Scientoon on Global warming affects the behaviour of birds

Scientoon on Global warming affects the behaviour of birds

Elevated temperature because of global warming affects male display activity of a lekking grassland bird. Research conducted by Mishal Gudka & team members from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom conducted studies and found that there is reduced display behaviour in case of little bustard. Such a phenomenon is adversely affecting the population of particular species.

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Scientoon on Antibiotics can harm the heart

Scientoon on Antibiotics can harm the heart

Scientists from the University of British Columbia have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics.

 Ciprofloxacin  can increase 2.4 times greater risk of developing aortic and mitral regurgitation, where the blood backflows into the heart, compared to patients who take amoxicillin.

Class of antibiotics called fluroquinolones are  very convenient to use but for the majority of cases, they're not really needed when there is community-related infections. The inappropriate prescribing may cause both antibiotic resistance as well as serious heart problems.

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 Reference: Mahyar Etminan, Mohit Sodhi, Saeed Ganjizadeh-Zavareh, Bruce Carleton, Abbas Kezouh, James M. Brophy. Oral Fluoroquinolones and Risk of Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019; 74 (11): 1444 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.035

A cartoon on :A nap a day keeps high blood pressure away

A cartoon on :A nap a day keeps high blood pressure away

Reference: Leonidas et al (2019), Mid-day sleep effects as potent as recommended lifestyle changes in patients with arterial hypertension, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9), 2; doi: DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(19)33782-9

Link: http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/73/9_Supplement_2/20