Health & Food

People who eat lots of fruits, veggies, and whole grains may still have an increased risk of elevated blood pressure if they consume a lot of salt, a new study suggests. Eating high-sodium foods has long been associated with raised blood pressure readings, but some evidence suggests that body weight and other nutrients in the diet may modify or offset the effects of sodium on blood pressure. To...

Washington, Mar 6: The US defence research agency is developing treatments that can slow down biological processes in the event of life-threatening injuries, extending the critical "golden hour" within which the patients life can be saved. When a soldier suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the most significant factor in...

Washington, Mar 3: Scientists have found that school-based services delivered by teachers can help reduce mental health problems in elementary-aged children. "Given the limited accessibility of traditional mental health services for children school-based mental health services are a tremendous vehicle for overcoming barriers to mental health care and meaningfully expanding the reach of supports...

Washington, Mar 2: Turns out, mothers who co-sleep with infants beyond six months may feel more depressed and judged by others. According to a Penn State-study, mothers who choose to co-sleep with their infants are more likely to feel depressed or judged when faced with recent trends and popular advice telling moms not to sleep with their babies. After analyzing moms' sleeping patterns and...

Washington, Mar 2: People with colon cancer who regularly eat almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts and cashews are at significantly lower risk of cancer recurrence and mortality than those who do not, a study claims. Researchers at Yale University Cancer Center in the US followed 826 participants in a clinical trial for a median of 6.5 years after they were treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Those who...

New Delhi, Feb 28: A green body has slammed an advertisement highlighting that no antibiotics are used in chicken as an "eye wash" and alleged that the use of antibiotics in poultry sector is "rampant". The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) yesterday slammed the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited for its advertisement and said it was "complete misrepresentation". The...

London, Feb 27: Scientists are developing novel wearable sensors that could help speed up the recovery of stroke patients. The sensors send information to doctors continuously, and could allow them to more closely monitor the effectiveness of their care. "It is almost mechanically imperceptible to the patient who is wearing the device," said John Rogers, of Northwestern University in Chicago in...

Washington, Feb 25: The amount and quality of food and not a persons genetics will lead to weight loss, a US study has found. It has been suggested that variations in genetic makeup make it easier for some people to lose weight than others on certain diets. To test this theory researchers at Stanford University conducted a randomised control trial involving 609 overweight adults, who all underwent...

Scientists have identified a drug that extends egg viability in worms and could theoretically extend womens fertility by three to six years. "As early as the mid-30s, women start to experience declines in fertility, increased rates of miscarriage and maternal age-related birth defects," said Coleen Murphy from the Princeton University in the US. "All of these problems are thought to be caused by...

Washington, Feb 21: A new study has found excessive calcium levels in the brain are behind Parkinson's disease. The findings of the international team, led by the University of Cambridge, represent another step towards understanding how and why people develop Parkinson's. They found that calcium can mediate the interaction between small membranous structures inside nerve endings, which are...