London Riding the bike to work may be just as effective for losing weight as exercising at the gym five days a week, a study has found. “This is good news to the many overweight people who may not have the time or inclination to join a fitness centre, becauseRead More

Washington, Global efforts to find the secret to everlasting youth may be futile, as scientists have mathematically proven that it is impossible to halt ageing in multicellular organisms like humans. Current understanding of the evolution of ageing leaves open the possibility that ageing could be stopped if only science couldRead More

Hong Kong Individuals who regularly use pain reliever aspirin are likely to experience a significant reduction in digestive cancer risk, finds a study involving over 600,000 people. The findings showed that patients who were prescribed aspirin daily showed a 47 per cent reduction in liver and oesophageal cancer incidence. GastricRead More

Washington DC, You may want to start hitting the gym with friends as according to a recent study, group workouts make people feel physically and mentally better than working out alone. A team of researchers found that working out in a group lowers stress by 26 percent and significantly improvesRead More

New Delhi: Trying to conceive? Drink a glass of red wine every week to imporve your chances of pregnancy, suggests a study. While women are strictly advised against drinking during and for some time after pregnancy. But, drinking wine to boost your chances of conception is something you can definitelyRead More

New Delhi: Electric stimulation delivered to the spine has helped scientists to enable a 32-year-old paralysed man stand on his feet and move again. The man was left paralysed from the waist down after a tragic motorcycle accident, and completely severed his spine in the crash as well. Despite 80Read More

New Delhi: You could be using a lipstick, foundation or even a shampoo of one of the top-most brands and still be poisoning yourself. Shocked? We rarely check the ingredients in our cosmetics to figure out what we are slathering on our skins. It is only after an allergic reactionRead More

Washington DC Here’s a word of caution for new parents. You may have to avoid sprouts vegetable soup, some cereals and other ready-to-eat food products for your baby, as, according to a recent study, they may contain dangerous chemicals. The study conducted by The Clean Label Project, a US-based non-profitRead More

Washington, October 29 Scientists have developed a novel vaccine candidate that may prevent HIV infection by stimulating an immune response against sugars that form a protective shield around the virus. “An obstacle to creating an effective HIV vaccine is the difficulty of getting the immune system to generate antibodies againstRead More

London Parents, take note! Children who grow up close to parks and green spaces may develop better attention span, a study suggests. Researchers from Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in Spain studied data from 1,500 children, collected during 2003-2013. Previous studies have already indicated that green spaces within andRead More