New Delhi: According to a study, parents who remove digital devices from their kids’ bedrooms can improve their sleep. Removing electronic media from the bedroom and encouraging a calming bedtime routine are among recommendations Penn State researchers outlined in a recent manuscript on digital media and sleep in childhood andRead More

New Delhi: Researchers have developed a vaccine combining genes from four strains of influenza which may provide lifelong protection and soon pave the way towards a universal flu shot. The researchers looked whether a universal flu shot could be created by using a combination of multiple genes shared at theRead More

Washington DC Women tend to find it harder to quit smoking than men and a recent study suggests why. Scientists reported in a mouse study that the difference in gender smoking patterns and smoking’s effects could be due to how nicotine impacts the brain-gut relationship. When a person smokes tobacco,Read More

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