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Life, Health, 21 Dec 2016
Asthma can get worse due to bacon and sausages
Among those who ate one or fewer weekly servings, the proportion of those with worsening asthma symptoms was 14 percent.
21 Dec 2016 8:09 PM
Break from Facebook may improve mood
After one week without Facebook, the treatment group showed statistically significant improvement in well-being.
21 Dec 2016 6:43 PM
Some facts about US's synthetic-opioid epidemic
Nearly two-thirds of the 61 kilograms (134 pounds) of fentanyl seized by U.S. customs last year came from Mexico.
21 Dec 2016 6:34 PM
Doctors operate intestine instead of fallopian tube
Tubectomy is a surgical procedure to prevent pregnancies in which a woman's fallopian tubes are clamped.
21 Dec 2016 2:42 PM
Visit your elders, loneliness may kill them early
There's a lot of evidence linking loneliness to physical illness and to functional and cognitive decline
21 Dec 2016 1:10 PM
Pets can help owners manage mental illness
Pets help build stable and close relationships that aren’t available elsewhere especially for people who have limited human contact
21 Dec 2016 9:45 AM
Africa battles rise in lifestyle diseases
While the tobacco, alcohol and food industries have had to adapt to growing health-consciousness in the West.
21 Dec 2016 2:45 AM
Keep drinking addiction at bay
Alcohol relaxes us by causing changes in two types of chemicals in our brain.
21 Dec 2016 1:18 AM
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The Iranian port of Chabahar, crucial for Indo-Iranian trade & regional connectivity, is up for major upgrades under a new 10-year agreement
Home Ministry seeks input to modernize pre-Independence laws, Official Secrets Act and Explosive Substances Act, amid electoral backdrop