As the saying goes, a few sips of brandy or wine can do no harm. It was also believed by some Europeans that giving alcohol to children will, make them responsible drinkers in adulthood.
But recent studies have revealed just the opposite. Giving alcohol to children may result in them becoming heavier drinkers in later life. The study states, alcohol may bring about certain changes in the brain of a child leading to an urge to drink and in teenagers alcohol can be related to pleasure and euphoria.
It is difficult enough to stand in a dark room for a few seconds but 3 days in the dark is an unimaginative situation. An Australian woman is suffering from a peculiar problem of temporary blindness. 21 year old; Natalie Adler is unable to open her eyes continuously for three days and is not able to shut them the following three days.
Doctors believe that she may be the only person in the world to be suffering from such a problem.
Natalie is persistently having such a problem since she was 17 years old. She reminisces one Sunday she woke up with swollen eyes before an English exam, after which her eyes started showing instability. The doctors gave her Botox injections around her eyes to enable her to see for 5to6 days a week.
A recent study has found a herbal treatment for impotency in men. Researchers have found out that the soft green heart-shaped leaf of the horny goat weed can be successfully used in place of the common anti-impotency pills. This study was led by Mario Dell'Agli, at the University of Milan.
A recent study has shown that frequent use of talcum powder by women on their private parts can be extremely dangerous. Researches found that women who use talc on private parts have 40 per cent risk of develop ovarian cancer. This study was done by Dr Maggie Gates and her colleagues at Harvard Medical School.
Jakarta - Indonesia's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency has confirmed melamine had been detected in 12 food products from China, including cookies, candies and drinks, the health ministry and media reports said Saturday.
Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said the country's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) had found that 12 out of 19 China-based dairy products on sale in the country tested positive for melamine.
Among the poisonous ingredient melamine were found in Oreo stick wafer and M&Ms, Snickers and Guozhen formula milk, she said.