Discontinuing new posts on StatutoryWarning.

The journey started around three and a half year back when there were too many awareness updates on newspapers and media. I read them, understood them... and this clicked to me that if I have an online space with majorly awareness updates on them for the digital crowd to go through them, how it would be?

Results and enthusiasm was quiet high. I enjoyed searching for awareness facts and populating them to this blog. All this wouldn't have been possible if you hadn't visited the blog regularly. Thanks!!

This post is a declaration of me discontinuing posting updates to this blog. The blog would still be there with all the populated posts.

I am concentrating primarily on my techblog - The Indian Techdatabase (www.techdatabase.co.nr), my life blog - LifeEthiquette (www.lifeethiquette.com) and my personal website.

Do visit these blogs for more excitement and info.

Regards,
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Boozing may lead to premature aging.

Boozing may lead to premature aging

Apr 23, 2010 | Times of India Bangalore

London: In one more reason why one should give up booze, a new study has claimed that drinking alcohol accelerates the process of aging and increases the risk of cancer.

    Researchers at the University of Milan in Italy claimed to have found that drinking damages part of the cells that are linked to premature aging and cancer.
    They discovered that it causes stress and inflammation to telomeres — the ends of DNA strands that stop them unravelling much like the ends of shoelaces.
    As people age, telomere length shortens progressively and eventually they are so damaged that the cell dies. And the study found that alcohol accelerates this process.
    “Heavy alcohol users tend to look haggard, and it is commonly thought heavy drinking leads to premature aging and earlier onset of diseases of aging,” lead researcher Andrea Baccarelli was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as saying.
    

Since telomere shortening is also believed to be increasing cancer risk, the researchers speculated that those with shorter telomeres due to heavy alcohol consumption would have an increased risk of cancer.
    For their study, the researchers looked at more than 250 volunteers some of whom drank more than four alcoholic drinks per day. All the volunteers were similar in age and other factors that might affect telomere length, such as diet, physical exercise, work-related stress and environmental exposures.
    The scientists found telomere length was dramatically shortened in those who consumed alcohol. In some heavy drinkers, telomere length was nearly half as long as telomere length in the non-abusers. The findings of the study were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual conference. PTI

Don't let malwares fool you on April 1st.

Hello All... 
Time for another web attack! Though security firms affirm that no new systems would be attacked this April 1st, but its always good to stay alarmed!


Do follow the one I wrote one year back... The written things are old.. but the dangers are still fresh..
Goto http://techdb.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-let-malwares-fool-you-on-april-1st.html and protect your online entity..


You can also visit this link (http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm) for more updates on this worm!


Wishing a happy and safe computing.