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New Delhi, November 07, 2018 ;
Radiation and cancer :
The US FDA has contradicted colleagues within the National Institutes of Health after they claimed that a study they conducted into the effects of radio frequency radiation (RFR) showed “clear evidence” of an association with a form of heart cancer. Scientists from the National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences within the National Institutes of Health, issued a report on November 1 in which they said that their study clearly showed that male rats exposed to high levels of RFR developed heart schwannomas, a form of cancer that is very rare in humans. They also said that there was some evidence to suggest that exposed male rats were at increased risk of developing tumors in the brain and adrenal glands. Rats and mice received radio frequency radiation across their whole bodies. By contrast, people are mostly exposed in specific local tissues close to where they hold the phone.”
More than 200 cases of polio-like illness under investigation in the US, with 80 confirmed cases of the polio-like illness known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 25 states this year as of Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. In addition, there are 219 cases under investigation. The CDC noted an increase in reports of patients under investigation who began experiencing symptoms in August, September and October. It has not identified the 25 states with confirmed illnesses, nor has it said how many states are reporting cases under investigation… (CNN).
Corporal punishment or the use of spanking as a disciplinary tool increases aggression in young children in the long run and is ineffective in teaching a child responsibility and self-control. New evidence suggests that it may cause harm to the child by affecting normal brain development. The harm associated with verbal punishment, such as shaming or humiliation are discussed in an updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published online Nov. 5, 2018 in the journal Pediatrics.
A new high-tech bracelet, called Nightwatch can detect 85% of all serious epilepsy seizures and 96% of the most severe ones (tonic-clonic seizures), and reduce unexpected night-time fatalities (SUDEP or sudden unexpected death in epilepsy) in these patients, says a study reported in the journal Neurology.
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Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect CMAAO
President Heart Care Foundation of India
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