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Every year spent in school or university may improve life expectancy: Lancet study
"More education leads to better employment and higher income,...
AIIMS Bhubaneswar uses drone to transport blood to community health centre
''Delivering a blood bag to a patient through a drone has been...
Exercise may cause strokes in persons who have blocked arteries: Study
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur found that an elevated heart rate can induce a stroke in patients with highly blocked carotid arteries Contrastingly, for healthy patients and those with only slightly blocked arteries, exercise is...
Lighting gas stoves found to raise indoor benzene above that in secondhand smoke
“Benzene forms in flames and other high-temperature environments, such as the flares found in oil fields and refineries. We now know that benzene also forms in the flames of gas stoves in our homes,” said study senior author Rob Jackson, professor of Earth system...
Study reveals conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive
"If we could have more clinical or educational programs that teach parents how to openly communicate with each other, how to listen to each other, and maintain good relationships with family members, it might be effective in promoting healthier family and child...
Food choices key to tackling global warming, study finds
Food consumption in the five highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting countries, including India, was responsible for more than 40 per cent of global food supply chain emission in 2019, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Nature Food, found that...
Lifestyle, not being ‘morning’ or ‘evening’ person, impacts longevity, says study
The study, however, showed that evening types had a slightly increased risk of dying than morning types, even as staying up late at night was found to have little impact on how long a life 'night owls' lived A 37-year long study on nearly 23,000 Finnish twins has...
Impact of great workplace experiences reflected in the list of Top 100 India’s Best Companies To Work For
Announcing Great Place To Work India rankings, Yeshasvini Ramaswamy, Serial Entrepreneur & CEO, Great Place To Work India said, " Regardless of the industry, we have observed that when organizations "Pay fairly, Treat fairly, and provide a better work...
Study suggests adherence to global health recommendations lowers risk of cancer
Approximately 40 per cent of all cancers are linked with modifiable lifestyle factors - such as physical inactivity, tobacco use, living with obesity, a poor diet, and alcohol intake, suggesting many cases are preventable. Researchers found people who follow global...
Can ChatGPT help sexually assaulted, suicidal individuals?
"One of the dominant health issues of the decade is equipping the public with accurate and actionable health information.With Dr. ChatGPT replacing Dr. Google, refining AI assistants to accommodate help-seeking for public health crises could become a core and...
Climate change making air travel more bumpier, study finds
”Turbulence makes flights bumpy and can occasionally be dangerous. Airlines will need to start thinking about how they will manage the increased turbulence, as it costs the industry USD 150–500 million annually in the US alone,” said Mark Prosser, a PhD researcher at...
Next goal is to address mental, vision health: Apple
"Our goal is to empower people to take charge of their own health journey. With these innovative new features, we're expanding the comprehensive range of health and wellness tools that we offer our users across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch," said Sumbul Desai,...