The Indian American community in Houston has presented $100,000 to Ian Grillot, a 24-year-old American who was shot while trying to save Indian techies Srinivas Kuchibotla and Alok Madasani during a shooting in Kansas.
Ian Grillot was injured when he tried to intervene in the shooting by a Navy veteran targeting Indians at a bar in Olathe, Kansas last month.
Grillot...
Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre in the US found that replacing light-intensity physical activity with brief periods of vigorous exercise may provide significant cardiometabolic benefits in young people with relatively large waist measurements and elevated levels of insulin in their blood.
Ten minutes of high-intensity physical activity every day may help some children reduce their risk of developing heart...
Though genetic and lifestyle factors can play a significant role in the development of certain cancers, a new study has found that bad luck in mutating stem cells is the biggest risk factor for 2/3 of all cancers overall.
The study was conducted by Cristian Tomasetti and Bert Vogelstein of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Kimmel...
Life extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, indefinite life extension, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan.The ability to achieve this, however, does not currently exist.
The body's ability to repair DNA damage declines with age, which causes gradual cell demise,...
Boasting about how hectic life is, or humblebragging may be the new status symbol among Americans, suggests a study by the Harvard University.
It was found that Americans tend to perceive busy and overworked people as having high social status. While high status Americans a generation ago may have boasted about their leisure time, today they are likely to engage...
Women have long been told if they take the contraceptive pill they may be at higher risk of cervical cancer or breast cancer. But according to the new research from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland), those women who have taken the oral contraceptive pill are protected from three common cancers for as long as 30 years.
Researchers at the University...
Do you have the impulsive habit of checking Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter or other social media accounts while driving, while talking to other people, while in a classroom or at other times? Beware, this impulsive act could lead to negative consequences has been linked to a deficiency in the balance between two cognitive-behavioral systems in the human brain,...
SeaWorld San Diego starts a new program, which will entertain as well as educate its visitors. The park's killer whales will no longer be in Shamu-style shows.
This new show serves the purpose of educating the younger generation about the orcas. With, Granny, the oldest female orca's death last year, and the death of another orca earlier this week, it is...
63 million people living in rural India do not have access to clean water, said Wild Water, a report on the state of the world’s water.
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India continues to face a major challenge of ensuring water security for its growing population. According to the report by WaterAid released on...
As many as 20 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with high blood pressure may not have the condition, all because they’ve been misdiagnosed by doctors using outdated blood pressure monitors.
“About 20 per cent of people receiving treatment for hypertension don’t actually have a problem and do not need medication. This is due mainly to the fact that their blood...
