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Sleep apnoea: How Apple Watch Series 10 can spot the risk as cases rise in India
According to the tech giant, every 30 days, Apple Watch Series 10...
Replacing rice crop could help recover groundwater lost since 2000: Study
Previous estimates have suggested that about 300 cubic kilometres...
Study finds body temperature is linked to depression
A small body of existing, causal studies has found that using hot tubs or saunas can reduce depression, possibly by triggering the body to self-cool, for example, through sweating A study from UC San Francisco revealed that individuals with depression may benefit from...
Study finds sugary drinks pose higher heart disease risk than physical activity alone
''Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with sugar-sweetened beverages by half, but it does not fully eliminate it,'' said Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Canada, and co-author of the...
Every year spent in school or university may improve life expectancy: Lancet study
"More education leads to better employment and higher income, better access to health care, and helps us take care of our own health. Highly educated people also tend to develop a larger set of social and psychological resources that contribute to their health and the...
AIIMS Bhubaneswar uses drone to transport blood to community health centre
''Delivering a blood bag to a patient through a drone has been successfully conducted for the first time. This initiative represents a significant leap in integrating technology into our healthcare system. It also collected blood samples from the CHC before returning...
Children born preterm linked with higher risks of mental disorders: BMJ Study
While previous studies have shown that children born early have higher risks of neurodevelopmental and behavioural disabilities throughout childhood and adolescence compared with children born at full term, few population-based studies have investigated the long term...
Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests that reducing prolonged sitting in the workplace and/or increasing the volume or intensity of daily physical activity may be beneficial in mitigating the elevated risks of all-cause mortality and...
GenAI-based tools to write 70% of software tests by 2028
"The Asia-Pacific market for generative AI assisted software development, including code generation, user interface, testing, and other use cases, is rapidly growing. China, India, and Japan are investing significantly on this to enhance software testing...
Who really invented Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani? Delhi HC to decide
The case was heard by a bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula, who issued summons to the owners of Daryaganj, directing them to file a written response to the suit within a month. Additionally, he issued notice on Moti Mahal's application for an interim injunction,...
Video gamers at higher risk of irreversible hearing loss, finds research
The researchers said that "relatively little" attention has been paid to the effects of video games, including e-sports, on hearing loss, even as headphones, earbuds, and music venues have been acknowledged as sources of potentially unsafe sound levels New Delhi:...
Stress, junk food, pollution among reasons for rising cardiac arrests among youth: Dr Naresh Trehan
"We need to understand that in this current environment, we cope with the different elements that are producing higher incidents of heart disease, especially among the younger populace. Several young people are falling prey to cardiac events. This is a matter of...