Ignoring emails could be good for your heart

London: Ignoring email messages altogether could have a positive effect on your heart as it will help reduce stress, a study suggests.

Scientists who attached heart rate monitors to office workers found they remained in a state of 'high alert' throughout the day if they had constant access to email.

But those told they had their manager's permission to not check their messages for up to five days at a time had much healthier heart rates, Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Researchers who carried out the study, at the University of California Irvine, are calling for employers to consider implementing email 'holidays' to preserve workers' health, the newspaper said.

According to some estimates, more than 200 billion e-mails are sent across the internet every day. But while they may have improved communication speeds, there have been concerns that electronic messaging is detrimental to both physical and mental health.

Ignoring emails could be good for your heart

London: Ignoring email messages altogether could have a positive effect on your heart as it will help reduce stress, a study suggests.

Scientists who attached heart rate monitors to office workers found they remained in a state of 'high alert' throughout the day if they had constant access to email.

But those told they had their manager's permission to not check their messages for up to five days at a time had much healthier heart rates, Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Researchers who carried out the study, at the University of California Irvine, are calling for employers to consider implementing email 'holidays' to preserve workers' health, the newspaper said.

According to some estimates, more than 200 billion e-mails are sent across the internet every day. But while they may have improved communication speeds, there have been concerns that electronic messaging is detrimental to both physical and mental health.

Police conduct raids in party villages: Explosive powders seized

Kannur: In the raids conducted by the police in party villages, chemical powders used for making bombs were seized. Explosive powders, sulpher powder, ammonium chloride were seized from the house of CPM activist Pradeep from Vattoli. The raids were held prominently in Kottayil, Narikkod Mala and Kannavam.The raids were conducted based on information that many accused are hiding in party villages. Police said Pradeep is an expert in bomb making. Police held him with a country gun on Wednesday night. Based on the information given by him, police held raids in his home.
The gun possessed no license. Police took Pradeep and his friend into custody. Police also conduced searches in Kannavam forest.Share

Police conduct raids in party villages: Explosive powders seized

Kannur: In the raids conducted by the police in party villages, chemical powders used for making bombs were seized. Explosive powders, sulpher powder, ammonium chloride were seized from the house of CPM activist Pradeep from Vattoli. The raids were held prominently in Kottayil, Narikkod Mala and Kannavam.The raids were conducted based on information that many accused are hiding in party villages. Police said Pradeep is an expert in bomb making. Police held him with a country gun on Wednesday night. Based on the information given by him, police held raids in his home.
The gun possessed no license. Police took Pradeep and his friend into custody. Police also conduced searches in Kannavam forest.Share

CPM leader M Vasu passes away
Kozhikode: Veteran communist leader in the district and noted trade union leader M Vasu passed away here on Thursday. He was 84. He died in his home in Panniyankara .
He acted as CPM district secretariat member and as CITU general secretary for a considerable period.
Vasu who began his life as a beedi worker and later played a greater role in uniting employees of the Gwalior Rayons and Tiles.
He was Kozhikode taluk secretary of toddy tappers union and vice president of toddy tapper federation. Also acted as chairman of Calicut Development Authority (CDA), district council financial standing committee chairman and RTI member.
Wife is Karthyayani. Children Beena, Seena and Neena.

CPM leader M Vasu passes away
Kozhikode: Veteran communist leader in the district and noted trade union leader M Vasu passed away here on Thursday. He was 84. He died in his home in Panniyankara .
He acted as CPM district secretariat member and as CITU general secretary for a considerable period.
Vasu who began his life as a beedi worker and later played a greater role in uniting employees of the Gwalior Rayons and Tiles.
He was Kozhikode taluk secretary of toddy tappers union and vice president of toddy tapper federation. Also acted as chairman of Calicut Development Authority (CDA), district council financial standing committee chairman and RTI member.
Wife is Karthyayani. Children Beena, Seena and Neena.

No reply for Hamsa's idiotic comments: VS

Kollam: Giving a fitting reply to the earlier statement of TK Hamsa, opposition leader VS Achuthananadan said he would not reply to TK Hamsa's idiotic comments. When he was in Congress, Hamsa was the one who insulted the strikes undertaken by AKG. AKG was fighting for the farmers in Amaravathi when Hamsa stood against AKG.
Hamsa was the one who joined the party when the party flourished and enjoyed the merits he got through the party. When the party grew, he became an MLA, MP and a minister. Hamsa is still waiting for more benefits from this party, VS said. 

