Need for urgent action to tackle obesity, climate change: Lancet
Need for urgent action to tackle obesity, climate change: Lancet
New Delhi: The pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change are interlinked and represent the...
Yo-yo dieting may raise women’s heart disease risk
Yo-yo dieting may raise women's heart disease risk
New York: Yo-yo dieting -- weight cycling, or the cyclical loss and gain of weight -- can...
Night shifts linked to increased risk of heart disease: Study
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Rotating night shifts may slightly increase a woman's risk of heart disease, a study has said.
The study, published in the...
A third of autistic kids likely to wander away
New York, May 2 (IANS) More than one-third of US children with autism spectrum disorders have wandered away from a safe environment within the...
Implanted coils can help some lung patients breathe easy
New York, May 16 (IANS) A novel minimally invasive therapy that involves implantation of tiny coils into the lungs can improve exercise ability and...
Obese mothers may put three generations
Obese mothers may put three generations at health risk
New York, June 17 (IANS) Women who consume fat and sugar-rich diets and are obese even...
Living near nature may cut aggressive behaviour
Living near nature may cut aggressive behaviour in teenagers
New York, June 29 (IANS) Adolescents living in neighbourhoods with more greenery may exhibit less aggressive...
Vitamin B negates pesticide effects on fertility
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) Exposure to a common pesticide used to kill mosquitoes can increase the risk of early miscarriage in women, but...
Synthetic oil drug holds promise for Huntington’s disease
London, Jan 12 (IANS) A synthetic oil called triheptanoin may provide hope for people with Huntington's disease, an inherited brain disorder, suggests a study.
"Our...
How mental time travel functions?
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) A team of neuroscientists from Vanderbilt University in the US have decoded "mental time travel" - recollection of memories...
