Toronto: Female eggs exposed a psychoactive ingredient in marijuana have an impaired ability to produce viable embryos and are significantly less likely to result in a viable pregnancy, claims a study. Marijuana, or cannabis, is the most commonly used recreational drug by people of reproductive...
Read moreMobile phones are an essential commodity in everyone’s lives as they help us stay connected with our close ones. But you will be surprised to know that there is a city in the world where mobiles, TVs and radios are banned. No one can use...
Read moreLondon: Finding time for nature through gardening can be helpful as it promotes positive body image, say researchers led by a scientist of Indian-origin. Previous research has shown that gardening is associated with improved psychological wellbeing and physical health. Published in the journal Ecopsychology, the...
Read moreNew York: What motivates nonvegetarians to follow a plant-based diet? Most people who consider becoming vegetarian do so for their health, say researchers, adding that, environment and animal rights was less motivational. "The most common reason people say they would consider being vegetarian has to...
Read moreLondon: It may have replaced a system that produced the farcical finish that saw South Africa needing to score 21 runs off one ball to beat England in a 1992 World Cup semifinal in Sydney, but the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DL) method has been involved in its...
Read moreNew York: Most diets lead to weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors but the results may disappear within a year, say researcher, suggesting that people should choose the diet they prefer without concern about the size of benefits. Published in the journal The...
Read moreNew York: Most diets lead to weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors but the results may disappear within a year, say researcher, suggesting that people should choose the diet they prefer without concern about the size of benefits. Published in the journal The...
Read moreNew York: Women who exercise regularly but struggle to consume enough calories and have menstrual disorders can simply increase their food intake to recover their menstrual cycle, says new study. The study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, found that exercising women with...
Read moreMandi: Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT-M) and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata have developed a new route by which curcumin, the medicinal chemical present in turmeric, can be incorporated into drug nanoformulations. Turmeric has been used as a...
Read moreNew Delhi: With a young child, meals can be an everyday hassle, especially when you want to introduce new food, and motivate children to make healthy food choices. Children starting their school years have several nutritional requirements that need to be met, and at the...
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For many babus, rules are only for others not for the heaven-born. An IAS officer in Kerala skipped home quarantine...
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The Centre has slashed interest rates on popular small savings schemes – a mainstay of nearly half of the nation’s...
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We select one disease to be mortally afraid of – and ignore all the diseases that we should be scared...
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The unplanned manner in which Prime Minister Modi declared the COVID-linked 21-day lockdown is taking a harsh toll. For instance,...
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