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A new research published online concluded that most women don’t know the risks of light smoking on their health wellness. According to their findings, researchers found that women who engage in light smoking were more likely to suffer from RA or rheumatoid arthritis. Additionally, the researchers said that cessation from the smoking habit cannot entirely eliminate the risk but helps in reducing it.

A new research suggested that kids with autism and can’t speak stand to benefit a lot by communicating using pictures and even rewarding their small speaking attempts. The research also found that pictures were more effective in encouraging communication among autism kids compared to sign language that has for long been used when teaching kids with autism.

According to the findings of a new research, mothers who experience high anxiety in their pregnancy period can suppress the response of immune system of their babies to vaccinations during their sixth month after birth. The study will be published in an online journal. This stifled nature of immune response showed up only after the young ones failed to receive the vaccine being tested in its full course.

Published on April 24, the statement which appeared in the website of Circulation: Heart failure journal predicted a staggering increase of 46 percent of total number of persons in the country suffering from heart failure. This was represented by a shift from the present 5 million people in 2012 to about 8 million by 2030. At the same period, both the direct and indirect costs for heart failure treatment are expected to more than double jumping from the current $31 billion to not less than $70 billion.

American Heart Association published a scientific statement in hypertension and recommended use of alternative approaches like resistance training and aerobic exercise in reducing blood pressure. According to the statement, these alternative approaches are can be adjunctive to medical therapies and standard dietary for hypertension.

With the lawn mowing season nearing in most parts of the nation, safety experts have warned parents that they take care of kids and prevent them from lawn mower accidents. For the past few weeks, there have been a number of cases reported for children who have been injured seriously in mowing accidents.

As far as risk of heart diseases in children is concerned, spending too much time watching TV, playing video and computer games is worse unlike the time the children spend in sedentary activities such as book reading. The Canadian study was done by researchers from University of Ottawa, Concordia University, University de Montreal, McGill University and University Laval.

Importance of Coenzyme Q10 in the body

The annual Heart Failure Congress is in 2013 being held in Lisbon, Portugal, between 25 and 28 May. This is usually the major annual conference of Heart Failure Association of European Association of Cardiology. The new drug, Coenzyme Q10 naturally occurs in the body. It is very important for survival, and it is used by mitochondria as a carrier of electrons.

The researchers started by asking the teens about the last conversation regarding substance abuse they talked about with their parents. In response, 14 percent said that they had actually talked about a certain prescription drug. The report was released by Partnership at Drugfree.org.

A researcher recently conducted a new poll to assess the importance of cold medications that parents frequently give their children. According to the poll findings, 44% of parents who had children below 4 years confirmed to have given their children cold medicine and multi- symptom coughing medication. 42 percent of the parents agreed to have given cough medicine to their children while 25 percent reported to have given decongestants to their children.