Life, Health, 13th Aug 2018, News & Stories from India

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Life Health 13 Aug 2018

Life, Health, 13 Aug 2018

Cryogenics involves deep freezing the body and is seen as a way to cheat death (Photo: AFP)

People are spending millions to get their brains frozen in hopes of being reborn

A businessman who opted for the process believes he will wake up centuries later to experience a new life in another body.

13 Aug 2018 8:45 PM

Video games may boost empathy in kids: Study

The activity was also intended to help the kids practice and learn empathy.

13 Aug 2018 5:52 PM

Blocking sunlight won't reduce crop damage from warming: Study

It is like putting an umbrella over your head when you are hot. If you put a global sunshade up, it would slow warming.

13 Aug 2018 5:01 PM

Coronary artery compression is thought to be rare. (Photo: Pixabay)

Coronary artery compression in kids more common than you think

The full findings are present in the journal- HeartRhythm.

13 Aug 2018 4:03 PM

About one in 100 adults have an intellectual or developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome. (Photo: AFP)

Repeat pregnancy higher in women with intellectual, developmental disabilities

Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities are more likely than those without such disabilities.

13 Aug 2018 2:19 PM

The study, carried out at Colombia University in New York saw that the anti-impotence drug could halt age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. (Photo: Pixabay)

Viagra could be new miracle cure for blindness, say scientists

According to scientists, the little blue pills could actively repair damaged eyes and stop further loss of sight.

13 Aug 2018 1:40 PM

It turns out that the biggest offenders in this case are men and women aged between 35 to 44 with 17 per cent revealing that they shop only for the #OOTD appeal. (Photo: Pixabay)

People buying clothes to post photos on Instagram and then returning them

Researchers feel rise in number of shoppers returning clothes could stem from fact that it is try before you buy shopping model.

13 Aug 2018 12:51 PM

Egg a day may reduce risk of heart diseases: Study

Researchers examined the associations between egg consumption and cardiovascular disease.

13 Aug 2018 12:34 PM

Logan was suffereing from Leukodystrophy, which affects the brain and nervous system, and told he has anywhere between three and 15 years left. (Photo: Pixabay)

Terminally ill boy 'marries' mum in fairy tale ceremony to fulfill last wish

Logan Mountcastle, seven, was diagnosed with an incurable genetic disorder in December.

13 Aug 2018 10:19 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

4 new Congo Ebola cases as medics prepare experimental treatment

The treatment was developed using the antibodies of the survivor of an Ebola outbreak in the western Congolese city of Kikwit in 1995.

13 Aug 2018 9:37 AM

Obesity, diabetes in pregnancy may raise kids' risk of psychiatric disorders

Pregnant women can adhere to gestational weight gain and healthy pregnancy recommendations.

13 Aug 2018 9:06 AM

Depressed teenagers lead to depressed parents

Here is what a new study has found.

13 Aug 2018 8:51 AM

In women, abdominal obesity is commonly seen post-childbirth and mostly in the pre-and post-menopause stage.

Have a heart

Both men and women are equally prone to heart attacks, yet women frequently remain undiagnosed and untreated for a host of reasons.

13 Aug 2018 5:08 AM

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