New York, Does diet has a connection with discipline in your life? Yes. A junk food diet makes you fat and lethargic, and later indisciplined. A study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary – not the other way around. “Overweight people often get stigmatised as lazy and lacking discipline. The results […]
London, Outdoor exercise could be more beneficial than indoor workouts as a study has found that children exposed to scenes of nature while exercising are likely to have lower blood pressure. “Hypertension is a chronic health problem across the world, so given the results we have seen in our study it is crucial that we continue […]
New York, April 7 (IANS) There might soon be new approaches to tackle the deadly malaria. A research team at University of California, Riverside has generated a 3D model of the human malaria parasite genome at three different stages in the parasite’s life cycle. The parasite that causes malaria in humans is Plasmodium falciparum. To understand […]
Los Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Running is a great cardio workout which helps aid weight loss alongside a healthy eating plan, but there are plenty more reasons why one should put on one’s running shoes. Femalefirst.co.uk lists reasons why running is beneficial: * It doesn’t cost you anything: You can run anywhere you like to, […]
New York, April 4 Are you obese and enjoy your puff too? You may end up eating more sugary food items – adding more kilos to body fat. Cigarette smoking among obese women interferes with the ability to taste fats and sweets, research shows. Despite craving high-fat and sugary foods, these women were less likely […]
Chicago, April 3 Take morning sunlight not just to spruce up your vitamin D levels but manage weight too, research reveals. People who had most of their daily exposure to even moderately bright light in the morning had a significantly lower body mass index (BMI) than those who had most of their light exposure later […]
New York, April 3 (IANS) Men who are less sensitive to the negative effects of alcohol drink more heavily and are more likely to become problem drinkers later in life and part of a brain plays a crucial role in deciding this. A team of neuroscientists from University of Utah have find that a particular brain […]
New York, April 2 (IANS) Beware! Your average daily salt intake as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US may actually be low – leading to harmful health outcomes. A study finds evidence that the average daily sodium intake of most Americans is actually associated with better health outcomes than […]
Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Singer Miley Cyrus’s meeting with seven-year-old Miley Hodge, a patient of bone cancer, didn’t go as smoothly as it was planned to be, sources have said. Hodge suffers Stage IV Osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, and doctors told her family in December 2013 that she has just four to […]
New York, March 27 (IANS) Why do so many people get a heart attack or stroke at 6.30 a.m.? Researchers will now make you understand why. The levels of a protein in people’s blood that slows the breakdown of clots peaks exactly at 6.30 a.m., the researchers from Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Oregon Health […]