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New Vaccine Fights Nicotine Addiction, Helps Quit Smoking

The new vaccine works by highlighting the nicotine as a foreign invader and by prompting the body to create antibodies against the nicotine molecules.

Jan 15, 2015

Swine Flu Epidemic: 7 Die in Rajasthan, 19 Test Positive; Many States Affected

More deaths reported in Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Maharashtra; fresh cases in Odisha, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Delhi.

Jan 14, 2015

Eating Blueberries Helps Manage Prehypertension

A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, states that intake of blueberries delayed progression of prehypertension and improved arterial stiffness.

Jan 14, 2015

FDA Suggests Pregnant Women to Consume Low-Mercury Fish (Bing/ cherrylet/Flickr)

Fish Peptide Could Cure Cardiovascular Diseases

Experiments showed that the peptide can help widen or narrow blood vessels and also regulate a wide range of biological activities associated with kidneys, central nervous system and cardiovascular system.

Jan 14, 2015

Bread Pizza

Bread Pizza Ingredients Bread - 2 Red, Green & Yellow Bell peppers A few Basil leaves Tomato paste (or) Pasta sauce - 2 tbsp Cheese Chilli flakes Vegetables (Optional) Non-veg (Optional) Method: 1. Dry toast the bread both sides on the tava. 2. Spread a tomato paste (or) Pasta sauce on the slice of bread. 3. Add the toppings over this Red, Green & Yellow Bell peppers, Basil leaves any veg & non-veg (optional). 4. You can sprinkle chilli flakes. 5. Finally, grate some cheese over it. 6. Bake it for 5 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees till the cheese melts and it's ready!!! Like us on FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/HomeCookingShow Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/VentunoCooking Subscribe to YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/VentunoHomeCooking A Ventuno Production : http://www.ventunotech.com

Jan 13, 2015

Napping Boosts Memory in Babies; Helps Learning

The study concluded that "sleeping after learning appears to be important for infants' long-term memory".

Jan 13, 2015

Sunbathing During Pregnancy: High UV Radiation Linked to Child Mortality, Infertility

A study data included details about rural women who worked in the fields and were more exposed to the sunlight.

Jan 13, 2015

Backpack Pushups

Easy Backpack Pushups when your in travelling.

Jan 12, 2015

Bird Flu Scare in Gurgaon: Sultanpur National Park Closes for One Week after 47 Birds Found Dead

The dead birds included Eurasian coots (36), common moorhen (9), spot-billed duck (1) and one jungle babbler (1).

Jan 12, 2015

Swine Flu Outbreak in India: H1N1 Cases Reported in Haryana, Odisha and Rajasthan

Till date, the deadly disease has claimed four lives in the national capital, three in Telangana and four in Rajasthan.

Jan 12, 2015

Woman Gives Birth Hours after Finding Out that she was Pregnant

Katherine Kropas from Massachusetts couldn't realise that she was pregnant until the last moment, when she started getting severe labour pains one fine morning.

Jan 10, 2015

Avocados Lower Bad Cholesterol; Promote Healthy Heart

Avocado intake also improved total cholesterol, triglycerides (a kind of fat found in blood), small dense LDL and non-HDL cholesterol.

Jan 10, 2015

Eat Almonds and Say Goodbye to Belly Fat

Most importantly, the almond-based diet helped reduce abdominal fat mass or central adiposity, a heart disease risk factor.

Jan 10, 2015

Sakkarai Pongal

Sakkarai Pongal Ingredients Raw rice - 1/2 cup Moong dal - 2 tbsp Jaggery - 1 cup Water Ghee - 1 tbsp A few Cashew nuts A few Raisins A few Cardamom pods Edible Camphor - tiny pinch Method: 1. Roast Moong dal and Raw rice for a few minutes in a deep cooker pot. 2. Then, add water and let it pressure cook for about 2-3 whistles. 3. To melt jaggery - take a small pot, add quarter cup water and add the jaggery. 4. Strain the melted jaggery into the boiled dal and rice. Let it cook on medium low flame. 5. Add freshly ground cardamom and edible camphor. Turn off the stove. It will thicken and reach the right consistency as it cools down. 6. In another pan roast cashew and raisins in some ghee and add it as a garnish to the sweet pongal. Like us on FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/HomeCookingShow Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/VentunoCooking Subscribe to YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/VentunoHomeCooking A Ventuno Production : http://www.ventunotech.com

Jan 9, 2015

A cup of blueberries a day helps reduce risk of heart disease

New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI) : Adding one cup of blueberries to your daily diet could help reduce blood pressure and arterial stiffness, both of which are linked to cardiovascular disease.Regular consumption of blueberries could potentially delay the progression of prehypertension to hypertension, therefore reducing cardiovascular disease risk.The findings suggest that the addition of a single food, blueberries, to the diet may mitigate the negative cardiovascular effects.The study also found that addition of blueberries in diet, increased the levels of nitric oxide, a blood biomarker known to be involved in the widening of blood vessels which is very important because arterial stiffness and the narrowing of blood vessels are both part of hypertension and this rise in nitric oxide helps in reduction of blood pressure.

Jan 9, 2015