Science & Health

Coffee May Help Combat Obesity

New Delhi, 15 Nov (ANI) :A new study has demonstrated that a compound found in coffee may help prevent obesity-related disease. Chlorogenic acid, or CGA specific compound found in coffee significantly reduces insulin resistance and coffee consumption may also lower the risk for chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. : CGA is a powerful antioxidant that helps reducing inflammation and a lot of evidence suggested that obesity-related diseases are caused by chronic inflammation, so if they could control that, they could hopefully offset some of the negative effects of excessive weight gain.

Nov 15, 2014

Obesity Pinpointed As Autoimmune Diseases Triggering Cause

New Delhi, 15 Nov (ANI) : A new research has revealed that obesity plays a major role in triggering autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks its own body rather than predatory invaders.Obesity leads to a breakdown of the body's protective self-tolerance, creating the optimal environment for autoimmune diseases, and generates a pro-inflammatory environment which is likely to worsen the disease's progression and hinder its treatment.There is a long list of causes of autoimmune disorders which includes infections, smoking, pesticides, lack of vitamins, and so forth but now a new factor has emerged that cannot be ignored which is obesity.

Nov 15, 2014

Infanticide Practiced by Most Mammals is a "Sexual Strategy"

A new research shows that most male mammals practice infanticide. A researcher reveals: "It is a sexual strategy."

Nov 15, 2014

Sterilisation Deaths: Hazardous Tubectomy Practices Rampant; Activists Call for Reforms

The target set by the Chhattisgarh government was to complete 1,75,000 female sterilisations for the year 2014-2015.

Nov 15, 2014

Chhattisgarh Sterilisation Deaths Linked to Rat Poison Chemical in Medicines?

Preliminary testing of the antibiotic tablets administered to the women found that it contained zinc phosphide, a chemical used in rat poison.

Nov 15, 2014

Five Lifestyle Changes to Lower Diabetes Risk: Myths and Facts about Chronic Disease on World Diabetes Day

Diabetes is a chronic condition caused by the inability of the body to produce enough insulin or its failure to use the hormone properly

Nov 14, 2014

Coffee Keeps Diabetes at Bay; Some Good and Bad Foods for Diabetics

Drinking decaffeinated or filtered coffee can provide an extra protection from diabetes than caffeinated and boiled coffee, researchers said.

Nov 14, 2014

Chhattisgarh Sterilisation Botch-Up: Drug Company's Director, Son Arrested

To investigate the incident, the state government has formed a single-member probe commission, which will be submitting the report after three months.

Nov 14, 2014

Philippines: Fishermen Find Human Head, Partially-Eaten Leg in the Belly of Tiger Shark

The jaw of enormous shark was sundried the morning after, much to the agony of the wife of one of the fishermen

Nov 14, 2014

US to Treat Sierra Leone Ebola Patient; Expected to Arrive in Nebraska on Saturday

Dr Martin Salia will be transported to the country on Saturday and will be treated at the Nebraska Medical Centre in Omaha.

Nov 14, 2014

Curiosity Rover Images from Mars Hint at Presence of Alien Technology? [VIDEO]

A set of photographs taken from Mars shows a ball of light moving on the red planet.

Nov 14, 2014

Ebola Outbreak: Deadly Virus Killed 5,160 People So Far, Confirms WHO

Ebola has mainly affected eight countries, including Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Spain, United States, Nigeria and Senegal.

Nov 13, 2014

New Study Links Excess Mobile Phone Use to Brain Cancer

People in the study, who used mobile phones for 25 years or more, tripled their risk of getting glioma, a deadly cancer.

Nov 13, 2014

Physically active teens less affected by sugary drinks

New Delhi, 13 Nov (ANI): A new study has indicated that physically active teens are less affected by the moderate consumption of sugary drinks. Moderate consumption of high-fructose and high-glucose beverages has little impact on the metabolic health of weight-stable and physically active adolescents. These beverages may be less unhealthy for adolescents as physical activity component is really critical in protecting against some of the negative effects of drinking large amounts of sugar-sweetened drinks.

Nov 13, 2014

Comet Landing: Philae Lander 'Safe on Ground'; Sends First Close-up Image of Comet 67P [PHOTOS]

Glitches during touch-down: The lander had bounced twice off the speeding comet's surface.

Nov 13, 2014