Washington: Beware would-be-mothers! Taking anti-depressants for the first three months during pregnancy can increase the chances of birth defects in your newborn. The risk is high enough to merit caution in their use, especially since, in most cases, they are only marginally effective, the study says. “In pregnancy, you’re treatingRead More

Los Angeles Elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years than those who are less sedentary, a new study has warned. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in the USRead More

Washington, In an advance that could help treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, scientists have developed a ‘5D fingerprinting’ technique for precisely measuring the properties of individual protein molecules floating in a liquid. Proteins are essential to the function of every cell. Measuring their properties in blood and otherRead More

New Delhi: Men too must take care of their skin in the winter season, and they can begin by choosing the right facewash and shaving cream. Achin Kochar, expert at personal care brand Vi-John Group, has shared tips for a daily skin care routine: * Use a nice face wash:Read More

New York: If you can spare 20 minutes every day for moderate exercise, it will stimulate your immune system and make you less prone to diseases like arthritis and fibromyalgia, a new research has found. Scientists at the University of California (UC) in San Diego found one session of moderateRead More

Playing video games for hours on end has landed a 16-year-old boy in the hospital in Delhi. He is now being treated with medications and psychotherapy at the BLK Super Speciality Hospital for being “distracted, irritable, and disinterested” when kept away from internet games“Video gaming addiction is hypothesized to beRead More

Washington: ‘The older, the wiser’ can be a perfect tag for the older adults, who experience good cardiac fitness, as, they keep their brains in good shape too.In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, older adults who scored high on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) tests, performedRead More

Los Angeles: Regular intake of a western diet – consisting of foods high in sugars and fats – is leading to an alarming rise of conditions such as overeating and obesity, a new study has warned.Researchers at the University of California, Riverside found that chronic consumption of a western dietRead More

Children who get more exercise may have fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who are less active, a recent study suggests.Researchers used activity trackers to see how much physical activity children got, then interviewed kids and their parents to assess whether kids had symptoms of depression.When kids got moreRead More

New York, The oldest blood available for transfusions releases large and potentially harmful amounts of iron into patients’ bloodstreams, warns a new study which recommends reducing the maximum storage limit of red blood cells from six to five weeks. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Centre (CUMC) in the US randomlyRead More