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Smokers are charged higher premiums by employers, this entitles them to programs that will help them quit smoking at the same time. (Photo: Pixabay)

How using Facebook may help young adults quit smoking, explains this...

Social media environment can be an engaging tobacco treatment tool, even for those not ready to quit.

28 May 2018 9:51 AM IST

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