Health and Lifestyle

Washington, Apr 11: A team of scientists has come up with a new medical test that may help identify infants who may have had bleeding of the brain as a result of abusive head trauma, sometimes referred to as shaken baby syndrome. Developed by the researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the serum-based test, which needs to be

London, Apr 10: Fitness enthusiasts, take note! Exercising on an empty stomach may help burn more body fat and fuel your metabolism, boosting your health in the long run, a new study has found. Researchers from University of Bath in the UK studied a group of overweight males. The volunteers walked for 60 minutes at 60 per cent maximum oxygen consumption on an empty stomach, and on another occasion

New Delhi, Apr 8: Every 20th Indian is in the grip of depression, said Union Minister of Health JP Nadda on Friday and assured more NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences)-like institutes would be set up in the country. Speaking at an event here to mark the World Health Day, Nadda also assured greater government focus on civil society organisations engaged in mental

Washington, Apr 7: If you've been a night owl all your life and mornings are your nemesis, blame a gene mutation for keeping you awake, scientists say. Researchers at Rockefeller University in the US have discovered that a variant of the gene CRY1 slows the internal biological clock - called the circadian clock - that normally dictates when you feel sleepy each night and when you are ready to wake

Hyderabad, Apr 6: The number of diabetes patients in the country is likely to go up to 120 million in next 20 years as against the current 70 million, an official of Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) has said. Also, on an average every diabetic spends about Rs 25,000 annually to manage the disease and its associated complications, IIPH, Hyderabad, Director GVS Murthy said today on the eve

Bangkok, Apr 4: People with type 2 diabetes have poorer control over their blood glucose levels when they work the night shift compared with those who work in the daytime or are unemployed, a new study has found. The study shows that poor long-term glycemic, or blood sugar, control, was independent of what workers ate or any sleep problems they had. The findings expand on previous research showing

Washington, Apr 3: A chemical commonly found in hard plastics, currency bills and paper receipts may increase the aggressiveness of breast cancer, a new study has found. Bisphenol S (BPS) used in the plastic industry, shows the potential for increasing the aggressiveness of breast cancer through its behaviour as an endocrine-disrupting chemical, researchers said. Researchers from Oakland

New York, Apr 3: Prolonged sleep disturbances similar to that seen in jet lag or shift work may be increase the risk for bone loss, a new study has found. Researchers including those from University of Colorado in the US made study subjects stay in a lab, where for three weeks they went to sleep each day four hours later than the prior day, resulting in a 28-hour "day." The men were allowed to

Apr 3: Depression is now the leading cause of ill health and disability in the world, accord ing to the World Health Organisation (WHO), following a huge spike in the number of people who report living with the condition. The condition has overtaken lower respiratory disease as the biggest global health problem, with latest figures showing more than 30 crore people worldwide have a diagnosis of

Washington, Apr 1: Turns out, antibiotic use for travelers` diarrhoea favours particularly resistant super bacteria, increasing the patients` risk of getting an infection. Every year, millions of travellers visit countries with poor hygiene, and approximately one third of them return home carrying antibiotic-resistant ESBL intestinal bacteria. Most of them remain unaware of this, as the bacteria