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By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 11/05/2011 Babies who are breast-fed for several months develop fewer behavioural problems in early childhood than those who are bottle-fed, researchers have said. The British study which involved around 10,000 mothers and their babies found that breastfeeding for at least four months lowered the risk of behavioural problems in children aged five by one third. Researchers say the findings, published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, add to a wealth of existing evidence on the benefits of breastfeeding. Children raised on bottled milk formula tended to show more signs of anxiety, hyperactivity or lying and stealing, researchers found. "Were not necessarily talking about tearaway, unmanageable five-year-old kids," said Maria Quigley from Oxford University, who led the research. "It might be unusual anxiousness, restlessness, inability to socialise with other children or play fully in groups." Scientists said the results could be explained either by the fatty acids in breast milk which aid brain development or the bonding between mother and child, which may affect learned behaviour. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Essex, York and University College London analysed data from a survey of 10,037 infants born in the UK between 2000 and 2001, who took part in the the wider Millennium Cohort Study. Mothers were asked to assess the behaviour of their children by the age of five, giving scores for different behaviours, such as clinginess and restlessness. Raw figures showed that only six percent of breast-fed children were given abnormal scores indicating behavioural problems, compared with 16 percent of formula-fed children. However, mothers who breast-fed tend to be older, better educated and from a higher socio-economic background than those who don't, the study said. Researchers therefore adjusted the figures to take those factors into account, concluding that there was a 30 percent greater risk of behavioural problems among formula-fed children. "Our results provide even more evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding," Quigley added. "Mothers who want to breastfeed should be given all the support they need." Janet Fyle, from the Royal College of Midwives, agreed that the study backed evidence that breastfeeding is best for babies but warned against victimising women who choose not to. "We need to be careful to keep a balance when interpreting the results, so that we do not send a negative message to mothers that they have failed or make them feel guilty because they bottle-fed their babies," she said. Regards,

Feb 21, 2011 Oral sex linked to cancer risk WASHINGTON - US SCIENTISTS said on Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men. In the United States, oral cancer due to HPV infection is now more common than oral cancer from tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of such cancers in the rest of the world. Researchers have found a 225-per cent increase in oral cancer cases in the United States from 1974 to 2007, mainly among white men, said Maura Gillison of Ohio State University. 'When you compare people who have an oral infection or not... the single greatest factor is the number of partners on whom the person has performed oral sex,' said Ms Gillison, who has been researching HPV and cancer for 15 years. 'When the number of partners increases, the risk increases,' she told reporters at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington. Previous studies have suggested that people who have performed oral sex on six or more partners over a lifetime face an eight-fold higher risk of acquiring HPV-related head or neck cancer than those with fewer than six partners, she said. But even though the link between HPV and cervical cancer has been well known for many years, and vaccines now exist to provide some protection, much study remains to be done to confirm observational links and establish causes, Ms Gillison said. 'The rise in oral cancer in the US is predominantly among young white males and we do not know the answer as to why.' -- AFP Be careful wif the tongue lashings guys.

Seems like not only Colgate. Most toothpaste contains triclosan. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/colgate-total-toothpaste-includes-chemical-ingredient-linked-cancer-074918252.html#G1b6Nxk

Hur........... Had been using 'Colgate' brand for the past 50 over years .... Yahoo news: Colgate Total Toothpaste Includes Chemical Ingredient Linked to Cancer Colgate's top-selling toothpaste, Total, is using a chemical ingredient that has been linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in animals. The antibacterial chemical, triclosan, is used in the toothpaste to fight plaque and gingivitis, according to the company. Total received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 1997 following the agency's rigorous process, and the toothpaste is safe, according to Colgate. However, an investigation by Bloomberg into the product found that "some of the scientific findings Colgate put forward to establish triclosan's safety in toothpaste weren't black and white". Colgate's toxicology studies on triclosan submitted to the FDA in connection with Total application had been withheld from view. The FDA released the study earlier in 2014 in response to a lawsuit over a Freedom of Information Act request. Later, the agency put the 35-page study on its website, following inquiries from Bloomberg. Three scientists who reviewed the pages at Bloomberg's request, taking into account new research on triclosan, said the FDA's approval of Total 17 years ago raises questions about whether the agency did appropriate due diligence before giving nod. They added that the approval may not validly stand in light of new research. "The pages show how even with one of the US's most stringent regulatory processes -- FDA approval of a new drug -- the government relies on company-backed science to show products are safe and effective," Bloomberg writes. The news agency noted that Colgate's studies on triclosan showed foetal bone malformations in mice and rats, but the company ignored the findings saying they were not relevant. Meanwhile, Colgate defended Total's effectiveness and safety, saying the product's approval was supported by more than 80 clinical studies involving 19,000 people. "In the nearly 18 years that Colgate Total has been on the market in the US, there has been no signal of a safety issue from adverse-event reports," Colgate spokesman Thomas DiPiazza told Bloomberg. More stories, the Link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/colgate-total-toothpaste-includes-chemical-ingredient-linked-cancer-074918252.html#G1b6Nxk

Very Sad stories of today's society. How are these people going toface their respective family?? Sad Sad News

Managed to pick up an application form for Esso Speedpass, which allows you to link to any credit card and to your existing Smiles card for points. Previously the attendant told me the only option for Speedpass was to apply with the DBS ESSO card. Question is, currently when you pay by Citibank cards, there is 14% direct discount, as opposed to the normal station discounts, so by linking the Speedpass to a Citibank card, will you still enjoy the 14% direct discount? I don't want to queue at the counter, yet I still want to enjoy the maximum discount that I'm currently getting, with my Citibank Dividend card.

kind of curious. Asian economies are raising interest rates recently while US Fed just mentioned that recovery is flatering so US probably will not raise interest rates. What is our local Sibor rate affected mostly by? US rates or local rates?

I agree with this report. Notice how internet forums are full of insufferable people who get angry over minor issues?

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anyone here or anyone you know is part of the 58% and yet still remain unsatisfied and greedy for more compensation??? how abt those 42% who do not get any compensation, do you LL, suck thumb (honest mistake, life goes on) or you still insist you should get compensation despite knowing the definition of "investment"???

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for those of you who bought minibonds, credit linked notes etc, please go and check whether Merrill, Lehman or AIG are one of the reference entities on your product as well. there could be a early redemption event coming up and the promises of capital protection may be gone. not to cause panic,but most people thought these products were 100% capital protected...

Hi guys, I just bought an MP3 Player (iPOD for Windows), hoping that I could connect it to my car's HU. I have seen the back of the HU before, and didn't realise the RCA connectors were a "bus audio-in", which meant that it also required a bus control cable to work. It's not an "Aux-in". It was supposed to be linked to a Sony CD/MD changer. So... I was hoping some of you could shed some light on the following choices... Option A: Find a good ICE guy who could hot-wire my Sony HU so that the bus audio can be used for "line-in" Anyone knows of a good ICE guy... Option B: Get an FM transmitter, hopefully with 12V adapter. Anyone knows where to get such a device. I've read seeral different accounts of such mods on overseas websites, and the 1st option is preferred as the sound quality would be much better. But the 2nd option would be simpler to do.... Does anyone know of another method (other than getting a new HU)? Thanks