Need to improve your sense of smell? Put on a few more pounds
A study by researchers from the University of Portsmouth finds that people who are overweight have a greater sense of smell for food.
The researchers suggest this may explain why some people struggle to stay slim.
It is an already known fact that the part of the brain that processes information about odor is connected to the feeding centers of the brain.
The latest research is published in the journal Chemical Senses
Finally a malaria Vaccine?
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the British pharmaceutical giant, is currently running a Phase 3 clinical trial to confirm the safety profile of what would be a much-awaited for malaria vaccine. The trial is taking place across seven countries in Africa and data is expected in 2011.
Hope for you if mathematics scares you.
A report in the scientific magazine Current Biology says that by applying electrical current to the brain, they could enhance a person's mathematical performance for up to 6 months without influencing their other cognitive functions.
The findings may lead to treatments for the estimated 20 percent of the population with moderate to severe numerical disabilities (for example, dyscalculia) and for those who lose their skill with numbers as a result of stroke or degenerative disease, according to the researchers.
Abortion deaths in Africa
A report from the UN's Economic Commission for Africa estimates that about 36,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions in Africa. Many of them are young girls who have unwanted pregnancies and who are forced to have operations illegally….so-called back-street abortions
A COMMENT FROM FACEBOOK
by Ama Odei-Larbi
…" this study is ridiculous, this is what give some heavy set people the justification for not trying to lose weight even though they r morbidly obese. there r some people who just love food n in this country where there r so many unhealthy choices, one can easily get overweight. it is our genetic composition that determines whether one will be fat or slim. but lack of exercise n unhealthy food choices can easily make anybody overweight. there r some big people who donot eat a whole lot n there r some skinny people who can really chowdown.Greater sense of smell for food has nothing to do with the other".