Tag: health
Childhood Brain Tumour Survivor's High Body Fat Ups Stroke Risk
Survivors of childhood brain tumours have more body fat, increasing their risk of stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and early death, research has shown.....
Spiritual Retreats May Uplift Mood, Behaviour
Apart from enhancing well-being, people who spend their time on spiritual, meditative and religious retreats are likely to have changes in the brains systems associated with mood and social behaviour, sleep, memory, says a study.....
Talk Therapy For Depression? Brain Scan May Predict Efficacy
Researchers have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether talk therapy or antidepressant medication is more likely to help a patient recover from depression.....
Cutting Salt In Diet May Reduce Night-time Toilet Trips
There is good news for people who need to wake up one or more times during the night to go to the toilet. Researchers have found that simply cutting back on salt intake can reduce such night-time trips. ....
Feeling depressed? Beat the blues by playing video games, touted as viable and effective treatment for depression, researchers said. They help in brain training.....
New Blood Test Identifies TB Infections Within Hours
US researchers said they have successfully developed a blood test that can rapidly diagnose and quantitate the severity of active tuberculosis (TB) cases, an important advance against the major global health threat, a media report said. ....
Kim Jong-nam's Body Still In Malaysia, Says Minister
Malaysian Health Minister S. Subramaniam on Tuesday confirmed that the body of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother who was assassinated here last month, is still in Kuala Lumpur, the media reported.....
Positive Global Cues Lift Indian Equities
Positive global cues and healthy buying in banking, automobile and consumer durables stocks lifted the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. ....
World's Most Obese Man To Undergo Surgery
Doctors in Mexico have set a date for the world's heaviest man to undergo gastric bypass surgery, the media reported on Wednesday. ....
Eating Peanuts May Prevent Heart Attack
Eating peanuts with a meal may help protect against cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, an international team of researchers has found.....
