jet lag could increase cancer risk
Frequent travelling that causes jet lag could increase your risk of cancer because it tends to disturb our body clocks that are controlled by the same mechanism, says a study. The findings, reported in the Daily Mail, showed that people’s internal body clocks have a major influence on cell multiplication and has the potential to prevent cancer. “Our internal clock is in sync with external light and dark cues, and prompts people’s behaviour and activity levels,” lead author Angela Relogio from the Charite-Medical University in Berlin, was quoted as saying by Daily Mail. “Based on our results, it seems to us that the clock is likely to act as a tumour suppressor,” Relogio added. The team analysed a protein known as RAS, which is inappropriately activated in around one quarter of cancerous cells, in mice.
Acupressure to Ease Menstrual Pain
A new study, conducted by researchers from Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, shows that women who used an acupressure app reported significantly less menstrual pain than women who didn’t. The study that was published in the Journal American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology examines the use of a particular app called AKUD which was developed by the team itself with the help of acupressure experts from China, Germany, and the United States. The app was designed for the target audience of women in their 20s and 30s who use their phones for various daily tasks. They can easily use an app that teaches them pressure points to ease menstrual pain.
baldness and Heart disease risk
Baldness, also called hair loss, has become a common issue nowadays, particularly in men. Earlier, the problem was associated with old age, however, the problem is starting to affect the young as well, mainly due to changing lifestyle. A recent study has warned that male-pattern baldness and premature greying of hair is linked to more than five-fold risks of heart disease before the age of 40 years than obesity. Obesity is associated with a four-fold risk of early heart disease. Dr Sachin Patil from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, said the incidence of coronary artery disease in young men is increasing, but cannot be explained by traditional risk factors. “Premature greying and androgenic alopecia (male-pattern baldness) correlate well with vascular age irrespective of chronological age and are plausible risk factors for coronary artery disease,” Patil added.