Study Suggests Drinking by Caregivers May Play a Role in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

New YearÂ’s Day brings a dramatic spike in cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and researchers say New YearÂ’s Eve drinking by caregivers may be to blame.

An analysis of almost 130,000 SIDS cases nationwide over more than three decades revealed a 33% increase in deaths on New YearÂ’s Day.

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RIYADH — More than 300 Saudi and German company and economic representatives attended the Saudi-German Business Forum at King Faisal Hall of the Intercontinental Hotel in Riyadh Tuesday. Once again, continuous interest in promoting the bilateral business has been shown by the audience. Representing the economies of both countries, the participating entrepreneurs, in four panels, discussed further opportunities for cooperation with topics on energy and petrochemical industry, infrastructure and transport, SME promotion and education as well as healthcare.
 

The forum was jointly opened by Sheikh Khaled Juffali, Co-Chairman of the Saudi-German Business Forum and his German counterpart Dr. Olaf Berlien, Member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG and Chairman of the North Africa Middle East Initiative of German Business. Both highlighted the importance of good cooperation and transfer of technology and know-how between both countries.
 

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JEDDAH: Eleven new swine flu cases have been reported in the Kingdom on Monday, bringing the total number of people affected by H1N1 virus to 125.

The Health Ministry said the new victims included two Saudis, aged 14 and 9, and nine expatriates comprising six women, a man and two children.

“All of them were tested at the ministry’s labs,” the statement said. The ministry has allocated a toll-free number (8002494444) to answer public queries on the disease.

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Chronic Sufferers Had, on Average, 2 Fewer Headaches a Month

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Study: Sleep Deprivation Linked to Eating More Calories

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Eating fried food may not bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts say.

They found no heightened risk of heart disease or premature death linked to food that had been cooked in this way.

But the investigators stress that their findings, from studying the typical Spanish diet in which these "healthy" oils are found in abundance, do not apply to lard or other cooking oils.

So traditional fry ups should not be the order of the day, bmj.com reports.

 

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Australian Study Shows Most Vacuum Cleaners Release Dust, Bacteria Back Into the Air

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Since they were first introduced in 1998, biologic response modifiers -- or biologics -- have made a huge difference in the lives of people with rheumatoid arthritis.

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A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers.

The statement follows research where mice with leukemia-causing cells who were treated with the fish oil component were completely cured of the disease - with no relapse.

The compound - named delta-12-protaglandin J3, or D12-PGJ3 - targeted and killed the stem cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML.

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New 'Personalised' Approach Needed for Smear Test as Women Find them Humiliating and Stressful, Study Finds

A more personalised approach is needed for cervical smears as women find them humiliating and stressful, researchers have claimed.

The new study has found that most women's experiences of the essential test is a negative one and they feel the screening process impersonal.  The test for cervical cancer, which killed Jade Goody at just 27, puts women through stress, anxieties and pain, the researchers from the University of Leicester found.

Dr Natalie Armstrong said: 'Attitudes towards cervical smears remain something of a paradox.

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