NEW YORK - Overweight women are known to have a greater chance of giving birth to a larger-than-normal baby. But new research suggests that these odds stay higher even when a woman loses weight before pregnancy.
In a study of more…
NEW YORK - Overweight women are known to have a greater chance of giving birth to a larger-than-normal baby. But new research suggests that these odds stay higher even when a woman loses weight before pregnancy.
In a study of more…
Organic tomatoes might save your heart, for a new study has found that they are far better than traditionally grown crops.
Dr Alyson Mitchell and his team at the California University used data from a long-term project using standardized farming…
Latest research shows that yawning helps in keeping the brain cool, contradicting the popular belief that yawning promotes sleep and is a sign of tiredness.
Yawning involves opening the mouth involuntarily while taking a long, deep breath of air. It is…
CAIRO, Egypt - In a country where perhaps the most popular national past-time is puffing on a water pipe or chain smoking while drinking tea, new laws designed to curb smoking are receiving a skeptical response.
Egypt,s 76 million people…
A study conducted by sleep researchers at Northwestern University has shown that when animals are partially sleep deprived over consecutive days, they no longer attempt to catch up on sleep despite an accumulating sleep deficit.
The study suggests that repeated partial…
CHICAGO - Here,s some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than two Hershey,s Kisses to do it, a small study suggests. The new research from Germany adds…
Experts researching on how gender affects learning have found that boys and girls are different by nature and they learn in different ways.
However, they have suggested that this dissimilar nature should not make parents transfer their kids from co-educational to…
A new study has revealed that a regular glass of wine, both red and white can help put off tooth decay, gum disease and heal sore throats.
According to Italian scientists, who used bottles of supermarket Valpolicella and Pinot Nero wine,…
WASHINGTON?- Looking for that perfect diet? Researchers have bad news - all diets have just about the same result, and none of them are great, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
A typical diet helps people lose an average of 6 percent…
Man boobs, are driving more males to plastic surgery. Renee Switzer reports. We all laughed when US sitcom Seinfeld made a joke out of it. Kramer invented a bra for men with “man boobs” and called it “The Bro”.
But an…
A high court battle between a schoolgirl and her head teacher over the right to wear a purity ring pledging her to virginity until marriage has reignited debate in Britain about how to make sex education effective.
It is a heady…
NEW YORK - The city,s ban on trans fat-laden cooking oils, the first of its kind in the nation, went into effect Sunday.
Along with the ban, fast-food restaurants in New York City now must post calories on their menu. Few…
A tiny pill that swells to the size of a tennis ball in the stomach is being touted as a cure for obesity.
The pill contains an absorbent substance which expands by more than 1,000 times when combined with water -…
LONDON?- With a ban on smoking in all enclosed public spaces coming into force in England on Sunday, analysts predict nightclubs, casinos and bingo firms will be hardest hit while restaurants will be the biggest beneficiaries.
England will fall into line…
NEW YORK?- In patients with type 1 diabetes, excess body weight and fat seems to increase the risk of coronary heart disease. However, as weight and fat levels increase, the severity of heart disease lessens, researchers announced at the 67th…
BOSTON - “Permanent makeup” - a kind of tattoo of the lips, eyelids and eyebrows undergone by more than 8 million U.S. women - can for years disfigure patients who suffer allergic reactions, federal researchers said on Wednesday.
Doctors have long…
A study into workplace relationships has found having a close friend at work can be a major distraction.
Respondents cited excessive chatting, having too much fun and an inability to separate work from play as contributing to a lack of focus.
Giving…
If parents allow an infant to sleep in their bed, that may seem like a natural and loving act.
But it,s not a good idea, the American Academy of Family Physicians warns. The group lists these possible risks:
Suffocation of the baby…
TOKYO - A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.
Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi said he can…
Severe emotional strain makes the body age faster, according to scientific tests on extremely stressed people. Internationally-renowned Australian biochemist Professor Elizabeth Blackburn has revealed new research into the links between stress and ageing in a Melbourne lecture delivered tonight.
The US-based…