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 […]
New York, March 27 (IANS) Certain compounds in peaches can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells and their ability to spread, a promising research shows. These compounds could be a novel addition to therapies that reduce the risk of metastasis – the primary killer in breast and many other cancers, say researchers from Washington State […]
Washington, March 27 (IANS) In a ray of hope for people at the risk of retinal blindness, identifying ways to leverage our immune system to clean out abnormal blood vessels in the retina may lead to treatments that could prevent or delay blindness or even restore sight. Scientists have discovered that the body’s innate immune system […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 27 (IANS) Flamengo may be forced to cull their squad if they fail to advance beyond the Copa Libertadores group stage, the club’s president has warned. Flamengo are currently last in Group 7 and need to win their remaining matches against Ecuador’s Emelec and Mexico’s Leon to qualify for the knockout phase, […]
Bogota, March 27 (IANS) Colombian police authorities announced Wednesday they had captured Hector Alonso Castro, believed to be the country’s largest distributor of synthetic drugs, the media reported. There were no details as for when or where Castro, 38, was caught. Castro was also accused of charges including ordering several killings, Xinhua quoted RCN Radio network […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) A coalition of civil society organisations Wednesday put forward a 14-point “people’s manifesto” to the political parties, demanding accessible healthcare and repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, among others. The manifesto that lays emphasis on public healthcare so it is easily accessible to all would be formally released […]
London, March 25 (IANS) Would you believe your hand could turn into marble? A study has demonstrated a surprising illusion about the material qualities of our bodies based on multi-sensory perceptual experience. To induce an illusory perception of the material properties of the hand, a group of neuroscientists asked volunteers to sit with their hands lying […]