MEDICINE & HEALTH

Fatherhood makes men gain more weight

MEDICINE & HEALTH Guys tend to gain more weight when they become fathers, a study reveals. Scientists can now confirm that the father body is actually for real. A massive study conducted by experts from Northwestern University's School of Medicine Men involved more than 10,000 men covering 20 years to find that fatherhood increased the chance of weight gain and an increase in body mass index (BMI).

Women are more at risk of Alzheimer’s

Women are more vulnerable to suffer Alzheimer's disease faster than men. Women are more likely vulnerable to suffer from mental decline faster than men when Alzheimer's start to take their toll, a study shows.

Wireless Device Delivers Drug Remotely

A recent demonstration on mice shows that a remote control device may be implanted in the brain and with a push button could deliver drugs, reports the scientific journal Cell.

Passive Smoking Could Cause COPD

Passive smoking in childhood or during adolescent could lead an individual to serious risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a serious condition that makes it difficult to breathe, a study suggests.

British Boy May Have Found The Way To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease

A 15-year-old British boy has seemed to found the ideal test that would help detect the possibility of Alzheimer's disease, enabling early diagnosis of the condition by 10 years before the onset of the symptoms, the Daily Telegraph breaks the news.

In Oregon, Teenagers Can Now Undergo Sex Change

Teenagers aged 15 and above can now get sex-change operation without parental consent. Teenagers in Oregon aged 15 and above can now get sex-change operation without parental consent.

Terminally Ill Cancer Patient Gets Married In The Hospital

Keith Borum got the best day of his life as he tied the knot with the love of his life, Nina Scott. But if you think this is just your ordinary wedding, the wedding was a tear-jerking moment as the couple tied the knot while Keith was bedridden at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, New York.

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