Breastfeeding your baby for 6 months will 'keep you slim in later life'

Mothers who breastfeed their babies reduce their risk of becoming obese when they get older, research has shown.

A study of 740,000 post-menopausal women found that the more children a woman had, the heavier she was likely to be in later life. But average Body Mass Index (BMI) was lower in women who had breastfed - irrespective of how many times they had given birth.

Usher's 11yr old stepson declared brain dead after tragic acident

Usher's ex-wife Tameka Raymond's 11 year old son, Kyle Glover, was critically injured in a jet ski accident on Lake Lanier on Saturday July 7th. Kyle and a friend, a 15 year old girl, were being pulled in an inner tube when a 38 year old man on a jet ski crashed into them, striking Kyle in the head and knocking him unconscious. He was airlifted to Atlanta's Egelston Hospital, where doctors battled to save his life.

Tameka, who was not in town at the time, was flown home on a private jet chartered by Usher, who remains by her side.

Unfortunately now TMZ is reporting that doctors have declared the 11 year old brain dead. He has experienced zero brain activity since the accident. So sad. May God be with them!

LOVE DOCTOR: She picked a strange cough and wants me to KISS her?

My girlfriend of 2 years came to my house yesterday and was coughing incessantly as though she has asthma. Asked her what the problem is, she answered by telling me twas just cold that she would be fine soon.

Baby with 2 heads, 2 necks born in Punjab

 

A woman in India gave birth to a healthy child with two heads and necks in a private hospital in Muktsar, Punjab, after a major operation on Tuesday.
The new-born male baby is under observation in the intensive care unit of the hospital where the condition of the child is stated to be critical. Doctors said that if the baby survives for 24 hours, then he can be referred to a bigger institution for further treatment.

MUST SHARE!! – Five Cancer Fighting Spices

By Veronica Peterson, Editor, Healthy & Green Living
They’re pretty, delicious and drumroll please…they’re good for you! Yes, I’m talking about the secret our forefathers knew way back in the day. Spices have untapped health benefits and have recently been stealing the scene as powerful cancer preventatives and fighters. Below are five you might want to consider adding to your diet.

The Waistline of ’57% of Women Are Too Big

The waistlines of more than half of women are too big, experts have said, as they warned those who are overweight they are increasing their risk of cancer and infertility.

Researchers found that the average waist measurement for women is 4.9cm larger than the healthy size of less than 80cm.

Larger waists could lead to an increased chance of fertility problems, cancers, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

People Who Walk A lot Have Lower Diabetes Risk – study

Washington – Among people at high risk of diabetes are people who get very little exercise, according to U.S study.

The study also showed that those who manage to walk more throughout the day are less likely to actually develop the blood sugar disorder.

Earlier studies have shown that walking more is tied to a lower risk of diabetes, but few studies have looked into precise measures of how many steps people take each day, said Amanda Fretts, lead author of the study and a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.

“Our finding wasn’t surprising given that other studies have shown that even light activity is associated with a lower risk of diabetes,”Fretts wrote in an email to Reuters Health.

To get a better sense of the potential benefits of walking, Fretts and her colleagues asked more than 1,800 people to wear a pedometer for a week to tally the number of steps they typically took each day.

Expert Says Soaps Can Cause Kidney Diseases In Children

A UNIVERSITY don has warned that soaps containing mercury can cause Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) in children.
Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin disclosed this yesterday while delivering the 109th Inaugural Lecture of the university.
According to Adedoyin during the lecture moderated by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Ishiaq Oloyede, “the use of soap containing mercury in children is a modifiable risk factor in CKD. The soap, like bleaching cream, has mercury which is injurious to the kidney.”
He added: “There is no uniform distribution of mercury and since it has poor lipid solubility, it accumulates mostly in the kidneys with insufficient renal excretion resulting in renal damage.”
Other identifiable risk factors that endanger the kidney, he said, include the usage of cream containing steroid, excessive use of analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and inadequate management of diarrhoea and malaria.

Sex Facts that Will Absolutely Blow Your Mind

In Africa, the topic “Sex”, and “Sexuality” are topics that people are almost always thinking about, but would rather not talk about.
I was recently surfing the internet, looking out for materials for my next article, when I came across five very interesting things about sex that I will like to share with you.
A Mystery drug….
Introduce “The Vibrator”
According to the Museum of Sex, the vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female “hysteria” during the 19th century. The vibrator-induced orgasms helped

The 12-Year-Old Girl Who Refused To Cuts Her Hair Since Birth (Photos)

This twelve-year-old girl has refused cutting her hair since she was born and plans to sell the 5ft 2in mane of hair for £3,500 to serve as extensions.

Natasha Moraes de Andrade, who lives in an impoverished shanty town in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, has never had a haircut. At 5ft 3in, she is just one inch taller than the length of her wavy chestnut hair – and the maintenance it requires sees her use a full bottle of shampoo every week.

Her mother Catarina Moraes de Andrade, 42, said admirers told her never to cut her daughter’s beautiful hair as it was so thick and long.