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Life Style / Wellness

Smartphone use before sleep may make your kid obese 09 Dec 2017 - 12:07 pm
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'Inclusive' Hungary playgrounds for disabled kids 02 Dec 2017 - 10:15 am
Aron (R) looks into the camera, at a local playground in Budapest on November 22, 2017. AFP / Peter Kohalmi
Burn victim saved by skin grafts from identical twin 23 Nov 2017 - 06:32 pm
Franck, 33-year-old who had suffered burns over 95 percent of his body and was saved by a skin transplant from his identical twin Eric, in a world-first operation, receives a physiotherapy session by French physiotherapist Christophe Loisel, at the rehabi
A siesta can make you work better 23 Nov 2017 - 12:01 pm
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In US, 4 in 10 cancers due to 'modifiable risk': study 22 Nov 2017 - 12:37 pm
Cigarette smoking, which accounted for 19 percent of cancer cases and nearly 29 percent of deaths, is the top risk factor.
Pregnant women might increase their risk of stillbirth if they sleep on their backs, study finds 22 Nov 2017 - 12:11 pm
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Slower eating helps lose weight 19 Nov 2017 - 05:41 pm
Metabolic syndrome occurs when someone has any of three risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high fasting blood sugar, high blood pressure, high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, said Japanese researchers at Hiroshima University. (AFP / Ph
Swimming with dolphins in virtual reality to aid disabled 19 Nov 2017 - 12:38 pm
A therapist tests out new cutting-edge waterproof virtual reality glasses playing a film of dolphins, at the 'S Heeren Loo care centre for disabled people in Apeldoorn, on October 31, 2017, eastern Netherlands. AFP / JOHN THYS
Bill Gates joins the fight against Alzheimer's - and it's personal 18 Nov 2017 - 11:26 am
File picture of billionaire Bill Gates. Reuters
Doctors at Vatican to debate ethics of euthanasia 17 Nov 2017 - 09:43 pm
This file photo taken on June 04, 2017 in Vatican shows St Peter's basilica during a mass led by Pope Francis. AFP / Andreas Solaro
Lead poisoning lurks in scores of New York areas 16 Nov 2017 - 07:22 pm
Natalia Rollins children (L) Randy, 4, and Noah,2, watch television as Bob Friedl, a senior project manager with Environmental Management Solutions of New York Inc., checks lead levels with an X-Ray fluorescence detector at their apartment in the Coney Is
Eating variety of nuts linked to lower heart disease risk 14 Nov 2017 - 08:57 pm
Walnuts appeared to be the healthiest option, according to the findings, based on more than 210,000 people who answered regular surveys as part of a nurses' study that spanned 32 years. (Photo courtesy: nutworks.com.au)
Diabetes symptoms & risks differ in men and women 14 Nov 2017 - 01:30 am
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Midnight snacks may up heart risk, diabetes 08 Nov 2017 - 12:11 pm
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Children born to seafood eating mothers have better communication skills: Study 08 Nov 2017 - 10:07 am
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Slash antibiotic use in animals to buck resistance in humans: WHO 07 Nov 2017 - 06:09 pm
Nine-day-old chicks drink water at a Foster Farms ranch in Stanislaus County, California. Chicks are typically given various pharmaceuticals, including vaccines and low-level doses of antibiotics, in their water or food to ward off disease. Reuters/Max Wh
Overlooked infection kills 150,000 babies a year, mostly in Africa: study 06 Nov 2017 - 07:45 pm
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Pancreatic cancer survival linked to four genes: Study 05 Nov 2017 - 10:52 am
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