Helicopter parenting can cause anxiety in kids
Tweet London, August 21 (ANI): "Helicopter" parenting, whereby mothers and fathers "hover" over their child, monitoring their safety and progress, could be making them more anxious and lacking in...
View ArticleParalysed patients get helping hand from 'telepathic' robot arm
Tweet London, September 4 (ANI): People who have lost the use of their arms due to stroke could now find a helping hand in the form of a robotic arm that can 'telepathically' respond to your thoughts....
View ArticleWatching favourite TV shows' rerun could boost mind
Tweet London, Sep 7 (IANS) A study by US researchers has revealed watching a favourite programme's repeat telecast could actually strengthen one's will power and sense of self control. According to...
View ArticleBritain turning a nation of fibbers
Tweet London, Aug 29 (IANS) Telling a lie is turning a second nature among Britons, and a new research has described the country as a nation of fibbers. The survey found a quarter of drivers having...
View ArticleEye drops to combat blindness 'may help cure baldness'
Tweet Washington, October 27 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have shown how a commonly prescribed glaucoma drug may be effective in treating male pattern baldness and other forms of alopecia. The...
View ArticleGene behind skin disease identified
Tweet London, Oct 16 (IANS) British researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in causing a type of skin disease. A team led by the University of Dundee has identified the "p34 gene"...
View ArticleOldest evidence of meat consumption by human ancestors found in Africa
Tweet Washington, October 4 (ANI): A fragment of a child's skull discovered in Tanzania shows the oldest known evidence of anaemia caused by a nutritional deficiency, researchers say. The discovery at...
View ArticleChloroquine returns to take on malaria again
NEW DELHI: Chloroquine has made a comeback to combat malaria. Studies have found that 70% of the malaria parasites in Senegal are reacting once again to chloroquine. A similar trend is being seen in...
View ArticleFailed malaria drug regains its potency
Big in the '80s, unpopular in the '90s and ready for a comeback in the 2010s. No, not another band looking to make a quick buck, but the antimalarial chloroquine. The drug the parasite evolved...
View ArticleOld drug found effective against malaria
Tweet Copenhagen, Oct 3 (IANS) Chloroquine, an efficacious old drug, is once again beginning to work against malaria, one of scourges most widespread in the world. Scientists and doctors fear that the...
View ArticleChloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria (Københavns Universitet)
2012-10-03 global health Malaria-drug monitoring over the past 30 years has shown that malaria parasites develop resistance to medicine, and the first signs of resistance to the newest drugs have just...
View ArticleChloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria
Scientists and healthcare personnel the world over fear that the malaria parasite will develop resistance to the current frontline treatment against malaria, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies...
View ArticleFormerly used drug chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria
Tweet Washington, October 3 (ANI): A study at the University of Copenhagen has shown that the previously efficacious drug chloroquine is once again beginning to work against malaria. And scientists...
View ArticleWomen likelier to recycle than men
Tweet London, December 31 (ANI): Women are better than men when it comes to recycling. A survey by Essex University found that almost 70 per cent of women who live alone dispose of refuse in an...
View ArticlePlants care more about kin than strangers
Tweet London, February 13 (ANI): Like humans, plants also pay more attention to their closest relatives than strangers. When an insect bites a leaf, many plants release volatile chemicals to warn...
View ArticleHow baby stars can grow huge
Tweet Washington, March 28 (ANI): Baby stars may grow to great mass if they happen to be born within a corral of older stars -with these surrounding stars favorably arranged to confine and thus feed...
View ArticleNew jab to control diabetes could help fight obesity
Tweet London, May 1 (ANI): A simple once-a-day jab could be a lifeline for many diabetes patients, which will not only help control their condition but also fight obesity. The 1.90 pounds-a-day...
View ArticleTwitter 'most popular' network for vaccine-related information: study
Tweet Washington, May 31 (ANI): Twitter is the most popular and reliable source for receiving and sharing new information about vaccines, a recent study has revealed. A total of 9510...
View ArticleFeeling angry, try talking!
Tweet Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new study has found that the act of describing a feeling such as anger may have a significant impact on the body's physiological response to the situation that...
View ArticleLack of sleep linked to mental disorders
Tweet London, July 22(ANI): Sleepless nights could lead to serious mental health problems like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a new research has claimed. The study, conducted by Oxford...
View ArticleNow, system that helps computers 'learn' natural language
Tweet Washington, August 26 (ANI): A linguistics researcher has used supercomputers to develop a method for helping computers learn natural language. Instead of hard-coding human logic or deciphering...
View ArticleNow, app to curb your binge eating urges
Tweet London, Oct 3 (ANI): A smartphone app has been developed which aims to strike at the same moment that binge eating urges occur. The app has been developed as part of two new treatments designed...
View ArticleDU, University of Michigan to collaborate in teaching, research
Tweet New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) University of Delhi (DU) Friday signed a pact with the University of Michigan to promote collaboration in research and teaching activities, a statement issued by DU said....
View ArticleDrinking three cups of tea a day can cut stroke risk by 20pc
Tweet London, Nov 14 (ANI): A new study has revealed that just three cups of tea a day can slash the risk of a stroke by around 20 percent. The research at the University of...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus glorifies 'dangerous drug' molly again in new song
Tweet Washington, October 17 (ANI): Miley Cyrus has released her new song which glorifies the party drug molly, making it her second song in recent months to mention the dangerous drug. The 20-year-old...
