A Ukrainian man has been named the world’s tallest living person by the Guinness Book of Records, beating the previous record holder by 22cm (8in).Leonid Stadnyk, a 37-year-old former veterinarian from Podolyantsi in central Ukraine, was measured at 2.57m (8ft 5in), the records authority said.
Bones may play a more active role than previously thought in regulating the body’s chemistry, scientists say.
An international team found the molecule osteocalcin, produced by bone cells, is active in helping to regulate blood sugar levels in mice.
Feeding children diet food and low-calorie drinks may, paradoxically, spur overeating and weight gain, a new Canadian study suggests.
That’s because humans, like most animals, are able to instinctively match calorie intake with the body’s needs, and are conditioned to associate food tastes with calories ingested.
But when children ingest diet or calorie-wise versions of foods normally high in calories, this can distort these important connections between taste and caloric content and lead to overeating, according to the research.
A man has been questioned by police at LaGuardia airport in New York after smuggling a monkey onto a flight from Florida by hiding it under his hat.
Passengers spotted the animal when it climbed out and perched on the man’s ponytail, Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Alison Russell told reporters.
An international team of astronomers has discovered the largest known planet orbiting another star.
The “transiting” planet – meaning one that passes in front of its parent star as seen from Earth – is about 70% larger than Jupiter.
But the new body has a much lower mass than Jupiter – the biggest planet in our Solar System – making it of extremely low density.
Women who are obese when they conceive are more likely to have babies with birth defects than are mothers of normal weight, a US study suggests.
The relevant birth defects include missing limbs and malformed hearts.
Smaller scale studies in the past have suggested this link, but this is said to be the largest and most comprehensive study to date.
If you enjoy reading your morning paper while sipping a cup (or two) of coffee, it seems there’s no reason to stop. Mounting evidence suggests that, for most people, drinking coffee does more good than harm.
It wasn’t long ago when coffee was linked to heart disease, osteoporosis, infertility and pancreatic cancer. Now research suggests that if you drink enough of it, you’ll lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, asthma, gallstones, Parkinson’s disease, liver cancer and possibly colon cancer. And you’ll feel more alert and work out harder at the gym.
Nissan – We Detect Whether A Driver Has Been Drinking
05 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news
Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled new technology designed to detect whether a driver has been drinking.
It includes odour sensors that monitor breath, detectors which analyse perspiration of the palms, and a camera that checks alertness by eye scan.
If the system thinks a driver has drunk too much, the car will not start.
Many hardcore sunbathers who plan to get burnt on the beach this summer are fully aware it will cause permanent skin damage, research shows.
The charity Cancer Research UK polled almost 400 sun worshippers and found 90% were aware of the health risks.
And 40% thought burning their skin was simply an inevitable part of the tanning process.
US – predicts 75 percent overweight by 2015
05 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news, Weight Loss
If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
A team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore examined 20 studies published in journals and looked at national surveys of weight and behavior for their analysis, published in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews.
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