A new study has suggested that regular exposure to mild cold may be a healthy and sustainable way to help people lose weight.
First author of the study said that they hypothesize that the thermal environment affects human health and more specifically that frequent mild cold exposure can significantly affect our energy expenditure over sustained time periods.
A new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has estimated that one in five women with ovarian cancer inherit genetic mutations that increase the risk of the disease.
Most women in the study would have been unaware of a genetic predisposition to ovarian cancer because they didn’t have strong family histories that suggested it.
The research is the first large-scale analysis of the combined contributions of inherited and acquired mutations in a major cancer type.
Exam time is stressful for children as well as their parents. But, the role of grandparents during this taxing situation is highly underestimated.
According to Parents India Magazine, your kids’ grandparents can help relieve some tension by keeping their cool amidst the panic, by being good study companions to the children and by teaching them the art of learning.
Thanks to their own experience, grandparents can make difficult subjects easier for kids by simplifying topics through examples, addressing their innate fears regarding the papers , and spending time with them.
A specialist clinic in UK has come up with a new technique to disguise men’s baldness by tattooing tiny coloured pigments into the hair follicles of the scalp.
The thinning hair condition affects around 6.5 million men in the UK with over 40 percent of them having noticeable hair loss by the age of 35.
Folic acid supplements, if taken in high amounts, may increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
“The experiment in my lab has shown for the first time that folic acid supplements in doses 2.5-5 times the daily requirement ‘significantly promotes’ the growth of existing pre-cancerous or cancerous cells in the mammary glands of rats,” said Young-In Kim, a physician and researcher at St Michael’s Hospital here.
Although some studies have found it may offer protection against breast cancer, recent studies have suggested that taking high amounts of folic acid may increase the risk.
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has claimed that women, who work in the city and have children, are worth less than men.
He said that a woman, who has a client base, has a child and takes two or three years off, is worth far less to her employer after she comes back because that client base won”t be stuck as rigidly to her portfolio, Sky News reports. The UKIP leader said that he did not believe there was sexual discrimination in the city because women, who were prepared to sacrifice the family life and stick with their career, could do just as well as men. (ANI)
Doctors have been left baffled by a teenager, who has hiccuped an average of 25 times a minute since November 20.
Chris McKernan, 19, of Tunbridge Wells , Kent, has hiccupped an average of 1,500 times an hour – meaning he’s awake around 16 hours a day, and hiccuping 24,000 times daily, the Mirror reported.
When calculated the figure comes to an astonishing 1.4m times.
The accounts manager said that he has gotten “sick and tired” of hiccupping and has tried “every trick in the book” from sucking a lemon, standing on head to drinking water upside down. (ANI)
A US student has made a video claiming that her teacher molested her since the age of 12.
The 28-year-old alleged victim posted a video on YouTube containing an emotionally-charged phone conversation with a former teacher she claimed had molested her for years, CBS News reported.
The girl, who called herself Jamie X, said that she was abused since the age of 12, when she was a student at Chemawa Middle School in Riverside and added that she has been waiting for years to get enough courage to report the matter.
Straightening hair is a good way to reinvent a person’s looks and the sleek sophistication lent by straight hair is a big fashion trend for 2014.
Adhuna Bhabani Akhtar, celebrity hairstylist said that there are three basic ways to chemically straighten hair – by rebonding, smoothening or by keratin treatment, depending on how straight the hair is required to be.
According to Rod Anker, Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa, keratin, relaxes the curls and frizziness of the hair – making it only appear to be straight.
It’s not just the smokers who are at risk of developing serious illnesses, kids near them are equally prone to face the fallouts of second-hand smoke.
A study shows that exposure to second-hand smoke at home or in the car dramatically increases the odds of children being re-admitted to the hospital within a year of being admitted for asthma.
To determine tobacco exposure, the researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Children’s Hospital measured cotinine in the blood and in saliva of more than 600 children.
Pregnancy, the period between conception and childbirth, can be a testing time for parents-to-be, especially for expecting women, but with proper mental and physical preparation this trying time can turn into a beautiful experience for both of them.
According to Parents India Magazine , Ferdinand Lamaze, a French obstetrician, encourages both parents to address their fears and emotions regarding childbirth so that they can work together as a team while dealing with the impending labour pains.
Winter time can be hard on the skin, making it dry, flaky and itchy, but with proper care you can effectively banish your skin woes.
Dermatologist Rita Pichardo-Geisinger, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, provides tips that are easy to incorporate into your daily routine to help keep your skin and hair in prime condition.