VS said he was one among those who created the CPI(M) party. 
In 1964 when Dangey ousted 32 people, including Musaffer Ahmed to Imbichibava, calling them class traitors, they formed the CPM. The party had grown from that 32 and when 10 lakh people attended the party Congress held in Kozhikode, Hamsa is only one person among them. 
Hamsa had said that whenever the party was in crisis, VS attacked the party from behind. When his statement became a row, Pinarayi Vijayan had stated that it should be viewed as an Eranadan joke. 

No reply for Hamsa's idiotic comments: VS

Kollam: Giving a fitting reply to the earlier statement of TK Hamsa, opposition leader VS Achuthananadan said he would not reply to TK Hamsa's idiotic comments. When he was in Congress, Hamsa was the one who insulted the strikes undertaken by AKG. AKG was fighting for the farmers in Amaravathi when Hamsa stood against AKG.
Hamsa was the one who joined the party when the party flourished and enjoyed the merits he got through the party. When the party grew, he became an MLA, MP and a minister. Hamsa is still waiting for more benefits from this party, VS said. 

VS said he was one among those who created the CPI(M) party. 
In 1964 when Dangey ousted 32 people, including Musaffer Ahmed to Imbichibava, calling them class traitors, they formed the CPM. The party had grown from that 32 and when 10 lakh people attended the party Congress held in Kozhikode, Hamsa is only one person among them. 
Hamsa had said that whenever the party was in crisis, VS attacked the party from behind. When his statement became a row, Pinarayi Vijayan had stated that it should be viewed as an Eranadan joke. 

Harvard team crack superbugs' genetic code

WASHINGTON: Scientists have cracked the genetic code of superbugs such as MRSA, figuring out why they have become so resistant to anti-bioitics in mixed infections. Since 2005, superbugs, which included methicillin resistant Staph aureus (MRSA), have killed more than 18,000 people every year in the US alone. In 2002, a new MRSA with resistance to even the last-line drug vancomycin (VRSA) surfaced. Since the first case in Michigan, there have been other well-documented cases in parts of the US. Michael Gilmore, professor of ophthalmology at Harvard, who led the study with Veronica Kos, said: "The genome sequence gave us unprecedented insight into what makes these highly resistant bacteria tick. Several things were remarkable. "Vancomycin resistance repeatedly went into just one tribe of MRSA, so the question became 'what makes that group special -- why did they start getting vancomycin resistance,'" he added. Scientists at the Centres for Disease Control, Harvard University and elsewhere have been working to determine the origin of these VRSA to understand why they have turned up, and to understand the risk of spread, according to a Harvard University statement. Most VRSA occurred in foot and limb infections of diabetics who are often in and out of health care facilities. Each of these infections is believed to have had multiple bacteria, an MRSA plus a vancomycin resistant bacterium called Enterococcus (or VRE). VRE has caused vancomycin resistant hospital-acquired infections since the 1980s. "What we found was that this group of MRSA has properties that appear to make it more social, so they can live with other bacteria like Enterococcus. This would allow those MRSA to more easily pick up new resistance," added Kos. "The good news is that some of these properties weaken the strain's ability to colonize, and may be limiting their spread," said Kos.

Harvard team crack superbugs' genetic code

WASHINGTON: Scientists have cracked the genetic code of superbugs such as MRSA, figuring out why they have become so resistant to anti-bioitics in mixed infections. Since 2005, superbugs, which included methicillin resistant Staph aureus (MRSA), have killed more than 18,000 people every year in the US alone. In 2002, a new MRSA with resistance to even the last-line drug vancomycin (VRSA) surfaced. Since the first case in Michigan, there have been other well-documented cases in parts of the US. Michael Gilmore, professor of ophthalmology at Harvard, who led the study with Veronica Kos, said: "The genome sequence gave us unprecedented insight into what makes these highly resistant bacteria tick. Several things were remarkable. "Vancomycin resistance repeatedly went into just one tribe of MRSA, so the question became 'what makes that group special -- why did they start getting vancomycin resistance,'" he added. Scientists at the Centres for Disease Control, Harvard University and elsewhere have been working to determine the origin of these VRSA to understand why they have turned up, and to understand the risk of spread, according to a Harvard University statement. Most VRSA occurred in foot and limb infections of diabetics who are often in and out of health care facilities. Each of these infections is believed to have had multiple bacteria, an MRSA plus a vancomycin resistant bacterium called Enterococcus (or VRE). VRE has caused vancomycin resistant hospital-acquired infections since the 1980s. "What we found was that this group of MRSA has properties that appear to make it more social, so they can live with other bacteria like Enterococcus. This would allow those MRSA to more easily pick up new resistance," added Kos. "The good news is that some of these properties weaken the strain's ability to colonize, and may be limiting their spread," said Kos.