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In this July 31, 2017 photo, Takuya Iwata, left, and Mai Kamii, right, drink beer at Spring Valley Brewery in Tokyo. Japans beer consumption has been tanking as younger salaryman types shun old-style after-work drinking and craft breweries woo those who still love their suds. (Photo: AP)

Changing tastes brew bitter times for Japan's beer makers

Brews also are losing out in Japan to a wide variety of other liquors.

16 Aug 2017 2:15 PM IST

Mealworm is a larval form of mealworm beetle (Photo: AFP)

Insect based food to be introduced at stores in Switzerland soon

Switzerland revised its food safety laws to become the first European country to authorise insects for human...

16 Aug 2017 2:06 PM IST

The fifteen teenagers from rural Morocco had to be treated for rabies after reportedly gang raping an infected local donkey (Photo: Pixabay)

Teenagers in Morocco treated for raping rabid donkey

Authorities say there are others who are unwilling to come forward for fear of being ostracised.

16 Aug 2017 1:14 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pexels)

Less sleep may increase diabetes risk in children: study

Sleep duration was also inversely related to insulin resistance and blood glucose.

16 Aug 2017 1:08 PM IST

Loving your body matters (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are things that can deprive women of a healthy sex drive

Traumatic experiences in the past and sexual violence can have a huge impact over willingness to have sex in future.

16 Aug 2017 12:59 PM IST

Angus has been battling several health issues (Photo: YouTube)

Rare condition leaves 13-year-old looking like a toddler

Angus can't speak and wears clothes made for 3-year-olds but he has devised his own sign language to communicate.

16 Aug 2017 11:43 AM IST

Study is based on the hypothesis that jogging stimulates the brain and preserves memories (Photo: Pixabay)

Running during teenage years keeps dementia at bay later

Study says people who run in their teens are far less likely to develop dementia later in their lives.

16 Aug 2017 11:43 AM IST

Tamoxifen lowers oestrogen levels and triggers the ovaries to produce higher quality eggs (Photo: Pixabay)

Breast cancer drug ups IVF success in older women

According to research one in five women who used the treatment were able to have a baby using their own eggs

16 Aug 2017 11:06 AM IST

Mothers milk is vital for the proper development of the infant. It contains all the nutrients that are required by the child to grow (Photo: Pixabay)

Too much of stress results in less lactation in women

Mental and physical stress, and separation from baby for prolonged time has a direct impact on the breast milk...

16 Aug 2017 9:39 AM IST

Those who identify as a binge-watcher reporty more fatigue, more symptoms of insomnia, poorer sleep quality and greater alertness prior to going to sleep. (Photo: Pixabay)

Binge-watching television leads to fatigue, poor sleep in young...

According to researchers binge-watchers have 98 per cent higher likelihood of having poor sleep quality.

16 Aug 2017 8:31 AM IST

The quiescence of hair follicle stem cells is regulated by many factors. In certain cases they fail to activate, which is what causes hair loss (Photo: Pixabay)

A new stem cell therapy may help promote hair growth

Researchers found that hair follicle stem cell metabolism is different from other cells of the skin.

16 Aug 2017 8:18 AM IST

Among men, bricklayers, concrete workers and electricians had at least twice the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of rheumatoid arthritis more in certain jobs

According to study occupations within the manufacturing sector are associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid...

16 Aug 2017 7:54 AM IST