MENOPAUSE TO BE ERASED IN 20 YEARSIJ
A pioneering scientist has claimed that menopause could be eliminated within 20 years. Aubrey de Grey, a stem cell scientist, has claimed rapid progress in stem cell and regenerative therapies may mean the current limits on when women are able to conceive and give birth could vanish. Dr De Grey claimed there was no reason why anti-ageing treatments could not be extended to the female reproductive organs, meaning the menopause could be “turned on and off”. Dr Grey, co-founder and chief science officer of the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Research Foundation, said of the time estimate for eliminating the menopause: “We can definitely think in terms of 20 years from now.”
CHEMOTHERAPY SIDE-EFFECTS & EXERCISE
A new research has suggested that exercising might also benefit cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. The study showed that combining exercise with chemotherapy shrunk tumors more than chemotherapy alone. Joseph libonati, an associate professor in the School of Nursing and director of the laboratory of Innovative and Translational Nursing Research, said his team set up an experiment with four groups of mice. All were given an injection of melanoma cells. During the next two weeks, two of the groups received doxorubicin in two doses while the other two groups received placebo injections. Mice in one of the treated groups and one of the placebo groups were put on exercise regimens, walking 45 minutes five days a week, while the rest of the mice remained sedentary.
SElFIE MANIACS HAVE lOW-SElF ESTEEM
People who take selfies regularly are more prone to having low self-esteem, a new UK study suggests. The study, involving 2,071 UK men and women aged between 18 and 30, found that when it comes to taking photographs, 39 per cent preferred taking pictures of themselves rather than their family, partner, or pets. When the regular selfie-takers were asked how they felt about their appearance and relationships, only 13 per cent said they felt “confident in their own skin” and 60 per cent admitted to having low self-esteem. The reasons why people posted selfies ranged from capturing the moment when they look their best to communicating their mood instead of updating their profile status — but the most common was to get attention by way of likes and comments.