Risk Of Depresssion Reduced With Caffeine

Researchers found that women who drink more than 2 cups of coffee per day had a lower risk for depression.

The study was a 10 year longitudinal study involving 50,739 women, a mean age of 63 years.

Researchers recorded the number of women who developed clinical depression and compared it with:

1. Coffee ( 80% cafeine


2. Tea (12% caffeine)


3. Soft drinks of 5% caffeine

1-They found that those drank 2-3 cups of coffee per day had a 15% lower risk for depression.
2- Those who drank 4 cups or more had a 20% lower risk.

The results of the study support coffee as a protection against depression.

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Vitamin-A Pills Can Save The lives Of 1000's Children

One hundred and ninety million children under the age of 5 may have vitamin-A deficiency, this is according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Researchers believe by giving children vitamin-A pills 600.000 lives could be saved each year.

In the study involving 200,000 children, researchers found that deaths were reduced by 24 % if the children were given vitamin-A supplements.

The body needs vitamin-A for its immune system, the vitamin can prevent diseases such as diarrhoea and measels.

Vitamin-A is found in foods such as cheese, eggs, liver and fish.

Read about this report from the BBC news.

Researchers Found A Cause of Hypoglycaemia

One in 100.000 babies are born with a genetic defect, these children develop hypoglycaemia even when there is no insulin in their blood.

Hypolgycaemia is when the blood sugar level is too low usually due to an imbalance between insulin and sugar.

Researchers analysed the genetic code of three children with this severe form of hypoglycaemia and found that mutations in the AKT2 gene are the cause.

All three children in the study had a mutation in the AKT2 gene.

Read more about the study.