View ArticleThinking too much about food could make us eat more
Tweet Washington, Nov. 22 (ANI): A new analysis of 50 studies has found that thinking before eating may actually undermine people's dieting goals. Jessie De Witt Huberts of Utrecht University says that...
View ArticleHow horoscopes can turn into 'horrorscopes'
Tweet London, December 14 (ANI): A new study has revealed that studying the horoscope can be actually bad, as it can lead to indulgent and impulsive behaviour upon reading a negative prediction....
View ArticleManipulating parasites to overcome sleeping sickness
Tweet New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Knowing how the parasites causing sleeping sickness - where the infected person's sleeping patterns get disrupted over a period of time - communicate with one another...
View ArticleCell that worsens rheumatoid arthritis discovered
Tweet Tokyo, Dec 30 (ANI): A team of researchers from Japan have identified a new immune cell that intensifies rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disorder that mainly...
View Article'Poppy' family plant may hold key to relieving arthritis pain
Tweet London, January 4 (ANI): A new pill made from natural painkillers may help relieve arthritis pain. Scientists from the University of California have found a plant, which belongs to the poppy...
View ArticleCaught in the act! Microbes love sex too
Tweet null London, Jan 4 (IANS) It's not only bigger animals that have intricate courtship. Even single-cell organisms so tiny that millions can fit into the eye of a needle love to mate. What you need...
View ArticleWomen prefer men who speak sense
Tweet Toronto, Feb 23 (IANS) Be silent, use fewer and shorter words and speak cohesively. New research says women don't see men who remain silent as aloof or mysterious but masculine. "Men who use...
View ArticleEven light exercises have health benefits
Tweet Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Even light exercises like sitting on a balance ball, playing a musical instrument and gardening have a lot of heath benefits, a study suggests. People who do such...
View ArticleOz PM Tony Abbott being coached to speak slowly
Tweet Sydney, January 19 (ANI): Experts have claimed that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been coached to speak slowly. According to Cate Madill, director of the voice research laboratory,...
View ArticleSunlight may help lower BP risk
Tweet Tokyo, Feb. 16 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that sunlight could help to reduce high blood pressure. According to British researchers, exposure to sunlight changes the levels of nitric oxide in...
View ArticleBeing gay is in the genes, claims study
Tweet null Washington, February 15 (ANI): A new study has revealed that being gay may be in the DNA and it's a person's biological makeup that drives him to homosexuality. Researchers from the Chicago...
View ArticleAction video games could help dyslexic people to read
Tweet Washington, February 14 (ANI): A new study has revealed that action video games might improve literacy skills among those with dyslexia. Vanessa Harrar of the University of Oxford said that...
View ArticleMen evaluate woman based on sex, claims journalist Jon Snow
Tweet null London, January 29 (ANI): Channel Four News' renowned journalist Jon Snow has claimed that men think about sex whenever they meet a woman for the first time. The 66-year-old former...
View ArticleClimate change could 'lead' to extinction of humans, warns expert
Tweet Sydney, March 31 (ANI): A leading health expert from Australia has warned that the rapidly changing climate of earth could possibly make human beings extinct as a species. Associate dean at the...
View ArticleCouples sleeping less than an inch apart are happier!
Tweet London, April 16 (IANS) Do you cuddle your spouse or inch away from her to the other side of the bed in sleep? The position in which you sleep with your partner reveals a lot about the...
View ArticleBacterial communication similar to that of humans!
Tweet London, April 24 (IANS) A bacteria can be as sophisticated as humans when it comes to communication as researchers have now found that bacteria communicates in a way that was previously thought...
View ArticleTV viewing turning your kids into couch potatoes
Tweet London, April 24 (IANS) Parents need to closely monitor the TV time of their kids as research has bolstered the link between TV habits and obesity in kids. "There was also a link between TV...
View ArticleIs there a 'Mona Lisa' in 3D?
Tweet London, May 3 (IANS) Is there a second 'Mona Lisa' painting by the great Leonardo Da Vinci in 3D? There may actually be one. German visual scientists have found a 'Mona Lisa' painting in the...
View Article28th chemical element key to life discovered
Tweet New York, June 6 (IANS) In a study, researchers have found the 28th chemical element essential for tissue development in all animals - from primitive sea creatures to humans. Twenty-seven...
View ArticlePeople in debt more likely to suffer from mental health problems
Tweet Washington, Sept 27 (ANI): People in debt are more than three times more likely to suffer from a mental health problem than those who are not in debt, a new study has revealed. Researchers from...
View ArticleLinks between alcoholic liver disease and circadian clock revealed!
Tweet Washington, January 20 (ANI): Researchers have revealed a putative role for the circadian clock in the liver in the development of alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver disease. The...
View ArticleMarriage between first cousins ups risk of having baby with birth defects
Tweet London, July 04 (ANI): The chances of having a baby with potentially life-threatening birth defects doubles in case of 'first cousin marriages', a study has revealed. From a sample of nearly...
View ArticleFathers who SMOKE can pass Leukemia to their Son: Study
Tweet Researchers of the University of Bradford have found out that men who smoke go on to pass their damaged DNA to their children when they become father. This increases the risk of cancer among...
View ArticleHydrogen derived from water using stones could be new energy source
Tweet London, Dec. 14 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Lyon claimed to have found a new source of energy in the form of hydrogen gas that can be split from water with the help of a simple...
View ArticleTwo-drug combo to help in fight against HIV
Tweet Washington, Sept. 1 (ANI): A research team has devised a new delivery system for a combination of two FDA approved drugs, which could help effectively treat HIV. The discovery, which allows for a...
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