Apple juice may help in depression
Kids suffering from mild gastroenteritis and dehydration should be given diluted apple juice instead of electrolyte drinks to replace fluid losses from diarrhea and vomiting, researchers say. Results showed that 17 percent children who were administered diluted apple juice experienced less treatment failure compared to 25 percent given electrolyte drinks. “The use of diluted apple juice and preferred fluids may be an appropriate alternative electrolyte maintenance fluids in children with mild gastroenteritis and minimal dehydration,” said Stephen B Freedman from University of Calgary in Canada. The study, published in the journal JAMA, children from age six months to five years with gastroenteritis and minimal dehydration to receive diluted apple juice or apple-flavoured electrolyte maintenance solution. Among 647 randomised children, 644 completed the follow-up inspections. Only 2.5 per cent children who drink apple juice/preferred fluids received intravenous rehydration.
Wine at dinner is great for health
A new study has proven that sipping a glass of wine at dinner every day is actually good for your health. Researchers from the universities of Helsinki and Tampere, Finland studied the drinking habits of almost 2,600 people between 18 and 69. They found that 12 percent of people, who had a glass of wine or two with dinner, were the most likely to have good physical and mental health and rate their self-esteem as high.The research also suggested that those who dined with wine every night were less likely to binge drink and should not be considered at risk of doing so, the Daily Mail reported. The study is published in the Alcohol and Alcoholism journal.
Depression may be linked to HPV
According to a recent study, stress and depression are linked with HPV complications — specifically, whether the infection sticks around long enough to increase a woman’s risk of cervical cancer. HPV is an umbrella term referring to a group of more than 200 related viruses, many of which are easily spread through sexual contact, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, it’s the most common sexually-transmitted infection in the US. That being said, most people never know they’ve been infected; in fact, many never even develop physical symptoms, and the majority of HPV infections clear up on their own within two years. However, certain strains of the viruses are more likely to persist, and these “high-risk” variations can cause cervical cancer (among other types) later in life.