Boston, April 26 Eating less salt may not lower your blood pressure, a major new study has found contradicting the popular belief. Researchers from Boston University in the US followed about 2,632 men and women 30 to 64 years old for 16 years. The participants had normal blood pressure atRead More

New York, April 25 A financially weak pregnant woman’s worries about the arrival and care of her little one could contribute to the birth of a smaller, medically vulnerable baby, a new study suggests. Researchers from Ohio State University in the US, studied about 138 pregnant women who filled outRead More

Children in America’s poorest communities have three times the risk of dying from child abuse before age 5 as children in the wealthiest neighborhoods, a new study finds. “We think our study should inform public health leaders and local clinicians to be aware that children living in high-poverty communities areRead More

London, April 24 Want to stay mentally healthy in old age? Stimulating your brain by going to university or taking on leadership roles at work may help, a new study suggests. The research led by University of Exeter in the UK used data from more than 2,000 mentally fit peopleRead More

Los Angeles A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure may protect against the sun-induced cell damage that leads to skin cancer, a new study claims. Researchers from Western University of Health Sciences in the US found that the drug called carvedilol surprisingly showed some protective effects against skinRead More

Los Angeles, April 23 Chocoholics, take note! Eating dark chocolate may protect your brain from age-related stress and inflammation that are thought to play an important role in the neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. The findings may help explain the beneficial effects on memory seen in people who consumeRead More

London, April 23 Can’t stop munching on chocolates or other unhealthy snacks? Blame your DNA, say scientists who have identified gene variants that influence our foods choices and dietary habits. Researchers from Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain analysed the genetics of about 818 men and women of European ancestryRead More

New York Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioural tests, a new study has found. This type of “hidden hearing loss” paradoxically presents itself as essentially normal hearing in the clinic,Read More

New Delhi Avoid chances of acidity during the hot days by indulging in bananas, melons and coconut water, say experts. Keep off cut fruits to stay healthy this summer Experts Mehar Rajput and Prerna Arora shares a list: —Bananas: It is the best antidote for acid reflux and is greatRead More

London, April 20 In a first, scientists have found that strawberry extracts may help prevent the spread of aggressively growing breast cancer cells and reduce the size of tumours. Researchers showed that strawberry extract can inhibit the spread of laboratory-grown breast cancer cells, even when they are inoculated in femaleRead More