Monday 20 July 2015

Too Much Sitting May Raise A Woman’s Cancer Risk- Study


Lots of time spent sitting may increase a woman’s odds for cancer, but it does not seem to have a similar effect on men, a new study suggests.
“Longer leisure time spent sitting was associated with a higher risk of total cancer risk in women, and specifically with multiple myeloma, breast and ovarian cancers. But sitting time was not associated with cancer risk in men,” concluded a team led by Dr. Alpa Patel, who directs the Cancer Prevention Study-3 at the American Cancer Society.
One doctor said the message from the study is clear.
“Encouraging individuals across all categories of weight to reduce sitting time would have an impact on their physical activity, with beneficial effects on cancer and other chronic diseases,” said Dr. Paolo Bofetta, a professor of preventative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City.
Reported recently in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the study tracked outcomes for more than 146,000 men and women who were cancer-free at the start of the study and then followed from 1992 to 2009. During that time, nearly 31,000 of the participants developed cancer.
More time spent sitting during leisure time was associated with a 10 percent overall higher risk of cancer in women, after the researchers adjusted for factors such as physical activity levels and weight. There was no such link found in men, however.
Among women, specific cancers associated with high levels of sitting during leisure time were the blood cancer multiple myeloma, invasive breast cancer, and ovarian cancer.
“Further research is warranted to better understand the differences in associations between men and women,” Alpa Patel and colleagues wrote.
Previous research has shown that physical activity can reduce cancer risk, but few studies have examined the link between sitting time and cancer risk. Over the past few decades, sitting time in the United States has increased, the researchers said.
The study wasn’t designed to prove cause-and-effect. However, given the large amount of time Americans spend sitting, even a slight link between sitting and increased cancer risk could have major public health implications, Patel’s group said.
Experts were puzzled by the fact that sitting appeared to boost a woman’s odds for cancer, even after the research team factored out the notion that sitting might simply mean less daily exercise.
For example, “one would assume that women that exercise more have a decreased risk of breast cancer, but the study tried to control for this variable,” said breast cancer specialist Dr. Stephanie Bernik, chief of surgical oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
“It is unclear why leisure time spent sitting, if not a marker for decreased physical activity, would increase the risk of cancer,” she said. Bernik believes more study is needed to pinpoint the reason behind the finding.
Dr. Charles Shapiro directs translational breast cancer research at the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, also in New York City. He said the study was limited by the fact that it relied on the recall of people answering questionnaires about past habits. Still, he said, “the study is of importance because it highlights that less leisure-time sitting and increased physical activity are distinct [entities],” with separate implications for cancer risk.

Davido announces collaboration with Wizkid..


Finally, we get a Davido and Wizkid collaboration.

This is one collaboration fans have been looking forward to for a very long time.

And Davido who won the Best Male artiste for a second time in a row at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards which held Saturday night in Durban, South Africa, took to Instagram to make the big announcement.

Davido and Wizkid have had a rivalry which many say was largely escalated by fans who were always comparing the duo.

However, from this announcement Davido made, it seems all that ‘beef’ has been forgotten.



Go ahead and probe Jonathan | PDP gives Buhari the greenlight


The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, has given the Federal government the permission to probe the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.
The PDP however warned that the investigation must be conducted without malice and should not be designed to witch-hunt some persons who worked under Jonathan.
While speaking with Vanguard, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, warned that the investigation must be within the ambit of the law and respect for fundamental human rights of citizens.
Metuh pointed out that the government must plan for the future and not necessarily spending its energy looking into the past.
He said: “It is the right thing to probe and investigate but there must be respect for fundamental human rights of the people. It must be carried out within the confines of the law, there must be no witch-hunt.
“There must be plans for the future, the government can go ahead with the probe, but must put forward those things that will move the country forward because very soon, Nigerians will be asking questions on insecurity, incessant arrest, the state of the dollar, among others.”

South African Preacher who fed his congregation snakes reportedly arrested


Controversial South African based preacher, Prophet Penuel Mnguni of End Times Disciples Ministries who recently fed his congregation a ‘live snake’ has been reportedly arrested by the police.

According to reports citing Ga-Rankuwa police, he was arrested on Sunday and is likely to appear in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of cruelty to animals.

Earlier in the week, the South African branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (SPCA) had warned the preacher to keep his hands off live animals.

See Photos As Buhari Arrives In Washington, US

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived the Joint Base Andrews Airport, Washington DC, on his four-day official visit to the United States on Sunday, July 19.
Buhari was accompanied on the trip with an official entourage of 33 people.
See below photos from his arrival:
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