Obese pre-schoolers have 60 percent higher healthcare
Obese pre-schoolers have 60 percent higher healthcare costs
Sydney, July 6 (IANS) Obese children aged two to five years old are more likely to be...
Heavy drinking biggest risk factor for dementia: Lancet
Heavy drinking biggest risk factor for dementia: Lancet
Toronto, Feb 21 (IANS) Heavy drinkers are at increased risk of developing dementia, a progressive brain disease...
How deep sleep consolidates recent memories
New York, April 15 (IANS) A team of US researchers has for the first time decoded how deep sleep -- also called slow-wave sleep...
Skin cancer deaths higher in men than in women: Study
Skin cancer deaths higher in men than in women: Study
London: The global death rates for melanoma -- most serious type of skin cancer --...
Short kids at greater stroke risk in adulthood
Short kids at greater stroke risk in adulthood
New York, Feb 16 (IANS) Children with below-average height may be at higher risk of suffering a...
Nutrition more important than exercise for bone strength
Nutrition more important than exercise for bone strength
New York: Looking at mineral supplementation and exercise in mice, researchers have found that nutrition has a...
Smartphone gazing in the dark can make you ‘blind’
Smartphone gazing in the dark can make you 'blind'
London, June 23 (IANS) In a warning to those who sleep with their devices next to...
Irregular BP, sugar readings may up heart attacks, stroke risks
Irregular BP, sugar readings may up heart attacks, stroke risks
Seoul: People with fluctuations in weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels are more...
Austrian researchers develop potential AIDS…
Austrian researchers develop potential AIDS treatment breakthrough
Vienna, July 12 (IANS) Austrian researchers have developed a treatment that could spell a breakthrough in the treatment...
Passive smoking may up snoring risk in kids
Passive smoking may up snoring risk in kids
New York, July 8 (IANS) Parents who smoke at home exposing their children to passive tobacco inhalation...
