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The latest study looked at whether gratitude therapy could be used to get teenagers to ditch junk food and eat healthy.

Here's how saying thank you can help ease depression

Scientists have discovered that gratitude therapy' has a powerful impact on aspects of both mental and physical health.

20 Nov 2018 3:17 PM IST

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Therapy through song: Choir helps Hungarian lung patients breathe more...

Many lung disease patients become inhibited in their daily lives and get increasingly isolated.

20 Nov 2018 9:56 AM IST

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Faltering malaria fight should refocus on high-risk countries, says...

The plan involves making better use of detailed data to target areas where widespread use of indoor spraying would have...

20 Nov 2018 9:50 AM IST

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Here's how having a lazy eye can affect a child's self-esteem

Academic performance, interactions with peers, and athletic ability are factors connected to self-esteem in school...

20 Nov 2018 9:36 AM IST

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Bullying, violence at work ups heart disease risk: Study

Here is what a new study has found.

20 Nov 2018 9:22 AM IST

You might assume there was residual bleach left in the toilet, but actually its your urine thats created the bubbles.

World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis

The toilet crisis is most severe in parts of Africa and Asia facing extreme poverty and seeing a population boom.

19 Nov 2018 8:18 PM IST

Nine per cent of participants reported being bullied at work and 13 per cent reported experiencing violence or threats (Photo: AFP)

People facing bullying and violence at work may be at higher risk of...

Information on the number of cases of heart and brain blood vessel disease and deaths was obtained from nationwide...

19 Nov 2018 7:34 PM IST

Safety concerns may lead to poor adherence and discontinuation of asthma medications during pregnancy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pregnant women who take paracetamol could lower child's IQ, raise risk...

Findings conclude that balance of hormones in the uterus are altered by taking paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen...

19 Nov 2018 7:09 PM IST

Female athletes with exercise-induced menstrual dysfunction (associated with low estrogen levels) often have disordered eating behavior. (Photo: Pixabay)

Women more resilient to physical activity than thought

Women who did extreme physical training and completed transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health...

19 Nov 2018 6:27 PM IST

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Infants born to obese mothers can develop liver disease, obesity

Childhood obesity has become a growing epidemic.

19 Nov 2018 9:24 AM IST

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Cellular proliferation keeps HIV infected cells alive: Study

The scientists found out that reducing cellular proliferation could help deplete the number of infected cells

19 Nov 2018 9:12 AM IST

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Strength training could benefit heart health

Here is what a new study has found.

19 Nov 2018 8:58 AM IST