Health aNd Fitness Guide

Feeding babies sugar solution two minutes before vaccination may lessen the pain of injection. Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University studied 100 infants — half of them were given sugar solution and the others sterile water — and assessed their crying, body posture, facial expression, and behavior immediately after giving the shot. They found that → Continue reading »

Soccer can thrill, and kill, too. A study on German football fans showed that they were more at risk of suffering heart attack while watching their team play. The risk was more than three times for men and about two times for women. Researchers at Ludwig-Maxmilians University in Munich studied 4,279 medical records of Germans → Continue reading »

Using cell phones for long periods may affect sperm count and increase chances of having abnormal sperm, reports the journal Fertility and Sterility. Researchers from Cleveland Clinic analyzed semen samples and cell phones habits of 361 men, and found that men who used cell phones for more than four hours a day had the lowest → Continue reading »

Loss of a loved one can cause heartache and trigger serious health consequences. But the anniversary of a parent’s death can cause sudden death, especially in men, said a study at the American College of Cardiology. Evaluating the records of 102 sudden death cases in the 37 to 79 age group, the researchers said that → Continue reading »

Life expectancy has been increasing in recent decades, but it is more so in the better-educated groups. People with more than 12 years of education can expect to live up to 82, whereas those with less education can only hope for 75, according to a study from Harvard Medical School. Major factors contributing to this → Continue reading »