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Rising air pollution may cause inflammation in the brain, warn health experts
Dr Nand Kumar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India...
Drinking dark tea might regulate blood sugar, minimise risk of diabetes: Research
"The substantial health benefits of tea, including a reduced risk...
Study: Social isolation, loneliness linked to risk of cardiovascular disease
"Social isolation" refers to being objectively alone or having infrequent social connections, while "loneliness" is defined as a painful feeling caused when someone's actual level of social interaction is less than they would like it to be. For the study, researchers...
Not US, UK Or China. the French are world’s worst workaholics: Survey
Nearly four in ten French business leaders admit to working intense, long hours without regular breaks, well above the 25% global average and besting rates in the US, UK and China, the survey from health insurer Bupa Global found. Americans have popularized “hustle...
Human activity degraded more than a third of remaining Amazon forest: Study
“Despite uncertainty about the total effect of these disturbances, it is clear that their cumulative effect can be as important as deforestation for carbon emissions and biodiversity loss,” said Jos Barlow, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, and co-author of the...
Australia regulator to probe social media influencers for false endorsements
As part of the sweep, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun reviewing Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, Snap Inc's Snapchat, Alphabet Inc's YouTube and Amazon.com Inc's streaming service Twitch, Cass-Gottlieb said. Australia's...
Blood sugar monitoring devices create wearablity problems for older adults with diabetes, caregivers
"This is a whole area of health technology that needs study. There's hardware involved, which is the device itself. There's software involved, which is reading, organizing, interpreting and communicating the data from the device. Knowing how the technology works in...
Poor literacy linked to worse mental health problems: Study
“People with lower literacy had greater mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression,” said Lucy Hunn, who completed the review as part of her Doctorate in clinical psychology training at UEA “We can’t say for sure that poor literacy causes poor mental...
New blood test can detect Alzheimer’s 3.5 years before diagnosis
While Alzheimer's disease affects the formation of new brain cells in the hippocampus during the early stages of the disease, previous studies have only been able to study neurogenesis in its later stages through autopsies Scientists have developed a blood-based test...
Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
Memory continuously declines as people age, but evidence from existing studies is insufficient to assess the effect of a healthy lifestyle on memory in later life. A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, finds a...
Good things happen when leaders reflect on their mistakes: Research
Researchers discovered that when leaders took the time to reflect on what they learnt from their mistakes, they displayed more humility, a quality believed to make managers more effective. "The goal should be to learn from mistakes, not just focus on what went wrong,"...
Booster dose of Covishield offers best immune response: Lancet study
According to the study, even though homologous and heterologous boosting with Covishield or Covaxin in Covishield or Covaxin primed individuals are immunogenic and safe, boosting with Covishield produced better binding and functional antibodies, irrespective of...