London Suffering a creative block? Drinking a pint of beer may trigger productivity and help you think out of the box for your artistic tasks, a study suggests. Scientists from the University of Graz in Austria found that people performed better in a range of creative tasks after drinking moderateRead More

Toronto Playing action video games may cause depletion of grey matter in the brain, increasing the risk of diseases such as depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, a study has warned. Researchers from University of Montreal (UdeM) in Canada found that habitual players of action games have less grey matter in theirRead More

New Delhi, August 8 A new smartphone app, developed by a Gurgaon-based start-up, can provide ‘smart reports’ that may predict the user’s risk of diseases and expose hidden disorders based on their symptoms and lifestyle inputs. The app, called Healthians, allows users to log their basic body vitals like bloodRead More

New Delhi One of the most important aspects of motherhood is breastfeeding the newborn. Breastfed infants have a stronger immune system and are healthier in the longer term. “Although much has been written about the benefits of breastfeeding in infants, what is also true is that it is beneficial forRead More

Toronto Opioid prescription use is more common in cancer survivors than in individuals without a history of the disease, a study led by an Indian origin scientist has found. Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that the rate of opioid prescribing was 1.22 times higher among cancerRead More

London Scientists have revealed the source of human heartbeat in unprecedented detail, an advance that may help surgeons repair hearts without damaging precious tissue. Researchers, including those from University of Manchester in the UK, developed a way of producing three-dimensional (3D) data to show the cardiac conduction system – theRead More

Houston, August 5 The answer to combat sleep disorders may not be in the brain, say scientists who have found that a protein present in the muscles can lessen the effects of sleep loss. Researchers from University of Texas Southwestern in the US demonstrated how a circadian clock protein inRead More

London, August 4 Common anti-allergy medicines could prove to be an effective treatment for potentially fatal blood clots in the legs, a study has claimed. The research by the University of Birmingham in the UK could lead to new treatments that prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot that developsRead More

Washington, August 4 The deadly Ebola virus can persist in the semen of survivors for more than two years after the onset of infection, a study has found. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the US also detected Ebola virus RNA in the semen ofRead More

New Delhi/Amsterdam Early introduction to cow or buffalo milk may lead to several health complications in newborns, say experts who maintain there is no substitute to breastfeeding as mother’s milk is the best source of nutrition for a baby. In several households, especially in urban areas, mother’s are unable toRead More