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A higher pressure to look perfect is one more factor which is fuelling anxiety (Photo: AFP)

Here are the reasons causing more people to struggle with anxiety than...

Many people have scared themselves into worrying about having serious conditions based on symptoms that are general and...

7 Oct 2018 6:00 PM IST

Patients with bipolar disorder may benefit from a balanced diet (Photo: AFP)

Weight and diet may impact response to treatment for bipolar disorder

Researchers measured BMI and then measured depression and how a person is able to function in their day to day life.

7 Oct 2018 2:13 PM IST

It made much more sense for modern humans to just borrow the already adapted genetic defences from Neanderthals (Photo: AFP)

Neanderthal genes may have helped modern humans develop protection...

Neanderthals had been living outside of Africa for hundreds of thousands of years, giving them time to evolve defences...

7 Oct 2018 1:40 PM IST

Results suggest rodents that consume a fatty diet have reduced expression of an insulin receptor in a region of the brain known as the hippocampus. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hormone in plants reverses brain damage caused by fatty diet

In study, when diets were supplemented with the plant hormone abscisic acid, the damage was reversed.

6 Oct 2018 6:12 PM IST

We discovered that a specific protein, thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is elevated in wounds of patients with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Signs of type 2 diabetes appear 20 years before diagnosis

Type 2 diabetes occur when person does not produce enough insulin or doesn't respond to hormone and is associated with...

6 Oct 2018 3:12 PM IST

The study is the first to show that higher childhood vitamin D levels are significantly associated with a decreased risk of IA. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vitamin D supplements do not make bones healthier

The sole advantage of taking vitamin D was to reduce the risk of rare conditions such as rickets and osteomalacia.

6 Oct 2018 12:38 PM IST

Both sexes had different factors disrupting their sleep such as children for women and finances for men (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's what your brain learns during sleep

Team recorded the brain activity of epilepsy patients who had electrodes implanted into their brain for the purpose of...

6 Oct 2018 11:13 AM IST

A Higher Education Funding Agency has been set up by the government to help institutions develop world-class infrastructure. (Representational Images)

Education can help improve decision-making ability, says study

Study found education can be leveraged to help enhance an individual's economic decision-making quality or economic...

6 Oct 2018 10:56 AM IST

Both sexes had different factors disrupting their sleep such as children for women and finances for men (Photo: Pixabay)

Daytime naps help process unconscious information, says study

Findings suggest that even a short bout of sleep may help improve our responses and process information.

5 Oct 2018 4:52 PM IST

Eating more red and processed meat was not associated with survival or cancer recurrence. (Photo: Pixabay)

Antibiotic may kill dangerous skin cancer cells, says study

The research found nifuroxazide, showed promise for complementing existing melanoma therapies.

5 Oct 2018 3:32 PM IST

Delicate foreskin is vulnerable to HIV as it can tear easily and it is also a common route for the virus to enter someones body (Photo: AFP)

HIV-positive mother donates liver to save critically ill child in...

Medication provided to child before transplant may have prevented HIV transmission, though that will only become clear...

4 Oct 2018 7:19 PM IST

He has been facing the issue despite getting treatment for a year (Photo: Pixabay)

High dose of erectile dysfunction drug causes man to develop...

Although it is known to cause visual disturbances that resolve within a day, this case points towards long-term or even...

4 Oct 2018 4:40 PM IST