Olympics bronze medallist Sushil Kumar has indeed become hot property. And it’s none other than PETA who is chasing the brawny wrestler to join hand with them as their vegan ambassador. Chief functionary of PETA (India) Anuradha Sawhney, wrote in a letter to Kumar that her organisation wold like to feature him in their vegetarian ads.
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Indian demi-God Amitabh Bachchan came out to promote diabetes awareness in London, where he is showcasing his ‘Unforgettable Tour’ with other Bollywood filmstars (the top two in his family itself). Launching a Mobile Assessment Unit that is devised to carry out free tests for diabetes, Amitabh too underwent the test to remove any embarrassment or discomfort associated with the practice. He was declared free of the hazard as hundreds of his fans cheered aloud.

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We have heard of instances, especially in South India, where women have demanded an HIV screening test for their grooms. But now even a wedding hall in Chinnamanur in Tamil Nadu, India, demands that all brides and grooms solemnizing their marriage in the hall should get a ‘no HIV’ certificate first.
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Stress could worsen your allergies, claims a research done by the Harvard Medical School. The new findings suggest that stress not only increases chances of heart disease and cervical cancer, but can also give rise to severe allergies. The study also said that women who are stressed during their pregnancy have more chances of high level of Immunoglobulin E, which is an immune system linked to allergic responses.

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Great news for the heart patients of the world. A team of Israeli scientists have worked on a miracle gel made out of the ordinary seaweed that could help save lives suffering from heart attacks. Led by Smedar Cohen, this team claims to have discovered an amazing gel which can strengthen the scar tissues of the heart when it is injected in the heart through the groin vein in liquid form. Upon contact with the scar tissue, the liquid condenses into a thick gel leading the otherwise thin tissues to be thick.

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We have always dreamt of a clean house. But latest findings have claimed that a clean house may not necessarily be a safe house. You never know the products you are using to create a hygienic home can actually endanger your family’ health. All the answers are provided in ‘Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning’ a publication of New Society Publishers.
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There is good news for diabetics. Researchers from the University of Warwick have revealed that eating broccoli regularly can help reverse the damaged caused to the heart by type 2 diabetes. This is because of the presence of a compound called sulforaphane which releases and enzyme that protects the blood vessels from damage. When researchers checked the effects of sulforaphane on blood vessel cells that were damaged by high blood sugar levels, they discovered that sulforaphane actually protected the blood vessels by activating protective antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes. 

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Jenny McCarthy teams up with professional wrestler John Cena to fight autism. After Jenny’s son Evan Joseph was diagnosed with autism in 2005, Jenny became a member of Generation Rescue for advice and support with the disease through diet control. The time spent there strengthened the fighter in Jenny enabling her to think of other families facing the challenges of autism. And so an interesting fund-raising plan was born.
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It is not a small feat that in a country where majority of the population is obese and suffering from one or more diseases linked to unhealthy life style like diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension etc., California became the first state to ditch trans-fats, well, to some extent.  Much to the discontent of the restaurateurs all across the state, Governor Schwarzeneggar passed a law that bans restaurants and retail food establishments to use food products and raw materials containing trans-fats.  Despite the ire of the California Restaurant Association, what comes as a pleasant surprise is that the bill has been taken in the right spirit by the Californians.

Although the bill seems like the proverbial tip of the iceberg, but it’ll have a huge impact on the health of citizens in the long run.  Healthy life style begins with the healthy eating practices. Considering that California shells out a whopping $21.7 billion a year on obesity problems, this bill will not only improve the general public health but its consequences can be felt even in the economy.  Such radical steps need to be taken in order to make amends to the damage already done as well as rid future generations of the ill effects of poor lifestyle choices.

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What kills roughly 2 million people but is not AIDS? Answer: indoor cooking related diseases. Shocked? This fact is found and recorded in a World Health Organization report. The problem aggravates in villages where modern gas burners are rarely available and the smoke chullas (stoves) are vicious enough to choke your lungs!
In an attempt to alleviate this situation, students from MIT have designed a clean solar cooker out of yak-wool canvas panels, for villagers of the Himalayan region. The panels are stretched over bamboo ribs and faced with reflective Mylar in a manner that in first look you might think it to be some sort of an umbrella!

But this unique light weight cooking device comes for only $17 and for an extra $26 one can attach a metal coil for heating one’s house. This solar cooker helps in cutting down carbon emission as opposed to the traditional yak dung or wood fuel the cooker uses solar power to make yummy food! Its design has won a prize and loads of public attention at the MIT IDEAS competition and in near future one may happen to find it in markets for sale. This means clean and green cooking at an affordable price and no more choking or coughing over horrible gas stoves!

Via: wiredscience