86 disorders linked to lack of shut-eye
Have sleep problems? Make sure that you see a doctor soon, for a study says that inadequate shut-eye could take a toll on your life. This is because researchers claim to have found evidence that 86 medical disorders are linked to lack of sleep, which if left untreated can raise the risk of developing illnesses such as depression, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Doctors should routinely ask patients about their sleeping habits as they may be at the root of other disorders, according to the study in the Lancet medical journal.
The researchers from the Université Laval in Canada and the University of Wisconsin in the US said that insomnia has “substantial long-term effects” on people’s physical and psychological health, the Daily Mail reported.
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Otis, ‘GODFATHER OF RHYTHM’, dies
Robert Jablon
Los Angeles
Johnny Otis, the “godfather of rhythm and blues” who wrote and recorded the R&B classic Willie and the Hand Jive and for decades evangelised black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was 90.
Otis, who had been in poor health for several years, died at his home in the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Altadena on Tuesday, said his manager. Otis, who was white, was born John Veliotes to Greek immigrants and grew up in a black section of Berkeley, where he said he identified far more with black culture than his own. As a teenager, he changed his name because he thought Johnny Otis sounded more black. “As a kid, I decided that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black,” he once explained.
His musical tastes clearly reflected that adopted culture and even after he became famous, his dark skin and hair often led audiences and club promoters to assume he was black like his band mates. — AP
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BRIT STARGAZERS FIND NEW PLANET
London: In what’s claimed to be the third time in recorded history, two amateur British astronomers say they have discovered a new planet which they want to be named after them. Chris Holmes and Lee Threapleton spotted the new world while working on a project to find planets beyond our solar system, publicised by Prof. Brian Cox, the Daily Mail reported. If the their discovery is confirmed, then the body, thought to be around the size of Neptune, will be named “Threapleton Holmes B”, the newspaper said. — PTI
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