Health & Food

London, Feb 12: A lot has been said about the health benefits of inculcating fruits and vegetables in our daily diet but the researchers have now proved the psychological benefits of a balanced meal. They have found that naturally-grown food can potentially tackle depression in as little as two weeks. Researchers from the University of Otago studied 171 adults aged between 18 and 25 about their...

New Delhi, Feb 9: Winter problems are no longer restricted to cough, cold and flu. When the temperature drops and the cold winds begin to blow, the air becomes drier and our bodies get less moisture than they do in warmer months, leading to dehydration. And that is the first step towards a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). UTI refers to a bacterial infection anywhere in the urinary tract, such as the...

London, Feb 7: One should include lots of nuts like hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds and pistachios in their daily diet as they not only promote health benefits but also helps in lowering the risk of the deadly disease colon cancer. Researchers have found that eating nuts helps in slowing down the growth of cancer cells and also reduces the risk of colon cancer. The study led by researchers from...

New Delhi, Feb 6: A new study reveals that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Ibuprofen, may provide little benefit than a placebo when it comes to treating back pain. The study found that patients taking anti-inflammatory drugs were 2.5 times more likely to suffer from gastro-intestinal problems such as stomach ulcers and bleeding. The research, published in the Annals of the...

Chennai, Feb 5: ‘Cancer is contagious’ and ‘cancer is incurable’ are just two among many myths that continue to exist in the society today. On World Cancer Day, doctors urge for increased awareness against such myths. “Cancer is never communicable. If the public recognises this fact, family members and friends of patients will definitely support him or her. Also, the myth that a patient’s cancer...

New Delhi, Feb 4: World Cancer Day is being observed today (February 4) to raise cancer awareness and to encourage its prevention, detection and management. Cancer accounts for more deaths worldwide than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF),"Cancer is among one of the three greatest risks to the global economy". In India, cancer is one of the 10...

Los Angeles, Feb 4: Eating grapes daily may provide protection against Alzheimer's disease by preventing metabolic brain decline, as well as improving attention and memory, a new study has claimed. Researchers found that consuming grapes twice a day for six months protected against significant metabolic decline in Alzheimer's-related areas of the brain in a study of people with early memory...

Feb 3: Scientists from the University of Southampton in a latest study have discovered an important way in which the immune system can learn to recognise and fight cancers. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, shows that ‘Akt’ is critical for survival of T cells when they turn into memory cells and for how these can then react to future threats. The...

Bangkok, Feb 2: A lineage of multidrug resistant malaria superbugs has widely spread and is now established in parts of Asia, according to a new study which warns that further spread of these parasites through India to Africa poses a risk of global public health disaster. It is causing high treatment failure rates for the main falciparum malaria medicines, artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs)...

New Delhi, Feb 2: Since 1995, every year a mysterious disease has been haunting Muzaffarpur in Bihar, in which large numbers of children would get feverish, then proceed to having seizures and convulsions and finally slipping in and out of consciousness. Scores of researchers and experts have launched exhaustive searches to find the root cause of this deadly disease, but to no avail. Until now. In...