Monthly archives: October 2014

High milk intake may lead to early death: Study

Instead of strengthening your bones, drinking more than three glasses of milk a day may increase the risk of early death, a study has found. This could be due to the high levels of lactose and galactose (types of sugar) in milk, that have been shown to increase oxidative stress and chronic inflammation in animal studies, the researchers said. Doctors and nutritionists have long recommended a diet rich in milk […]

This 'NoPhone' KickStarter campaign has raised £5,500

It doesn’t bend, it won’t trap your hair and it won’t pocket dial. In fact, this “phone” can’t even send a text or make any calls. The NoPhone is simply a piece of black, rectangular-shaped plastic, billed as a new way of helping you manage your app addiction. It’s proving popular with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter which has raised nearly $9,000 (over £5,500) for the project already. A group […]

Drinking too much coffee can radically reduce a man’s ability to father children, a study has found.

Men who drank two or more cups of strong coffee a day had just a one in five chance of becoming fathers through IVF. However, for those who drank less than a cup, the chance of having a child rose to nearly 52%. The researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, told a conference in Hawaii that caffeine may harm sperm at a molecular level. A shot of espresso contains around […]