How your online avatar could help you make friends
Toronto, Jan 10 (IANS) Online avatars with open eyes, a smile or grin, an oval face, brown hair and/or a sweater were more likely...
Unable to sleep? Blame climate change
Unable to sleep? Blame climate change
New York, May 27 (IANS) Climate change that leads to warmer than normal nights can do major harm to...
Wrong pain-killers damage kidney among diabetes patients
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Wrong pain-killers taken during diabetes lead to damage in kidneys, even kidney failure, say doctors.
Medical experts say the use...
Sons of cocaine-using fathers at risk of memory loss
Sons of cocaine-using fathers at risk of memory loss
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) Men who use cocaine at the time of conceiving a child...
Secret of rich milk production during lactation revealed
Sydney, April 23 (IANS) Breastfeeding is essential for enabling newborns grow and develop well. A team of Australian researchers have discovered the secret behind...
Low blood phosphate levels may up heart attack risk
Low blood phosphate levels may up heart attack risk
London, Nov 9 (IANS) Insufficient levels of phosphate in the blood may pose risk to cardiovascular...
Australian cricketers visit HIV/AIDS support centre
Durban, March 3 (IANS) Five Australian cricketers visited the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust (HACT) in the Valley of a Thousand Hills outside Durban, ahead...
Social media use adversely affects girls more
Social media use adversely affects girls more
London: While social media use has limited role in lowering life satisfaction of teenagers, the effects are more...
Extra salt won’t help endurance athletes
New York, April 14 (IANS) Contrary to the popular belief, researchers have found that consuming higher quantities of salt or other electrolyte supplements containing...
Air pollutants can increase risk of numerous cancers
Hong Kong April 29 (IANS) Long-term exposure to environmental pollutants is associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer, a new...
