August 22, 2013

Breastfeeding may help some women extend the odds against breast cancer. Researchers found that women who breastfed their babies for more than six months developed breast cancer a decade later than those who did not breastfeed. But the benefit was not seen in breastfeeding women who smoked after pregnancy. Source Link  

Getting more exercise today won’t eliminate your insomnia tonight. A new study disproves the notion that sleep problems can be quickly solved by picking up the pace on a treadmill. Researchers say exercise will help, but you’ll need to be patient because it takes time to reprogram the brain to return to normal patterns of sleep. Source Link

One can relieve your hunger pangs, but the other may be more power-hungry. A new report claims that using an iPhone requires more electricity than it takes to run a refrigerator for a year. The calculation includes all the power needed for the smartphone’s wireless connections, data usage, and battery charges. Source Link