New Delhi: Overworking at office proved fatal for a woman in Japan as she died by clocking up 159 hours overtime in a month. A political journalist by profession, Miwa Sado, suffered a heart failure in July 2013, albeit the case was only made public this week. As per reports,Read More

New York By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers have found long-sought evidence that our brains may drain out some waste through lymphatic vessels, the bodys sewer system. The research team discovered lymphatic vessels in the dura, the leathery outer coating of the brain. The results, published online inRead More

London Over one third of the notifications on smartphones worsen our moods, triggering us to feel hostile, upset, nervous, afraid or ashamed, a study has found. Researchers at the Nottingham Trent University in the UK studied the effect on mood in 50 participants who received thousands of digital alerts overRead More

Washington Skipping breakfast could significantly increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, recent research shows. The research shows adults who missed the first meal of the day were more than twice as likely to have blocked arteries, a report in The Telegraph said. Known as atherosclerosis, the condition restrictsRead More

London Researchers have shown that gene therapy might help reverse blindness by reprogramming cells at the back of the eye to become light sensitive. Retinitis pigmentosa — the most common cause of blindness in young people — occurs mostly due to loss of millions of light sensitive photoreceptor cells thatRead More

London A typhoid vaccine, licensed only for use in children under two years of age in India, could prevent over half of the infections, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. In a trial of 112 adults the Vi-conjugate typhoid vaccine has proven safe, highly immunogenic. The studyRead More

New Delhi With the new numbers suggesting that close to 50% women in India are at the risk of heart ailments, on World Heart, Day take a moment to think about your ticker. A survey conducted by the American Heart Association (AHA) found that women didn’t consider heart disease asRead More

London, October 1 Bed bugs are attracted to dirty laundry, say scientists who warn that leaving worn clothes exposed in sleeping areas — especially while staying in hotels — can facilitate the spread of the pests. Bed bugs have recently undergone a global resurgence, which has been partly attributed toRead More

Washington A silent epidemic of dream loss may be at the root of many of the illnesses attributed to sleep deprivation, say scientists, suggesting that the unrecognised public health hazard may contribute to depression, a study claims. Researchers detailed the various factors that cause rapid eye movement (REM) sleep andRead More

New York Is your child not engaging and performing well in classroom activities? It may be the result of physical abuse and punishment that he or she is subjected to at home, researchers have found. The findings showed that children’s exposure to mild, harsh and abusive physical abuse at homeRead More