Science & Health

3 Scientists Share 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine [VIDEO]

Three scientists, two of American origin and one German, have won this year's Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology for discovering how cells organise their transport system.

Oct 7, 2013

Healthy Breakfast Helps Infertile Women Get Pregnant

A healthy breakfast can help women overcome fertility problems caused by a common hormonal disorder and become pregnant, a new study says.

Oct 3, 2013

Eating healthy breakfast helps increase fertility in women

New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Eating more calories in the morning breakfast can have a positive impact on women with problems of infertility, a new study has revealed. Research, conducted by Prof. Oren Froy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Prof. Daniela Jocabovitz and Dr. Julio Weinstein from Tel Aviv University and Wolfson Medical Center, showed that a big breakfast increases fertility among woman who suffer from menstrual irregularities. The study examined whether meal times have an impact on the health of woman with menstrual irregularities due to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). The experiment was carried out at Wolfson Medical Center on 60 women over a 12-week period. The study is published in journal Clinical Science.

Oct 2, 2013

Early Motherhood Increases Risk of Child Dying Before Age 9

Planning to have a child at a young age? Chances are that you may be endangering your baby's life.

Sep 30, 2013

China: Surgeons Grow Nose on Man's Forehead [PHOTOS]

A 22-year-old Chinese man has become the first person in the world to grow a nose on his forehead.

Sep 26, 2013

What your taste in coffee reveals about your personality

New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): A new study has revealed that coffee can reveal certain aspects of your personality. Clinical psychologist Dr Ramani Durvasula analysed 1,000 coffee lovers and found that people having a penchant for black coffee are likely to purist, no-nonsense individuals, having a tendency to prefer the simple life, although they could also be abrupt, impatient and even averse to change. The study also revealed that latte drinkers tend to be intent on pleasing others, but can also show slightly more neurotic attributes.

Sep 21, 2013

World Alzheimer's Day: 6 Anti- Alzhemier's Foods, 6 Apps for Alzheimer's Patients

It's 21 September and World Alzheimer's Day. Learn more about the disease, its symptoms, risk factors and some foods, apps and products that help people affected with it.

Sep 21, 2013

Drinking coffee may cut womb cancer risk

New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the risk of developing womb cancer can be reduced by drinking coffee. According to the World Cancer Research Fund report, coffee contains antioxidants which may boost health. However, experts said that there is not yet enough evidence to recommend drinking coffee to protect against the disease. Researchers at Imperial College, London also said that women can reduce their risk of developing the disease with at least 38 minutes of daily exercise and keeping a healthy weight.

Sep 15, 2013

Conjoined Nigerian Twins Celebrate First Birthday as Separate Individuals; Similar Births Around the World [PHOTOS]

A team of specialists at a Delhi hospital have successfully separated a pair of Nigerian twins, who were born joined at the buttocks, last month.

Sep 6, 2013

India's First Cryogenic Satellite GSLV-D5 Set For Lift-Off

The 29-hour countdown for the ₹200-crore satellite project will end at 4.50 pm on Monday, when India will launch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D5 (GSLV-D5), carrying a communications satellite GSAT-14.

Aug 19, 2013

Perseid Meteor Shower 2013: Stargazers Capture Stunning Images of Shooting Stars [PHOTOS+VIDEOS]

Thousands of sky watchers and amateur photographers have caught on camera the annual Perseid meteor shower or shooting stars that were on its peak on 11-12 August across the world.

Aug 14, 2013

20 More Chelyabinsk-Like Meteors Headed for Earth?

In a recent study, scientists discovered the source of meteor which struck the Russian city of Chelyabinsk earlier this year and have detected about 20 more such types of gigantic meteors which could pose a possible threat for the planet in the near future.

Aug 14, 2013

Mystery Baby: 3-Month-Old Boy Catches Fire; What is Spontaneous Human Combustion?

The mystery surrounding a two-and-half-month-old boy, who caught fire as many as four times since he was born, is expected to be unraveled when the test results are out on Monday.

Aug 12, 2013

Perseid Meteor Shower: Where to Watch 'Shooting Stars' Live Online

Stargazers will treated with the annual Perseid meteor shower that is expected to peak on 11 and 12 August. Meteors, also called as shooting stars, are bright streaks of light that shoot across the sky.

Aug 11, 2013

UFO Sightings: Mysterious Lights Spotted in Tucson and Kansas City Skies [PHOTOS+VIDEOS]

In what believed to be the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), strange lights spotted over the skies of Tucson, Ariz. and Kansas City on 27 th July, Saturday night.

Aug 4, 2013