Nightmares in children may be a warning sign that they are
being bullied, British researchers have said. A study of 12-year-
olds found those who had nightmares were “significantly” more
likely to have been bullied, a team at Warwick University found.
Parents and GPs should be alert for nightmares in children as
a warning sign of bullying and talk to children about it, they
said. The lead author said: “Nightmares are relatively common
in childhood, while night terrors occur in up to ten per
cent of children. If either occurs frequently or over
a prolonged time period, they may indicate that a
child or adolescent has or is being bullied by peers.
These arousals in sleep may indicate significant distress
for the child.”
source:
The Telegraph
Parents should think twice before
distracting their toddlers with mindless
touchscreen games, researchers warned
after they found they were linked with
poorer speech. The research team found
there was no difference in scores on
general developmental tests in children
aged up to three between those who
played educational or non-educational
games on touchscreen devices. However,
those who played non-educational games
such as Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja had lower
scores in tests for both understanding of
language and speaking.
source:
The Telegraph
Sunscreen protects you from sunburn. But whether it
actually prevents skin cancer has been up for debate
until recently. According to a study at the Queensland
University of Technology in Australia, when SPF 30-plus
is properly applied, it provides 100 per cent protection
against all three types of skin cancer: melanoma,
squamous cell and basal cell. Even better, it not only
blocks the damage that can lead to skin cancer, but
also protects a special cancer-fighting gene known as
p53 that helps shield us from
all
varieties of cancer.
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sugar
Recently, consumers in the US sued several food
manufacturers for labelling a sweetener “evaporated cane
juice”, claiming that the healthy-sounding ingredient was
simply another name for sugar. Lawsuits are pending, but
that’s not the only sweetener with a fancy name on food
labels. “Fruit juice concentrate”, ingredients ending in “-ose”
and nearly all “syrups” are forms of sugar, with the same
dubious nutritional value.
source:
Good Housekeeping
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