Breastfeeding Link To Chronic Illness
Generations of Australians are at increased risk of chronic illness because they were weaned off breastfeeding too early, new research reveals.
Australian National University scientists set out to assess the risk of chronic illness when infants are prematurely weaned off breast milk.
They found that one in 10 people are in danger of major diseases later in life because they were not breast-fed for a minimum six months.
Breastfeeding has been proven to reduce the long-term risk of chronic disease.
But during the 1960s and ’70s, 90 per cent of people now aged between 35 and 45 were weaned off breast milk before they were six months old. Read more
Create The Right Environment
Deemed universities are important in a country like ours which is looking forward to becoming a superpower by 2020. Also, when foreign universities are getting ready to bring world class facilities, technology and academic concepts to India, the government should be creating a conducive environment for our institutions too to excel in all spheres of education.
But unfortunately it is not doing this. The problem is not with the concept of deemed universities or autonomous institutes but in the process of granting colleges such status. The 2007 notification by the HRD ministry laid down that an institute must be assessed for innovation, excellence in all aspects of education, world class infrastructure, qualified faculty, accreditation and so on, before it is granted deemed university status. But unfortunately we messed up everything, creating chaos in higher education.
I believe that deemed university status should be granted to any institute which is excellent in education, research and development, infrastructure, innovation and faculty and is committed to the betterment of society. We should make accreditation by any national or international agency mandatory for granting an institute such a status. Peer review at regular intervals should be done to make sure it retains its high standards of education. Autonomous institutions should be agents of change in this fast changing world where life is influenced by globalisation and technological innovations in a big way.
But unfortunately some are setting a bad example. It may also be true that some deemed universities have failed to perform. But that doesn’t mean the concept is itself bad. Ideally, the government should be encouraging institutes to follow the norms and attain autonomy to excel further. A few bad eggs in the basket should not kill the objective of developing excellent and innovative institutions, which can help the country’s progress. By K. Balaveera Reddy, Deccan Chronicle
Diabetes Spending To Double By 2034: U.S. Study
The number of Americans with diabetes will double in the next 25 years, leading to health spending of $336 billion US, a new study suggests.
The number of people with the disease is projected to grow to 44 million in 2034 from 23.7 million in 2009. And while the population with diabetes doubles, the costs to treat the disease will triple, costing Medicare $171 billion, up from $5 billion currently. These figures do not factor in a rise in obesity among Americans.
In Canada, approximately 1.8 million, or about one in 18 people, had diagnosed diabetes according to the Public Health Agency of Canada in 2004-05. The prevalence of the disease increased by 24 per cent between 2000-01 and 2004-05, and the Canadian Diabetes Association predicts there will be three million Canadians living with the disease by 2010.
Researchers at the University of Chicago created a model to determine the cost burden of diabetes on society, which factored in trends in risk factors for the disease, its history and the effects of treatments.
Those studied were between 24 and 85. The findings are published in the December issue of the journal, Diabetes Care.
“Without significant changes in public or private strategies, this population and cost growth are expected to add a significant strain to an overburdened health-care system, write the authors. “We will find ourselves in a lot of trouble as a population.”
The authors say their dire projections are based on the fact that earlier studies failed to represent the scope of the problem, projecting numbers that have already been surpassed.
For example, they cite one study from 1991 that predicted that the number of diabetics would double between 1987 and 2030 — from 6.5 million to 11.6 million. The projected 2030 figure is less than half the cases reported in 2009.
The researchers add that their prediction may be too conservative.
On a more positive note, the authors believe that obesity may level out in the next 10 years and then begin to decline, from 30 per cent in 2009 to 27 per cent by 2033.
“We anticipate that the population will reach an equilibrium in obesity levels, since we cannot all become obese,” write the authors. CBC News
Have All The Right Tools
For the past few months, I noticed that a lot of suggestions and offers about increasing blog traffic, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and little known secrets for easy ways to get followers to my blog and articles have been creeping into my comments corner. Well, though it’s really overwhelming but sad to note, that it is also annoying. Mind you guys, blogs were originally used as online diaries but have recently taken on a business dimension, which is why writing a blog is a good way to drive traffic into your site and increase search engine rankings. But as always, it is vital to make sure you have all the right tools before you can breakthrough into search engines. Although there are software and consultants that may probably helps them improve SEO rankings, but the amazing part is why spend few dollars when you can have the free seo software on the internet absolutely for free?
Reliability & Connection Speed
We cannot deny the fact that blogging nowadays have captured the hearts and minds of people who are into writing. Yet, while it is true that blogging is widely increasing in scope and magnitude, hence, along with its popularity is the looming problems of some individuals who were also motivated and inclined to indulge with it. People write blogs either for personal interests or business reasons. And considering the importance of a reliable hosting to the success of your blog, it’s worthwhile to take some time to find out what hosting is the best for it. There are web hosting companies that offer unlimited bandwidth. Well, this may sounds like a good deal. But bandwidth is a commodity that costs the web hosting company money – unlimited bandwidth is really impossible.
Nevertheless, some web hosting companies have set a limitation to the memory your site can use per second, and once it exceeds this number, your website will be temporarily unavailable. By this method, they can restrict the usage of bandwidth since more bandwidth usually means more memory resource. Reliability and connection speed are something you won’t know until you use their service. So, better select mysql web hosting which can guarantee its uptime, reliability, affordability and technical support. Moreover, what made it more amazing is having the money back guarantee policy, by which your money can be refunded if you aren’t satisfied with their service.