Late night shift dangerous for pregnant women: Study

Smoke from cigarette tip is more toxic than main inhaled smoke, says a study in British Medical journal. A report from Tobacco Control 2005 found that inhaled smoke makes up around 85 per cent of secondhand smoke, is four times more toxic per gram of total particulate matter than inhaled mainstream smoke

High cholesterol vs high blood pressure

Increase in cholestrol level in blood means you have a chance of developing high blood pressure later. Harvard researchers studying data reported in Hypertension, Journal of the American Hospital Association said cholesterol can increase before blood pressure hits high. They said that men who have high concentrations of HDL-C, the protective form of cholesterol, are significantly less likely to develop high blood pressure.

Dementia time bomb ticking away

There are about 24.3 million people having dementia today and there one new case of demenmtia every seven seconds. While the number are likely to double. There will be more people with dementa in India, China and South Asian and western pacific countries in the coming years. This was reported in a Lancet study. Numbers in developed countries are forecast to increase by 100 per cent between 2001 and 2040, but by more than 300 per cent in the above countries.

Resistance to HIV drugs

Women who have a baby who dies suddenly after normal birth (COt death) have an increased risk of suffering complications in other pregnancies, scientists have found. The Cambridge University researchers say these complications — prematurity and low birth weight — themselves increase the risk of cot death. The scientists looked at data on 258,000 women and their babies. The findings were published in the Lancet.

— COMPILED BY TOUFIQ RASHID