Home » Life » Health

Health - Page 216

White and Asian American children had significantly lower rates of obesity than kids of other racial and ethnic groups. (Photo: Pixabay)

US childhood obesity rates rising again

Parents can create a bastion of protection for children in the home, by keeping junk foods out.

28 Feb 2018 9:06 PM IST

The study found that a vegetarian diet that included eggs and dairy or with Mediterranean diet would help keep the heart healthy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Low-cal vegetarian and Mediterranean diets may both help heart health

These aren't the only diets that can promote heart health, however.

28 Feb 2018 8:55 PM IST

Hot beverage scalds are the leading cause of childhood burns. (Photo: Pixabay)

Many mothers may lack knowledge about child burn risk, treatment

While 94 percent of mothers knew to cool a burn with water only, just 10 percent realized they should do it for a full...

28 Feb 2018 8:46 PM IST

Some of the genes identified as increasing risk for schizophrenia have previously been associated with other neurodevelopmental disorders. (Photo: Pixabay)

50 new gene regions behind schizophrenia risk found

Genes linked to schizophrenia risk are mostly crucial to normal development and therefore typically do not contain...

28 Feb 2018 7:41 PM IST

To sustain their unrestrained growth, cancer cells rely on increased protein synthesis. (Photo: Pixabay)

Daffodil extract may help fight cancer: study

Haemanthamine also inhibits the production of these nanomachines in the nucleolus (the ribosome factory ).

28 Feb 2018 6:38 PM IST

Touching or being touched releases chemicals in the brain that make pain easier to bear. (Photo: Pixabay)

Holding partner's hand may lower pain in women: study

There appeared to be some sort of synchronising going on in the brains of the couples that offered an analgesic-like...

28 Feb 2018 6:05 PM IST

39% of pediatric patients with epilepsy who added CBD oil to their treatments experienced a 50% reduction in seizures. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cannabis compound may reduce epileptic seizures: study

Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the many active compounds in the cannabis (marijuana) plant, has gained attention as a...

28 Feb 2018 5:58 PM IST

Here are ways to reduce discomfort during period pains. (Photo: AFP)

Here are 10 tips to help fight off period pain

While period pains are natural bodily process, here's what you can do to ease them.

28 Feb 2018 3:43 PM IST

Looks like we are all a little like Batman! (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans can use sound to 'see' like bats: study

Humans - just like bats - can 'see' their surroundings using sound by producing clicks that bounce off objects to...

28 Feb 2018 3:33 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ohio accuses drug distributors of helping fuel opioid epidemic

Opioids were involved in more than 42,000 overdose deaths in the US in 2016.

28 Feb 2018 1:26 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mississippi moves closer to banning abortions after 15 weeks

Americans tend to split roughly down the middle on abortion access.

28 Feb 2018 12:17 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Aerobic exercise slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

Researchers found those who were more physically active showed statistically significant increase in cognitive function.

28 Feb 2018 11:51 AM IST