According to a Swedish research, marriage or having a partner may decrease the risk of developing dementia considerably. The study has been presented at a US conference.

The researchers are of the view that it is social interaction between couples that helps to avoid the disease.

The Alzheimer’s Research Trust is considering the results quite worrying as in the UK divorce rates are considerably high.
“For some people, the problem might be even greater” the Karolinska Institute’s study suggests

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There is a dramatic rise in deaths from accidental medication mistakes at home in the last two decades, the researchers analyzed the death certificates of the American dead people to prepare that report.

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To find whether the FTO gene affects on burning calories or appetite, the researchers studied more than 3,000 children cases aged 8 to 11.

The children that were found with copies of the gene’s unsafe variant had fewer chances to have their hunger ‘switched off’ when they must be full.

This study can be seen in the journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
In Caucasian populations, FTO is counted as the first common gene that is related to obesity.

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Among U.S. males ages 13 to 24, cases climbed up to 12 percent

According to U.S. health officials report, there is an alarming increase of HIV cases among men especially young one who have sex with men.
The term that has been used for these people by Public health experts is “men who have sex with men” or MSM as several among them neither homosexual nor even bisexual.

According to a report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, It has been noted that during 2001 to 2006, the largest HIV transmission group in the U.S was male-to-male sex group.

The greatest increase was of 12.4 percent among 13 to 24 years old males who had sex with other males and the increase was even more in ethnic minorities.

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To fight diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis worldwide, the senate has reached to a tentative agreement to authorize a federal program again.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was suggested with $15 billion in funding at the time of its creation five years back. Now the extension of the plan suggested $50 billion more to control HIV and AIDS in many countries of the world. Due to concerns over increased spending, seven Republican senators led by Tom Coburn had stalled that plan.

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