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12 Jul 2020

Delirium, rare brain inflammation, stroke linked to COVID-19, claims Study

The study also confirms the previously reported findings of a higher than expected number of patients with a stroke which results from the excessive stickiness of the blood in COVID-19 patients.

Myth of masculinity

28 Oct 2017

Masculinity is a myth, and it has been busted. Here's how

Some 2,000 men involved in the study have said that they value honesty and sensitivity more than a perfect body.

28 Jul 2017

Sugar not only affects your weight, but your mental health as well, says study!

The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, concluded that "lower intake of sugar may be associated with better psychological health."

23 Feb 2017

This could be another reason behind your growing paunch!

This research involved 2,527 men and women aged 54 and older taking part in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, taking data over a four-year period.

22 Feb 2017

Want to keep mental illness away? Go get a cat!

The new study was significantly more reliable than previous research in this area since the team looked at families who were followed up regularly for almost 20 years.

26 Jan 2017

Anxiety, depression may amplify risk of death from some cancers

This association may also be affected by reverse causality, where undiagnosed (early) cancer might have had an underlying impact on mood.

21 Jan 2017

Delirium can accelerate dementia process

When people start becoming delirious, it may have a long-lasting impact on their brains, accelerating the dementia process among them, a new study has found.

25 Oct 2016

A little lie may make you a big liar

Telling self-serving lies may gradually lead people to a bigger one and finally push them down a slippery slope where their brains may start to adapt to the dishonesty, making deceit look much easier, an interesting study has revealed.

12 Oct 2016

Parental absence may lead to early smoking, drinking

The researchers from University College London drew on data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, which has been tracking the health of almost 19,000 children born between 2000 and 2002, in regular surveys.

25 Sep 2016

Oxygen levels were key to early animal evolution: Study

High level of oxygen in ancient oceans were crucial for the emergence of skeletal animals 550 million years ago, a new study suggests. The study is the first to distinguish between bodies of water with low and high levels of oxygen.

Low birth-weight kids

03 Sep 2016

Low birth-weight kids less active in adulthood

Children born with a low birth weight are less likely to be good at sports at school, or to engage in exercise later in life, a study has found.

Smartphone game

05 May 2016

This smartphone game may help fight dementia early!

Experts say that this newly-created game may help determine how dementia affects the brain and it might also bring some new approaches of detecting the disease at an early stage.

22 Feb 2016

Period pain as bad as heart attack: But do we really care?

A new research suggests that period pain can be as “bad as having a heart attack”.

Internet connection

15 Feb 2016

Slow Internet connection? This new hardware can fix your network!

According to researchers, the new hardware can significantly cut the cost of deploying fast fibre connections straight to homes.

06 Feb 2016

Saving sight with physics of perfect pancake

It was found that the thick, almost spherical pancakes such as Dutch poffertjes had the lowest aspect ratio at 3, whereas large, thin French crepes had the biggest at 300.

31 Jan 2016

Epilepsy drug brings hope for multiple sclerosis patients

Currently there are no neuroprotective drugs available for MS sufferers, whose nerve fibres are attacked by their own immune system.

24 Jan 2016

Breast milk can help take down superbugs

There's a huge amount of research and a battery of safety checks to get through first before your doctor can prescribe you a course of lactoferrin.

10 Jan 2016

Autistic girls more social than autistic boys

The study highlighted that autistic and non-autistic girls had similar scores for social motivation and friendship quality, although autistic girls reported significantly less conflict in their best friendships.

29 Dec 2015

Hormone, not money, behind rich people's longer lifespan

Low levels are linked to an increased risk of cancer and reduced mental abilities.

22 Dec 2015

Human race exploded after dinosaurs went extinct

The team studied the early evolution of placental mammals, the group including elephants, sloths, cats, dolphins and humans.

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