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How fast food is damaging your immune system

Here is what a new study has found.

12 Jan 2018 2:19 PM IST

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Mediterranean diet can cut risk of frailty in older adults

The diet may help older individuals maintain muscle strength, activity, weight, and energy levels.

12 Jan 2018 1:37 PM IST

Conservationists said it was mystifying how the Trump administration determined the lynx has recovered and should be delisted. (Photo: Pixabay)

Canada lynx no longer threatened, says US wildlife agency

Finding will see US Fish and Wildlife Service formally propose removing Canada lynx from federal endangered and...

12 Jan 2018 12:45 PM IST

Their situation was so severe that Renas sister had to come and take care of the couple (Photo: AFP)

Obese couple who met a decade back have sex for first time following...

The couple had a combined weight of 569 kg and had to undergo surgery to lose half of their combined body weight.

12 Jan 2018 12:37 PM IST

In 2013, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie announced she had had both breasts surgically removed as a preventative measure after tests revealed she carried the mutation (Photo: AFP)

Study shows breast cancer gene doesn't really increase risk of death

Women with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have a seven-in-10 chance of getting breast cancer by the age of 80.

12 Jan 2018 11:00 AM IST

he image was pulled from the website following the controversy (Photo: AFP)

Racist hoodie lands H&M in trouble as celebrities cut ties

Several celebrities showed their discontent with the image on the social media platforms.

12 Jan 2018 10:44 AM IST

The effects of porn on relationships are alarming (Photo: Pixabay)

Study reveals women are watching more porn than ever

Search term porn for women' skyrocketed among females logging on to the adult platform, which is internet's largest...

12 Jan 2018 10:34 AM IST

The ad uses technology similar to whats in an at-home pregnancy test, according to Ad Week. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ikea wants women to pee on magazine ad to avail discount

Apparently, once the woman urinates on the ad in Amelia magazine, a discount is revealed, only if she is pregnant.

12 Jan 2018 10:11 AM IST

Flu deaths have soared by 77 per cent in just a week in England with government figures revealing it to be worst outbreak in 50 years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Flu outbreak in UK sees 85 dead

According to latest updates, 93 people have lost their lives to flu already this winter from two strains of virus.

12 Jan 2018 9:54 AM IST

Social network size and participation in social activities may eventually be used as indicators of diabetes risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress at work may cause diabetes

According to researchers, workers who experience increasing stressful tasks on job are 57 per cent more likely to...

12 Jan 2018 8:58 AM IST

After couple tied the knot, her personal hygiene habits gradually grew worse to the point that a decade later, bathing was just a once in a year and it would take her six hours. (Photo: Pexels)

Here's why man divorced his wife

Taiwanese man files for divorce arguing that his wife's reluctance to take a shower is preventing them from starting a...

12 Jan 2018 8:25 AM IST

The zoo is reeling under bird flu scare after 20 birds, including caged ones like munia, grey partridge and ringneck parrots died in the last few months. (Representational image)

Japan begins chicken cull after bird flu outbreak confirmed

Confirmation of the outbreak, which was reported earlier in the week, marked the country's first cases of bird flu in...

12 Jan 2018 8:15 AM IST