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| A report on the persecution of Christians around the world concludes that the situation in some countries is the worst ever, and may lead to the faith disappearing from some areas. The report, from the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, surveys the situation around the world for all Christian denominations. ‘Significant developments in key countries point to the inescapable conclusion that – especially in the Middle East and some other countries – Christianity is under threat as never before and could yet disappear,’ it stated. | |
| Religious Persecution | Christianity, May 2011 |
| Brain scans could help detect changes leading to Alzheimer's disease up to a decade before the symptoms develop, claim researchers. A study suggests that areas of the brain affected by the disease start shrinking many years earlier. U.S. researchers behind the study say magnetic resonance (MR) scan¬ning is not yet ready to use in diagnos¬ing Alzheimer's, but the findings bring the prospect closer. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| A new nationwide survey appears to say , marriage and family values make children happier, according to the Christian Institute. Children who live with both their biological parents have higher ‘life satisfaction’, and eating an evening meal together as a family is important, the study said. The findings come from the secular Understanding Society study, which questioned about 14,000 households. The study said that ‘not living with both natural parents has a greater negative impact on a young person’s life satisfaction than their material situation’. | |
| Family | Christianity, May 2011 |
| Her genes rather than her diet have the biggest influence on when a girl gets her first period, according to scientists. The age a mother started to menstruate has more influence on her daughter's start age than any other factor, Including environment and lifestyle. The age that menstruation begins is important because it has been linked to a risk of chronic diseases, including breast cancer, and has been the focus of a major UK-wide study. The chances of developing the disease gradually increase with a progressively younger age at first period. Over recent decades, the average age girls start to menstruate has been getting increasingly younger. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Women who drink during pregnancy are up to three times more likely to give birth to a very premature baby, doctors have warned. Exposure to alcohol in the womb also raises the odds of the baby being born underweight. And it increases the chance of the newborn dying shortly after birth, the study found. | |
| Health | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| Apple has withdrawn an App from an ex-gay organisation following protests from gay rights groups. Exodus International, a Christian organisation that ministers to gay people, said it produced the App to be a resource for ministers with the same information that is on its website. However, a gay rights group began a petition to drop the product, calling it ‘hateful and bigoted’ and obtained nearly 150,000 signatures. | |
| Religious Persecution | Christianity, May 2011 |
| Women who break through the glass ceiling in work are more likely to help out their male subordinates than female ones. Research shows men who report to a female manager get much more mentoring and support than their female colleagues. The findings, published in the journal Social Science Research, add to previous evidence that so-called Queen Bee syndrome can be a major obstacle to women climbing the managerial ladder. Far from encouraging other ambitious women, psychologists at the University of Cincinnati found female bosses are more inclined to obstruct them. | |
| Work/Employment | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| David Cameron robustly criticised his old university, Oxford, this week, by saying: “I saw figures the other day that showed only one black person went to Oxford last year. I think that is disgraceful.” The university was indignant, pointing out that their former student had misunderstood the figures. Twenty-two per cent of their students are from ethnic minority backgrounds. The Prime Minister’s Office was widely described as unrepentant. Whatever explanations Oxford might give, it is still not admitting what the Prime Minister would regard as a fair proportion of black UK students. A 10 Downing Street source told the BBC that the figures are “still terrible” and asked “what world is Oxford living in?” | |
| Politics | The Universe, April 17, 2011 |
| Slimmers should start snacking on blueberries as they slash the number of fat cells in the body by up to three-quarters, say scientists. Researchers found the fruit can break down existing fat cells and prevent new ones from forming, making them a potentially powerful weapon in the fight against rising obesity. Tests revealed polyphenols can cut the number of fat cells in the body by 73 per cent with a large dose and 27 per cent with the smallest dose, the American Society for Nutrition's Experimental Biology 2011 meeting heard. | |
| Food and Drink | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| Scientists have identified a 'sleepless elite' - a small group of people for whom a lie-in is a waste of time. Rather than being tired, bad-tempered under-achievers, they are an energetic, outgoing and optimistic group who can happily and healthily get by on just four or five hours of shut-eye a night. American scientists who studied an extended family in California focused on a mother and daughter who appeared perfectly healthy despite their shared lifelong habit of getting up early in the morning, having gone to bed close to midnight. DNA tests showed they had a tiny mutation in a gene called hDEC2 - but it was missing in other family members who slept normally. The bad news is that while many of us get by on a few hours' sleep a night, just one to three people in 100 qualify to be part of the sleepless elite. | |
| Health | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| Britain's banks are to face a once-in-a-generation shakeup designed to give consumers a better deal and protect tax¬payers from ever having to bail them out again. A landmark report by the Independent Banking Commission will today call for sweeping changes, which could result in the sale of up to 1,000 High Street branches. It will stop short of ordering the break-up of the major lenders, an idea raised by Business Secretary Vince Cable. | |
| Money | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| The pro-euthanasia campaign reached a new nadir as a non-terminally ill woman travelled to Switzerland to end her life in a move which even a leading pro-euthanasia group rejected. Nan Maitland, 84, a retired occupational therapist who suffered from arthritis, ended her life on March 1 because she did not want to face the “long period of decline, sometimes called ‘prolonged dwindling’ that so many people unfortunately experience”. | |
| Health | The Universe, April 10, 2011 |
| Fewer people are marrying that at any time since the reign of Queen Victoria, official figures show. And of those who are tying the knot, more are choosing hotels and historic houses to marry rather than churches, which accounted for only a third of weddings in 2009. The average age at which a woman marries breached 30 for the first time in 2009, a rise of seven years in almost three decades. The figures reflect a long-term decline in marriage, with falls in all parts of the UK. | |
| Social Issues | Salvationist, 9 April 2011 |
| Eating fish during pregnancy could cut a woman's odds of developing post-natal depression. Research suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, which are particularly abundant in oily fish such as salmon, protect against the baby blues. Stocks built up during pregnancy appear to give a woman's mental health boost months later. Post-natal depression affects up to 13 per cent of new mothers - and lasts more than a year in severe cases, even with counselling and medication. However, too much oily fish in pregnancy can be bad for the baby's development, so experts say it is important that mothers-to-be strike a balance when trying to boost their levels of omega-3. | |
| Health | The Mail April 13th 2011 |
| Moving to a flat-rate state pension would be “simpler and fairer” for retiring workers, pensions minister Steve Webb said as he unveiled reform plans. Mr Webb said women and the self-employed would be among the winners of the switch which would result in a £140-a-week payment at present prices. Pensioners today receive around £97.65, but that is aided by means-tested credits which can take it to £132.60. But the Government came under fire for failing to extend the new system to existing pensioners. | |
| The Elderly | The Sentinel, April 5, 2011 |
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