HEALTH ISSUE: SHORT CUTS

SHORT CUTS


Oral bacteria tied to 
pregnancy problems
  Oral bacteria can target pregnancy in healthy women, says a new study. researchers from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) have begun to understand how and which bacteria from the 700 species living in the mouth are responsible for the increasing numbers of preterm (premature) and stillbirths. Yiping Han, periodontist at the CWRU School of Dental Medicine, led the study that found several new bacteria originating in the mouth travel through the blood to cause an inflammatory reaction in the placenta and eventually cause a range of health issues from miscarriages to stillbirths.

Face-to-face meets trump Facebook:
  Nothing makes us happier than our families and loved ones, a new study shows, with face-to-face socialising beating reaching out to people online hands down. The Happiness Barometer, conducted in 16 countries across Happiness index, which surveyed between 500 to 1,000 people per country.