Category: Health

Researchers have found that drinking up to five cups of coffee per day may help curb Alzheimer’s risk by 20 percent. Caffeine in coffee helps prevent the formation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrulary tangles in the brain – two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s, the findings showed. “The findings suggest that regular coffee consumption over a lifetime…

Obese people without an overt manifestation of heart disease experience silent cardiac damage that fuels risk of heart failure in the future, with new research suggesting that obesity is an independent driver of heart muscle damage. The findings challenge the commonly held belief that cardiovascular diseases seen in severely overweight people are driven by diabetes…

South Asian boys are three times as likely to be overweight compared to their peers, says a Canada-based study led by an Indian-origin researcher. “Our findings are alarming. From a young age, South Asian boys appear to be on a path towards developing serious health conditions,” said lead researcher Ananya Banerjee from Women’s College Hospital…

By Amar Chandel  Breathing is the most essential and frequent activity that we engage in from birth till death. Yet it is one of the most neglected aspects of our existence because we erroneously presume that it is entirely an involuntary function. The end result is that this giver of life has been ignored, leading…

Music therapy reduces depression in children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems, a study found. In the largest ever study of its kind, the researchers from the Queen’s University, Belfast, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust found that children who received music therapy had significantly improved self-esteem and significantly reduced depression…

Some scar-forming cells in the heart have the ability to become cells that form blood vessels required to boosts the heart’s ability to heal after an injury, found an Indian-origin researcher, suggesting a new approach to treat heart attack. The team of researchers he led also found that a drug could enhance this phenomenon –…

Engaging in leisure time physical activities could improve your mental health. Researchers have also found that being physically active three times a week reduces the odds of being depressed by approximately 16 percent. The study found a two-way relationship between depression and physical activity. People who increased their weekly activity reported fewer depressive symptoms but…

Indians are more likely to absorb radiation from mobile phones due to their low body mass index and the less fat content in their bodies, a leading health expert said . “A hot tropical climate, low fat content in bodies and a lower body mass index on an average make Indians absorb more radiation than…

 Whenever one talks of yoga, the image that forms is that of a semi-clad person doing certain complicated exercises or ‘asanas’. Most think this is all there is to yoga. Nothing could be farther from the truth. While postures are indeed an integral part of yoga, they don’t comprise yoga, which is a much larger…

Fat is not all that bad. Scientists have now discovered a new class of molecules -produced in human and mouse fat – that protects against diabetes. The researchers found that giving this new “good” fat or lipid to mice with the equivalent of type 2 diabetes lowered their elevated blood sugar. The team also found…