New Delhi: Cutting down the prices for healthy food items such as fruits, vegetables, and nuts could save thousands of lives per year, a new study has found. Besides, increasing the tax rates on junk foods including sugar-sweetened beverages and red meat can reduce the deaths caused by diabetes andRead More

New York: Weight loss achieved by a combination of diet and exercise can significantly help slow down the degeneration of knee cartilage, than exercise alone, finds a study. The knee joint is a common site of osteoarthritis — a degenerative joint disease that affects more than a third of adultsRead More

New Delhi: Cancer has disturbingly been linked to an unhealthy lifestyle by previous studies and as per a new research, out of nearly six percent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012, some 800,000 cases were caused by diabetes and obesity. Among the 12 types of cancer examined, the percentageRead More

WASHINGTON: Male triathletes, who participate in multiple-stage competition, including swimming, cycling and running, face a higher risk of a harmful heart condition, a study has found. The increased risk, which was not evident in female triathletes, was directly associated with the athletes’ amount of exercise, according to the research beingRead More

London Scientists have taken an important step forward in their quest to develop an effective vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Tuberculosis (TB) kills more people than any other infection, with an estimated 1.7 million people worldwide dying from it every year, researchers said. The airborne disease isRead More

Washington, November 27 Ten-month-old infants can assess how much someone values a particular goal by observing how hard they are willing to work to achieve it, a study has found. This ability requires integrating information about both the costs of obtaining a goal and the benefit gained by the personRead More

London People who overdose on paracetamol could be helped by a blood test that shows immediately if they are going to suffer liver damage, a study has found. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK say the test — which detects levels of specific molecules in blood —Read More

NEW DELHI: With winter comes dryness, dullness and roughness. Hence it is very important to follow rituals like treating the skin with Vitamin C or peeling away flakiness with enzymes, say experts. Disha Meher, a national expert on skin and nails at Lakme Salon, and Pond’s skin expert, Rashmi Shetty,Read More

MELBOURNE: Air pollution can increase the risk of asthma in adults, even at low levels, a study has warned. Researchers found that Australians aged 45-50, who lived less than 200 metres from a major road, had a 50 per cent higher risk of asthma, wheeze and lower lung function overRead More

Boston Scientists have designed a soft robotic system with artificial muscles that can assist cardiac function in children who have one-sided heart conditions. Soft robotic actuators, designed and programmed to perform lifelike motions, have recently emerged as an attractive alternative to more rigid components that have conventionally been used inRead More