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Coffee and its main ingredients, caffeine and plant-based compounds called polyphenols, are among the most researched items in our diet. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how six cups of coffee a day can help you to live longer

One cup a day reduced risk of dying early by 8 per cent, while 2 to 5 cups reduced risk by 12 per cent, while 6cups reduced risk by 16 pc.

31 Aug 2018 3:00 PM

Students and teachers in South Korea will need to find new ways of staying alert through the long school day, after the government said Friday it will ban coffee sales in schools.

South Korea bans coffee in schools

Selling highly caffeinated drinks to students in schools has already been banned since 2013.

31 Aug 2018 1:39 PM

Smelling a coffee-like scent, which has no caffeine in it, has an effect similar to that of drinking coffee, suggesting a placebo effect of coffee scent.

The scent of coffee may help you crack GMAT

Study finds coffee-like scent acts as a placebo for analytical reasoning performance.

19 Jul 2018 9:35 AM

Many excessive gamblers, gamers and sex 'addicts' have psychiatric conditions like anxiety, attention deficit disorder and depression. (Representational Image)

Science Says: What makes something truly addictive

The new "gaming disorder" classification from the World Health Organization revives a debate in the medical community.

22 Jun 2018 6:20 PM

The report drew on existing research to explain how the body metabolises caffeine. (Photo: Pixabay)

Which type of coffee drinker are you?

Coffee drinkers fall into one of three major groups based on their caffeine sensitivity, according to study author Langer.

08 Jun 2018 8:50 AM

Indonesian Muslims pray during the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya, East Java province, on May 16, 2018. Muslim devotees are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (Photo: AFP)

A look at the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

After these intense nights of prayer, the end of Ramadan is met with a three-day holiday called Eid al-Fitr.

17 May 2018 6:03 PM

Poor sleep quality explains some racial differences in drowsy driving

Sleepiness is thought to be a factor in anywhere from 2 percent to 20 percent of all crashes resulting in fatalities or hospitalization.

11 May 2018 1:35 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why moms-to-be should cut off caffeine

Here is what a new study has found.

24 Apr 2018 1:13 PM

Caffeine is believed to boost mood, metabolism and mental and physical performance. (Photo: Pixabay)

Too much caffeine can bring drastic change to health

Too much of caffeine and the addiction to tea or coffee can take an ugly turn and can affect our health drastically.

21 Apr 2018 4:40 PM

Here are steps included in the coffee tasting sessions are as follows. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out steps to becoming a coffee tasting expert

Coffee needs to freshly brewed and then is given for tasting thus changing the mechanics of the tasting sessions.

17 Apr 2018 9:56 AM

'Caffeine used to create novel gels for drug delivery'

Drugs carried by this kind of material could be chewable or easier to swallow.

16 Apr 2018 5:15 PM

Some people are genetically predisposed to need more sleep, others need more sleep because it is a learned behaviour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are reasons you may be sleeping more than others

Chances are regularly snoozing for ten hours or more could be a sign of something more serious than just a busy week.

02 Apr 2018 1:32 PM

Study found that in patients with insomnia, daytime bright light exposure improved sleep quality and duration. It also reduced the time it took to fall asleep by 83 per cent. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are 10 tips to sleep better at night

From correct exposure to light to having the perfect bedroom environment, we list ways to sleep better at night.

12 Mar 2018 12:31 PM

The flow of creative juices in one's mind can be felt within moments of finishing a cup of tea. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tea-drinkers are more creative, focused

Despite the reasoning, the whole study gives you another reason to grab your 'garam chai ki pyali'.

18 Jan 2018 7:46 PM

Study also noted that all of the people with Parkinson's were taking Parkinson's medication and it's possible that these drugs could affect the metabolism of caffeine.

Caffeine level in blood may help diagnose Parkinson's

People with disease have significantly lower level of caffeine in their blood as compared to people not affected by it.

09 Jan 2018 8:10 AM

People with Parkinson's disease had significantly lower blood levels of caffeine and nine of the 11 byproducts of caffeine in the blood. (Photo: Pixabay)

Caffeine level in blood may help diagnose Parkinson's disease

Limitations of the study include that people with severe Parkinson's disease were not included.

04 Jan 2018 3:17 PM

Four sleeping habits you need to adopt in 2018

Getting enough shut eye can be tricky, especially when there are so many other factors at play that keep you up at night.

30 Dec 2017 2:18 PM

It is possible to overdo on caffeine with many heavy coffee drinkers surpassing recommended limit of 400 mg of caffeine per day. (Photo: AFP)

Here are reasons coffee is actually good for body

Every additional cup of coffee one drinks per day was correlated with a 7 percent reduced risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

18 Dec 2017 8:04 AM

The coffee contains no caffeine so it's good for those who would like to drink coffee at night or pregnant women. says Shimotai, who used to be a coffee shop owner in Aomori Prefect. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japanese man creates coffee using garlic

Drink apparently tastes and looks like regular coffee but is made from locally grown garlic, says its inventor from northeast Japan.

17 Oct 2017 1:27 PM

Dozing off during lecture? Blame your neurons

Neurons in a brain area associated with rewards may be responsible for the wave of sleepiness when one is bored.

30 Sep 2017 3:26 PM

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