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Onion Extract lowers High Blood Sugar, Cholesterol
Combined with the antidiabetic drug metformin, an onion extract can help lower high blood glucose (sugar) and total cholesterol levels among diabetics, says a study. The onion extract used for the experiment in rats was a crude preparation…
Breathing Exercises could curb Stress in Obese Women
Breathing exercises could help obese women reduce stress and blood glucose levels, new research has found. Develop by University of Massachusetts' Medical School researcher Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) treatment…
Diet with Friend to Lose Weight: Survey
A new study has revealed that you are more likely to shed those extra pounds if you diet with a friend compared to doing it solo. The survey was conducted on behalf of Seasonal Berries and found that a whopping 89 percent of 1750 men and…
Is Your Smartphone turning You into a Nutcase?
Is your smartphone affecting your mental health? Yes, to a great extent, says new research. More and more people are becoming addicted to smartphones and this addiction is resulting in a host of psychological conditions. "Higher scores of…
Believe it! These People digest deadly Arsenic
Arsenic is a potent killer but up in the high Andes mountains of Argentina, researchers have identified the first-ever evidence of a population uniquely adapted to tolerate the toxic chemical. The authors speculate that the local adaptation…
Watching Sad Movies can make You Fat
Love watching sad movies? Check out your weight. According to an interesting study, movie-goers watching tearjerkers ate more popcorn in various settings. According to the findings, movie goers ate 28 percent more popcorn when watching the…
Weight shaming Backfires: Study
Turning conventional wisdom on its head, researchers have found that portraying overweight individuals negatively in the media may lead them to gaining more weight. Weight-stigmatising messages presented by the media -- the ones that…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a Biological Illness: Study
Researchers have found evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a result of immunological dysfunction, meaning it is a biological illness and not a psychological disorder as commonly thought. People with CFS or systemic exertion…
Mosquitoes’ Sexual Biology key to Malaria Transmission
The clue to why Anopheles mosquitoes are unique in their ability to transmit malaria to humans could be found in their evolution of sexual biology.
Through analysis of 16 Anopheles genomes, the researchers found that these mosquitoes'…
Two Hours of TV puts Your Kids at High BP Risk
Parents must watch out as kids, who spend more than two hours watching television, computers or video consoles in a day run a 30 percent greater risk of developing high blood pressure, says new research. Doing no daily physical activity or…