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A recent study conducted at a University in New Zealand revealed that children watching TV for long periods of time may lead to serious diseases, including metabolic diseases and heart diseases.

Watching TV and screen addiction is a problem parents face with their children. Forbidding a child or limiting the times he spends watching TV is not easy, which raises parents’ concern because of the dangers it poses to children’s physical and psychological health.

A study conducted by the University of Otago in New Zealand, whose results were published in the journal “Pediatrics”, showed that children and adolescents sitting in front of screens and using them is associated with an increased chance of developing metabolic diseases when they become adults.

Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat and abnormal cholesterol levels that lead to an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke. According to what was published by the American (Science Daily) website.

The study tracked data from more than 800 people, and researchers found that those who watched TV for longer periods – those between the ages of 5 and 15 – were more likely to develop these conditions at age 45.
The lead supervisor of the study, Dr. Bob Hancox, said that the study does not indicate that television causes these bad health effects, but the reason may be the long time that children spend in front of screens, which leads to a lack of physical activity, and also indicates the possibility of the emergence of bad eating habits. Because of watching advertisements for unhealthy foods, according to what was published by the New Zealand “News Medical Life Science”.

Dr. Hancox added that sitting down to watch TV leads to a lack of activity, “and therefore an increased risk of weight gain and lack of fitness.” For this reason, doctors and specialists recommend organizing the times children spend in front of screens, encouraging them to move, increase physical activity, and ensure that they eat healthy food.

2023-07-27 17:40:49

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A recent study shows that there is a simple procedure that can reduce the chances of cognitive decline in people at risk of developing dementia.

The study, published in The Lancet medical journal, revealed that hearing aids can reduce the likelihood of cognitive decline by nearly 50 percent in people at risk of dementia.

Neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease are associated with hearing loss, but experts are not sure if the latter is a symptom or a cause of the disease.

How were the results obtained?

Nearly 2,000 research participants at such risk wore hearing aids for 3 years.
The participants ranged in age from 70 to 84 years, and completed tests that included language and memory, before the start of the experiment and then 3 years later.
Researchers found that hearing aids reduced risk by 48 percent.
As a result, those who led the study believe that up to 8 percent of dementia cases could be prevented by stopping hearing loss and wearing devices that improve it.
Professor Frank Lane, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, said: “These findings provide compelling evidence that treatment of hearing loss is a powerful tool for protecting cognitive function later in life and may delay the diagnosis of dementia.”

“The benefits to cognition and cognition when treating age-related hearing loss are likely to vary, depending on the individual’s risk of cognitive decline,” Lin said.

Other experts noted that the findings add more evidence of the importance of maintaining brain activity, including in treating hearing loss.

2023-07-19 08:59:05

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The Minister of Health in the caretaker government, Firas Al-Abyad, announced that “it was decided to withdraw the nursery license in Al-Jadida, where the children were abused, and to close it permanently,” noting that “there are international partners in this file in cooperation with the relevant ministries and trade unions, and crises do not justify any exposure to children and dealing with them in any way.” violation of their protection.

2023-07-11 11:28:36

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