COFFEE, EXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA

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People who drink at least three cups of coffee a day might be increasing their risk of developing glaucoma, which can lead tovision loss or blindness, according to Harvard University researchers.

Specifically, caffeinated coffee appears to be associated with a type of glaucoma called exfoliation glaucoma, which is characterized by tiny fibers peeling from the eye's lens that can cause a pressure build-up, the researchers said.

////////////////////////////The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved extended-release methylphenidate hydrochloride oral suspension for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

/////////////////////////........... but Twain was really notorious for weak endings. In many of his books he began brilliantly but ran out of steam at the end. The endings of Connecticut Yankee and Prince and the Pauper in particular are both quite lame – especially the latter.

//////////////////Thomas Hobbes, for example, believed that humans in a "state of nature," or what today we would call hunter-gatherer societies, lived a life that was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" in which there existed a "warre of all against all." This led him to conclude, as many apologists for dictatorship have since, that a stable society required a single leader in order to control the rapacious violence that was inherent to human nature

///////////////////////////////Children in smaller families are only slightly more likely to survive childhood in high mortality environments, according to a new study of mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa seeking to understand why women, even in the highest fertility populations in world, rarely give birth to more than eight children. 

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A team of Israeli researchers followed participants for four years after an initial two-year workplace-based study to try and answer these questions. Participants followed one of three weight loss plans: a low-fat, low-calorie diet; a Mediterranean-style, low-calorie diet; or a low-carb eating plan without calorie restrictions.

Overall, the Mediterranean diet led to the most dramatic changes, but people on the other diets also did pretty well. A Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains, legumes, healthy fats like olive oil, and moderate amounts of alcohol. It is also low in sweets, meats, and saturated fats like butter.

//////////////////////////////‘Golden Minute’ concept to ensure those infants who need ventilatory support receive it in a timely fashion; with an effective bag and mask technique within 60 s

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Researchers may have discovered yet another potential use for the widely usedcholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

In a new study, older people with high cholesterol who had taken statins for two years had an 8 percent reduced risk of developing open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the eye disease.

/////////////////////////////  A new study reveals that there are two preventable reasons child pedestrians are hit by cars: they are not properly supervised, and they are distracted by mobile devices, such as MP3 players and cell phones.

//////////////////////////Babies born into low-income, urban environments develop wheezing illnesses and asthma more often than suburban infants, and these findings have prompted research to identify the viral pathogens that lead to asthma or indicate predisposition to the disease.

//////////////////////////SCIAM...........When babies are five months old, they can distinguish among faces of all races equally well. Past studies show they can, for instance, match a happy sound with many kinds of happy faces with equal ease. Yet by nine months, babies react more swiftly to their own race than others: they differentiate more readily between faces and match emotional sounds with facial expressions faster. A study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, published in May in Developmental Science, showed that the younger infants use only the frontal part of the brain for the task. By nine months, babies also recruit the occipital-temporal region, where recognition happens in adults.

//////////////////////Approximately 19 percent of children with a sibling diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop Autism due to shared genetic and environmental vulnerabilities, according to previous studies.

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