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The research found that opening windows or doors before going to bed can reduce carbon dioxide levels in bedrooms and improve sleep quality. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out which are the 9 ways to sleep better

There are a variety of ways to improve your sleep and help you function throughout the day.

9 Jan 2018 4:06 PM IST

Researchers worked with 134 mothers to see if singing could help them reduce the symptoms of post-natal depression (Photo: AFP)

Mothers can overcome postnatal depression by singing in groups

Those with moderate to severe symptoms of post-natal depression reported a much faster improvement.

9 Jan 2018 3:55 PM IST

Employers and employees should consider new approaches to improve employee health (Photo: Pixabay)

Frequent business trips may lead to anxiety and sleeping disorders

Poor behavioural and mental health outcomes significantly increased as the number of nights away from home for business...

9 Jan 2018 3:44 PM IST

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Birth control shot may increase risk of HIV infection

As of 2016, 36.7 million people worldwide were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS.

9 Jan 2018 2:46 PM IST

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Epileptic seizures maybe predictable with the help of brain patterns

During a seizure, abnormal electrical activity in the brain can cause numerous symptoms, including a loss of awareness...

9 Jan 2018 2:01 PM IST

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Morning stiffness could be a sign of arthritis, suggest study

Stiffness is a classic arthritis symptom, new study warns.

9 Jan 2018 1:32 PM IST

While women are more determined, men give up when things get tough (Photo: AFP)

Study reveals women are more likely to survive famines and epidemics...

Researchers suggest that differences in sex hormones may be enabling women to survive longer.

9 Jan 2018 1:26 PM IST

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How beta blockers can help melanoma patients live longer

Beta blockers slow your heart rhythm, but they can also affect immune cells and improve immune function, researchers...

9 Jan 2018 1:07 PM IST

People also take maximum stress about working out in the holiday season (Photo: AFP)

People who worry too much about exercise may die early

The stress caused by worrying about exercise increases chances of a person dying in next 20 years by 70 percent.

9 Jan 2018 11:45 AM IST

About 65 percent of women with hormone-positive disease and a positive blood test did not have a new breast cancer within two years (Photo: AFP)

Hot flashes that cancer therapy cause can be treated

Hot flashes are unpleasant episodes of heat that start in the upper body and spread, causing sweating and anxiety.

9 Jan 2018 8:20 AM IST

For a lot of people, coffee is an integral part of their daily routine. While cooking with coffee may sound unfamiliar, the brown and aromatic bean-like seeds can be used to add that extra zing in your food.

Caffeine level in blood may help diagnose Parkinson's

People with disease have significantly lower level of caffeine in their blood as compared to people not affected by it.

9 Jan 2018 8:10 AM IST

A previous attempt to beat gambling addiction with a pill containing a substance similar to naloxone had benefits, but wasnt efficient enough. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists test nose spray to kick gambling habit

The spray contains naloxone, an emergency treatment for opiate overdoses.

9 Jan 2018 7:58 AM IST