High-fat diets do no favours for your gut bacteria, finds study  

New research found that when people boosted their fat intake to 40 percent of their daily diet for six months, the number of ‘good’ gut bacteria decreased while ‘unhelpful’ bacteria amounts increased

Has a high-fat meal ever left you feeling bloated and sluggish? It turns out that a heavier fat diet may keep the many bacteria that live in your digestive system from doing their best, too. Results of the study were published online Feb. 19 in the journal Gut. “The study result showed that a high-fat […]

Study reveals oversized meals play a key crucial role in encouraging obesity

Restaurants frequently serve oversized meals, not only in the United States but also in many other countries, according to a study conducted by an international team of researchers and supported by FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation

Study reveals oversized meals play a key crucial role in encouraging obesityThe study which was conducted in Brazil, China, Finland, Ghana, India and the United States found 94 per cent of meals served in restaurants contain more than the recommended number of calories according to the UK’s National Health Service Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the study weighed and measured the energy content of […]

A woman in China developed a rare condition in which she can’t hear male voices

The woman, from China, went to sleep with nausea and ringing in her ears. The next day she went straight to hospital with sudden hearing loss. A specialist said stress had given her ‘low-frequency hearing loss’

A woman in China recently woke up with a rare ear condition that left her unable to hear deeper sounds. As a result, the woman can’t hear men’s voices. According to the report, the woman, identified only by her last name, Chen, experienced nausea and ringing in her ears one night. The next morning, she […]

That’s weird: Chinese man after sniffing his own socks every day

A man in China who sniffed his own smelly socks every day wound up getting hospitalized with a severe lung infection. The 37-year-old from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province was admitted to the hospital after experiencing chest pains and coughing, the New Straits Times reported. And as it turns out, he was diagnosed with a severe pulmonary fungal infection.he 37-year-old from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province was admitted to the hospital after experiencing chest pains and coughing, the New Straits Times reported. And as it turns out, he was diagnosed with a severe pulmonary fungal infection

Everybody has their own weird, idiosyncratic habits that probably don’t make sense to anybody else, but one Chinese man’s tendency for personal daily weirdness turned out to be a serious danger to his health. The man in question, a 37-year-old named Peng in reports, had apparently developed a strange custom of sniffing his worn, dirty […]

CRISPR scientist says another woman is pregnant with an edited embryo

He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies, says another may be on the way

Speaking at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong today, He said that “there is another potential pregnancy”, but that it is still at an early stage. The Associated Press news agency revealed on Monday that He claims to have edited a number of human embryos using the […]

Paternal smoking can increase miscarriage risk, warns study

Based on data for nearly 6 million pregnancies, researchers found that women whose partner smoked during the first few months of the pregnancy were 17 per cent more likely to miscarry than women with non-smoking partners

Paternal smoking can increase miscarriage risk, warns studyWould-be fathers may increase their partner’s risk of miscarriage by smoking during the pregnancy, or even during the time leading up to conception, a large study from China suggests. Women whose partner quit smoking around the time of conception had an 18% lower risk of miscarriage than those whose smoking partner didn’t quit, the study […]

China: Doctor performs 9 surgeries before undergoing one himself

A doctor named Liang Fuqun earned massive praise from millions of netizens for displaying selfless dedication in fulfilling his duties while suffering in his own pain. He was captured on video being injected with a painkiller while performing surgery on a patient

What if a surgeon gets acute appendicitis in the middle of an operation? If you’re this Chinese doctor, you complete the surgery - and carry out eight more. Obstetrician Liang Fuqun was already feeling abdominal pain before he went to work at a hospital in Si county, Anhui province, in eastern China, on June 24. […]

More than 95% of world’s population breathe polluted air, reveals major study

More than 95% of the world’s population breathe unsafe air and the burden is falling hardest on the poorest communities, with the gap between the most polluted and least polluted countries rising rapidly, a comprehensive study of global air pollution has found. Poorest are hardest hit with many developing countries falling behind on cleaning up toxic air pollution

More than 95% of world’s population breathe polluted air, reveals major studyCities are home to an increasing majority of the world’s people, particularly in developing countries, but in rural areas the risk of indoor air pollution is often caused by burning solid fuels. One in three people worldwide faces the double whammy of unsafe air both indoors and out. The report by the Health Effects Institute […]

Don’t sit in the toilet for too long

People have a habit to read newspapers and use phone in the toilet there by spending a long time. But experts say it shouldn’t take you this long. In fact, more than 5-7 minutes of sitting is already too much as it is unhealthy. Normal poop should just take a few minutes, without the need to strain or push, but also without the urgency to hold it in

Don’t sit in the toilet for too longAs per reports, A man in south-east China had to rush to the hospital at midnight after noticing a mysterious ball-sized lump fallen out of his anus. Man’s rectum fell out of its place after he played phone games while on the toilet for 30 minutes. Doctors said the lump, which was still attached to his rear, […]
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