Life, Health, 24th May 2018, News & Stories from India

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Life Health 24 May 2018

Life, Health, 24 May 2018

Amount of leisure time spent watching a screen had almost double the impact on the risk of mortality, cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how you can undo perils of too much screen time

Increasing strength and fitness may offset the adverse health consequences of spending leisure time sitting down and watching a screen.

24 May 2018 6:18 PM

Study finds link between childhood obesity, school performance

Excess early-life adiposity was associated with lower IQ, perceptual reasoning and working memory scores at school-age.

24 May 2018 5:58 PM

Stroke, the second leading cause of death and adult disability worldwide, affects about 15 million people a year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Exercise after stroke improves blood pressure, may prevent repeat strokes

Even a little bit of physical activity is important and beneficial.

24 May 2018 5:53 PM

Vehicles heat up through the greenhouse effect, the combination of heat from the exterior surfaces of the vehicle and sunlight entering through the windows can turn it into an oven unbelievably fast.

Baby girl dies when left in hot car all day by dad who forgot about her

Child was discovered by adoptive mum and was rushed to Vanderbilt hospital where she was pronounced dead.

24 May 2018 5:22 PM

Many even suspect clinics as facilities to harvest organs from unsuspecting locals and send them to Europe for transplant (Photo: AFP)

Congo Ebola outbreak: Victims refuse treatment because of superstition and fear

Distrust towards western medicines fuelled by a history of colonisation is causing problems for health responders.

24 May 2018 4:07 PM

Tobacco cigarettes has harmful consequences throughout the body, including large muscle groups needed for daily living. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smoking is bad for muscles too

Cigarette smoke directly damages muscles by reducing the number of blood vessels in leg muscles.

24 May 2018 1:34 PM

The effect of cooperation and between-group competition is not to increase brain size, but actually to decrease it, researchers said. (Photo: AFP)

Tough times made our brains grow large: Study

The study concluded that a combination of difficult environments and cultural processes likely caused human brain expansion.

24 May 2018 1:26 PM

Identifying diabetes risk is really important because we know that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with effective intervention. (Photo: Pixabay)

Blood test may predict who is most at risk for diabetes

“Many employees with diabetes are not diagnosed and do not get treatment,” Kivimaki, who wasn’t involved in the study.

24 May 2018 1:22 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Lung cancer rates in young US women exceed men, despite fewer smokers: Study

Scientists put forth several possible hypotheses.

24 May 2018 12:54 PM

For smokers who are 50, “if they quit now they can gain about six years of life”. (Photo: Pixabay)

E-cigarettes disappoint in a workplace quit-smoking study

In a large study of company wellness programs, e-cigarettes worked no better than traditional stop-smoking tools.

24 May 2018 12:17 PM

Light-emitting devices can disrupt your sleep cycle

Using light-emitting electronic devices in the late evening can postpone our decision to go to sleep.

24 May 2018 9:37 AM

Perks of having leg day at the gym

A new study found limiting physical activity decreased the number of neural stem cells by 70 percent compared to a control group of mice.

24 May 2018 9:22 AM

Can sleep deprivation be overcome during weekends?

Find out more about the link between sleep duration and mortality.

24 May 2018 9:08 AM

Cranberry reduces risk of UTI recurrence in healthy women

Multiple scientific research have revealed how healthful cranberries can be.

24 May 2018 8:50 AM

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