First of all use a fragrance free soap because perfumes and additives can dry the skin which can lead to flaking and itching or exacerbate conditions like eczema.
If a person has to wake someone up from sleep, it means that they haven’t slept enough.
Dr. Lawrence Epstein told Healthy Living in 2012 that the alarm is the best way to sleep deprive yourself, meaning waking up by yourself could mean that you’re simply well-rested, the Huffington Post reported.
Very similar to applications that promise to wake you gently from your slumber, the body also tries to gradually rouse you.
Jan Born, Ph.D said that in anticipation of the start of the day, certain stress-related hormones are produced during the later stages of sleep.
A leading neuroscientist has claimed that smoking and drug use during pregnancy could raise the chance of having a baby who would turn out to be gay.
According to Britain’s Sunday Times, Dr Dick Swabb, professor of neurobiology at Amsterdam University, said that the brain development during pregnancy and early childhood is directly linked to the kind of people we become in adulthood.
Dr Swabb’s new book, ‘We Are Our Brains,’ has cited multiple academic studies showing how a pregnant mother’s lifestyle can possibly affect her child, News.com.au reported.
A scientific survey of 1.8 million Americans has revealed that parents and non-parents have similar levels of life satisfaction.
World No.2 Victoria Azarenka has reportedly revealed that her grandmother chose her name, overruling her parents” decision to name her something else.
A woman judge has reportedly been appointed to hear the case of Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, which re-opens in early March.
Biotechnology major Biocon will start selling breast cancer drug ‘CANMAb’, developed jointly with US-based Mylan, in the country from next month.
The company said the drug, which would be manufactured at its biologics facility in Bangalore, will be sold to the patients at a discount, Biocon Ltd said in a statement.
CANMAb will be available at about 25 per cent discount to the current list price of the reference product – Roche’s Herceptin – in India, which is already significantly lower than its price in developed markets, it added.
A nun has given birth to a boy in the Italian city of Rieti.
The nun, originally from El Salvador, claimed she did not know that she was pregnant.
She was rushed to a hospital after experiencing severe abdominal pain.
An ultrasound scan revealed she was expecting a full-term baby, who was delivered by doctors during a natural birth Friday.
“The baby is one of God’s creatures and we have the utmost respect for human life. Pope Francis himself has recalled, that human errors aside, the dignity of the individual must be respected,” said Fabrizio Borrello, a priest.
A team of researchers have found that most women who undergo conservative surgery for vulvar cancer experience little to no long-term disruption to sexuality and body image.
Women diagnosed with vulvar cancer are often treated with surgery that involves the removal of substantial sections of the external genitalia.
Ellen Barlow , RN, of The Royal Hospital for Women in Australia, and her colleagues interviewed 10 women who had previously been treated for early stage vulvar cancer, with a focus on investigating the women’s experiences of sexuality and body image.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday encouraged greater women representation and participation in parliament and the party.
Addressing the All India Congress Committee meet at the packed Talkatora Stadium here, Gandhi said: “I can see five-six women sitting in front of me but I want to see the day when half of this hall is filled by them.” The audience cheered and applauded.
“I want half of the members of parliament and party workers to be women. We will fight your (women) battle, help you progress, empower you and respect you,” he said.
A Google Glass wearer in the US has been reportedly found ‘not guilty’ for watching television while driving after an officer ticketed her for using a visible ‘monitor’.
A software developer and part of Google’s Glass Explorer’s team, Cecilia Abadie was pulled over for speeding in October last year, but the Californian denied the charges.
According to Sky News, Abadie’s case is the first known alleged traffic violation for wearing Google’s wearable computing eyeglasses while driving.
Concerned at the alarming rise of violence against women, five-time world boxing champion and Olympic medallist Mary Kom today urged women to take up sports for self-defence and to stay fit.
Recalling an incident when she was assaulted by a rickshaw puller, the Manipuri boxer said: “I was travelling alone from the SAI Hostel and when the rickshaw entered a deserted street the puller tried to snatch my bag.
“But I was not one to take it and I punched him hard and he fell down. My coaches arrived and he was handed over to the police,” Mary said.
A new study has found that women with a high economic status claim to be more sexually satisfied, suggesting that socioeconomic factors affect sexual satisfaction. Investigators at the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) analysed the influence of various socioeconomic factors on the results of the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey, carried out in 2009 by the Centre for Sociological Research.
Some women continue to work even when they are expecting, but work-related stress can put the baby at risk. However, if proper precautions are taken, then the baby and mother can enjoy a healthy pregnancy and birth.