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Miscellanews Tidbits
Propagating ‘Snorkel Rice’ Best Option To Flooded Areas
Apr 5th
Scientists working at the Nagoya University of Japan has developed a rice variety known as ‘Snorkel’ that when it is submerged to water it grows up to an incredible 25 centimeters a day. The rice plant does not only tolerate submergence but even grows much better when swamped with water.
In a recent paper written by Laurentius Voesenek in the journal Nature, stressed that scientists were pleasantly surprised to find out that the rice variety grown, still provides the nutrients and minerals to the entire plant that would otherwise be lost.
Breastfeeding May Protect Women Against Breast Cancer
Oct 13th
According to a study, breastfeeding may offer broad protection against breast cancer that extends to women who delay having children.
Previous studies have shown that giving birth before age twenty five and having many children protects against certain types of breast cancer , while delayed child birth is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.
Minute Traces Of Melamine In Most Foods Are Not Harmful – FDA
Oct 7th
Since melamine has set off a global food safety scare, the consuming public has raised the health concerns of most foods tainted with the chemical.
The Food and Drug Administration, however, has reported and concluded with its safety experts that eating a minuscule amount of melamine – 2.5 parts per million is still within tolerance, even a person has a daily intake of such dosage.
Older Children More At Risk Of Drowning Than Toddlers
Sep 16th
Older children between five and twelve are most at risk of drowning, not toddlers as commonly thought, a Singapore study said.
It has found out that older youngsters have a growing sense of independence that leads them to take more risks, while they are not as carefully supervised.
Condom Lubricant Popular Acne Cure In Cambodia
Sep 6th
A condom lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become popular acne cure among female Cambodians, women in the capital and local media have reported.
Number One Plus, a water based lubricant produced by health organization Population Service International (PSI), is an excellent cure for acne, a 29 year old vendor Tep Kemyoeurn said.
Heart Diseases And Strokes
Aug 25th
The World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations recently reported that fewer people worldwide now die of infectious diseases and more of chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke.
Viagra Abuse Could Taint Olympic Games
Aug 3rd
This month’s Olympics may be remembered more for the abuse of Viagra and other legal drugs among athletes, a leading Australian scientist said.
Lemon Grass Yields Essential Oil
Jul 14th
Lemon grass or “Tanglad” as it is locally called in the Philippines, a backyard plant, is going mainstream as its oil is now being extracted for industrial use. What is abundant in the country is the West Indian lemon grass or Cymbopogon Citratus variety.
It contains active ingredients such as the mycrene, effective as antibacterial or pain reliever. Its other active components are citronella, citronellol and geranilol.
Philippines’ Rice Terraces – A Historic Civil Engineering Feat
Mar 26th
The rice terraces in Banawe, Philippines was adjudged in 1998 as the best among the man made structures to receive an award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
It has conferred the International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Award. It hailed to be one of the world’s greatest engineering wonders. The Ifugaos, who are the aborigines of the area had built the structure using engineering principles far advance of their time.
MiscellaNews Tidbits
Dec 3rd
*** On Men’s Fertility
Fertility starts declining around the age of forty and its downward path is more swift among those who drink, smoke, take drugs and are overweight. Age and lifestyle factors affect the quality of sperm and the chances of fatherhood. Sperm count had been the standard test of fertility for men but bent that doctors were coming round to viewing DNA breakages in sperm as significant factor.
If more than twenty percent of sperm is fragmented the chances of a partner becoming pregnant is significantly reduced. The usual lifestyle factors like drinking, smoking and being overweight were linked to DNA damage.
This is one of the main reasons that when a man hits forty the chance of his partner in her thirties conserving either naturally is halved and there’s extremely little awareness of this sort has been done and its hard to convince men that this is one of the important part of the assessment process.
A change in lifestyle could boost the sperm quality and aid procreation, but not delaying having children was always the best bet. The bottom line in all of this, is that couples should consider conceiving earlier when their fertility is at optimum levels, the report said.