Lambeth Council in London has become the first council in UK to ban nitrous oxide commonly known as laughing gas due to its misuse as a “legal high” and recreational drug. Nirtous Oxide is chemical compound with a formula.Anybody caught with possession of the laughing gas will be fined unto £1000. N2O an oxide of Nitrogen.…
Dramatic rise in Type 2 Diabetes sufferers in England and Wales have risen by 60% in a decade as 3.33million people are diagnosed with an increase of 1.2 million suffers and could reach 5m suffers by 2025, according NHS/Diabetes UK. Diabetes UK a charity say obesity which causes type2 diabetes, as poorly managed diabetes can…
Although Nestle India, has won a victory in its battle to get Maggi noddles back on to the shelves in Indian shops, at the Bombay High Court who decided that a nationwide ban on the snack was unjustified., their troubles are far from over as the country’s Food and safety body may appeal against…
Men produce better quality sperm, ramp up the sperm count and orgasm faster during causal sex encounter with a new partner, according to a new study by a team from the College of Wooster in Ohio, that could change the way infertility is being treated. Men produced higher quality ejaculates when exposed to novel, rather…
Investigators of food and drug administration have seized 5,300 bottles of alcohol and packets of a white powder called Sildenafi, better known as Viagra the anti-impotence drug in the southern city of Liuzhou. According to food safety officials, distillers in China added Viagra to thousands of bottles of spirits and told customers it had “health-preserving…
Rotimatic co-founders Rishi Israni and Pranoti Nagarkar have the answer for 800million Asians in the sub-continent who in the past have painstakingly made rotis by hand, and it will now revolutionise home cooking in South Asian households. You place flour and water in compartments – no measurements required , tell the machine how many rotis you…
In England in 2010, there about 3.2 million aged 16 or over, with type 2 diabetes and by 2030 this figure is expected to have risen to 4.6 million. Type2 diabetes occurs when body does not produce enough insulin or body cells does not react to insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas – a…
Cases of Morton’s neuroma have risen by 115 per cent since 2005 among women aged 40 to 69, according to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Morton’s neuroma is a common problem which affects a nerve between the third and fourth toes (Metatarsal bones), as fibrous tissue develops around…
Consuming over-the-counter antacids daily to control acidity or heartburn can increase heart attack risk by 16-21 per cent, according to huge data-mining study led by an Indian-origin researcher has revealed. The researchers analysed 16 million clinical documents of 2.9 million patients in two separate databases. ‘People who take medication to suppress stomach acid are at…
Sangeeta Bhatia has been named the recipient of the 2015 Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy, and Employment. The Heinz Family Foundation, which administers the award, cites Bhatia, the John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for her seminal work in tissue engineering and disease…