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The treatment is neccesary for people who have a higher risk of their cancer recurring after treatment. (Photo: AFP)

Cancer deaths can be reduced through radiation therapy twice a day

The therapy will be instrumental in giving faster and effective treatment

27 Jan 2017 10:17 AM IST

$Girls were already significantly less likely than boys to say that members of their own gender were \really, really smart\. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Societal stereotypes can influence vulnerable young girls

Young girls also tend to change their activities around them based on what society tells them to do

27 Jan 2017 9:53 AM IST

Devaluing self due to weight increases diabetes risk

People with high internalisation were three times more likely to have metabolic syndrome

27 Jan 2017 8:59 AM IST

Circute training, it is!

Model and actress Nicole Faria shares her fitness routine with us.

27 Jan 2017 1:02 AM IST

There are just a handful of artists working with glass in India despite our long heritage. The reasons are not far to seek non-availability of infrastructure and disinterest of industry in creating glass works.

Pieces of glass that reflect different faces of art

The play of light through glass with refractions and reflections give a strange mysterious quality to the works.

27 Jan 2017 1:00 AM IST

G.R. Irannas current suite of work consists of canvases, works on paper and installations. The most fascinating thing is the use of ash and acrylic. Iranna has been using the holy ash as a primary medium.

Ash depicting life's truth

We are born from the five elements of earth, fire, water, air and sky and we will merge into them.

26 Jan 2017 11:43 PM IST

From the angle, it looks like the shark was spooked and is rolling away from the board to escape it (Photo: Facebook)

Shark photobombs young surfer in Australia

James Cook University shark researcher Andrew Chin said the photographed shark was possibly a small great white.

26 Jan 2017 8:28 PM IST

They analysed data from 16 studies which started between 1994 and 2008 (Photo: AFP)

Anxiety can increase risk of death from cancer

In total, 163,363 men and women aged 16 or over and free from cancer at the start of the study, were included.

26 Jan 2017 6:23 PM IST

Improving fitness or maintaining a high level of fitness can be important for collegiate success (Photo: AFP)

Good iron levels boost academic performance in girls

The impact of fitness was greater overall than the impact of iron status, but taken together, the impact was even...

26 Jan 2017 5:22 PM IST

At 20 years of age, 51 percent said they still used the drug (Photo: AFP)

Smoking marijuana as a teenager can hinder verbal IQ

The cognitive declines associated with cannabis do not seem to be global or widespread.

26 Jan 2017 5:01 PM IST

Women can be affected by a variety of issues like vaginal infection, chlamydia and vaginismus among other things. (Photo: AFP)

Painful sex may mean you have these health issues

Pain during sex is common but it may be also a disease that you shouldn't ignore

26 Jan 2017 4:33 PM IST

Organs of brain dead boy harvested

Organs of brain dead boy harvested

The mother and uncle decided to donate the organs after the boy was in a critical condition

26 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST