert said.

Mobile phones a danger for ventilators, pacemakers in hospital rooms

Mobile Phone
Washington, Sept 6 : A research suggests that mobiles should be kept at least one meter away from hospital beds because they can cause electromagnetic interference (EMI) that may interrupt, obstruct, or otherwise degrade or limit the effective performance of critical care equipment.

Scientists verified that electromagnetic interference (EMI) incidents from second and third generation mobile phones happened at a mere three-centimetre distance.

'Silent' seizures behind 'spells' of increased confusion in Alzheimer's patients

Brain Cross-Sections
Washington, Sept 6: A new study has found that mice genetically engineered to have Alzheimer's disease suffer silent seizures which may occur due to cellular changes.

The cellular changes are a result of excess accumulations of the protein amyloid beta.

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