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New health indicators to determine well-being: Study

Lausanne , May 31 (ANI): During the Covid-19 outbreak, shortly after 'lockdown' and 'quarantine,' the term 'well-being' entered public parlance. We rapidly noticed that...

How IITs & other top science institutes are trying to boost mental health on campus

In IIT-D workshop, top public and private technical colleges discussed their best practices, challenges & way ahead to improve mental health grievance redressal mechanisms on campus.

India considers policy on non-sugar sweeteners after WHO guidelines caution against adverse effects

In 15 May guideline, World Health Organization said artificial sweeteners don't have any long-term benefit in reducing body fat & may cause potential undesirable effects from long-term use.

Study finds how obesity increases mental disorders risk throughout life

Vienna , May 30 (ANI): Obesity increases the likelihood of having mental illnesses considerably. This applies to all age groups, with women having a...

OTT platforms to carry anti-tobacco disclaimers soon as health ministry set to notify new rules

New rules under Cigarettes & Other Tobacco Products Act will be notified on 31 May. Changes come after intra- & inter-ministerial deliberations, consultations with industry representatives.

Low-flavanol diet may drive age-related memory loss, finds study

Washington , May 30 (ANI): A large-scale study led by Columbia and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard researchers is the first to show that a...

‘Artificial pancreas’ lowers disease management burden for diabetic people: Study

Washington , May 30 (ANI): Type 1 diabetes affects 46.3 million individuals globally, with an annual rise of roughly 3 per cent. To avoid...

Afternoon exercise linked with greater improvements in blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes patients: Study

Washington , May 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Brigham and Joslin Diabetes Centre discovered that participants who were physically active in the afternoon had...

New blood biomarker can predict if cognitively healthy elderly will develop Alzheimer’s disease: study

Pittsburgh May 29 (ANI): Why do some people get Alzheimer's while others don't? Even more perplexing, why do many people with toxic amyloid...

Study discovers how new blood serum test detect neurodegenerative disorder

Tokyo , May 29 (ANI): Synucleinopathies are neurodegenerative disorders caused by an aberrant accumulation of a-synuclein, a protein present in the brain and neurons....

On Camera

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.