Spending too much time in front of the television could increase your chance of developing potentially fatal blood clots known as venous thrombosis. Even trying to counterbalance hours of TV watching through adequate exercise is not effective warns Yasuhiko Kubota of the University of Minnesota in the US. Kubota is the lead author of a study in Springer’s Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. Continue reading “Watching too much television could cause fatal blood clots”
Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia
Alcohol use disorders are the most important preventable risk factors for the onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia. This according to a nationwide observational study, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, of over one million adults diagnosed with dementia in France. Continue reading “Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia”
CDC study: Traditional, two-parent biological family the safest environment for children
A new study just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that children living in traditional, two-parent biological families are overwhelmingly safer than children living with just one biological parent or with non-parental caregivers. Continue reading “CDC study: Traditional, two-parent biological family the safest environment for children”
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