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Obese pregnant women can do a lot to minimize the odds of having an unusually large baby and the birth complications that can follow. (Photo: Pixabay)

Counseling for pregnant women gets personalized

The risk is 20 percent for fetuses with these types of aberrations.

28 May 2018 9:37 AM IST

These findings show that both genetics (GBA gene mutation) and aging can cause the same lipid elevations in the brain that are demonstrated in Parkinsons disease pathology (Photo: AFP)

Does brain push you to help needy?

Providing a link between empathy for pain and prosocial behavior at the neural level was crucial to understand our...

28 May 2018 9:28 AM IST

A house with painted walls.

Changing the face of Mumbai slums by adding colours

Chal Rang De makes us want to keep pushing for a better, cleaner, and more colourful Mumbai.

28 May 2018 12:56 AM IST

A popular teacher of Buddhism once spoke about the ease with which one is able to generate feelings of loving-kindness and compassion in solitary retreat, when there is no one around. (Photo: AP)

Glocally speaking: Chinese connection

In Mandarin, China means the 'centre of the world' and many of them tend to think China is once again becoming the...

28 May 2018 12:53 AM IST

MR at dinner with Nikki Haley the US Ambassador to the UN and friends.

A bridge for Indians

MR' is the definition of a global citizen who helped Indians shine brighter in US.

28 May 2018 12:52 AM IST

Volunteers of an NGO educate girls about sanitary pad-vending machines in a school.

Creating a period positive generation

To celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day, NGOs in the city are hosting a range of events to spark awareness and around this...

28 May 2018 12:18 AM IST

This newly emerging zoonosis affects both animals and humans, and is known to be spread by fruit bats.

Beware of the Nipah virus

It's a relatively new epidemic caused by Nipah virus commonly hosted by fruit-eating bats.

28 May 2018 12:17 AM IST

Instagram posts of celebs

Hip and happening

While some find the trend stylish, others seem to think of it as weird.

28 May 2018 12:09 AM IST

Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja

Can a name change be a game changer?

Taking on the wife's name or surname after marriage seems like a positive step. but how big a difference does it really...

28 May 2018 12:03 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

New tech can help patients with deadly lung disease

Here is what a new study has found.

27 May 2018 5:17 PM IST

Residents of the Alongo village use a boat to transport the different Zangbeto ahead of a ceremony for the guardian of the night Zangbeto a traditional voodoo of the Yoruba religion, in the village of Alongo on May 14, 2018.(Photo: AFP)

Zangbeto: Voodoo saviour of Benin's mangroves

The nightwatchman drifts along the shoreline in torrential rain to the rhythm of traditional chanting.

27 May 2018 5:08 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

New technique to combat cancer developed

Here is what researchers have discovered.

27 May 2018 4:51 PM IST