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Drop the kilos,not your health:experts caution that it comes at a very heavy price.
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Like any bride-to-be, Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton,the younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge,is pulling out all the stops to ensure she looks her best on her big day.
The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister will marry financier James Matthews on May 20 with the reception taking place back at the Middleton family home just a few miles away in...
Researchers found that overweight or obese adults experienced slower degeneration of knee joint structures after losing 5 or 10 percent of their body weight over 4 years, compared with those who did not lose weight.
Obesity is a known risk factor for osteoarthritis, one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. A new study provides evidence that...
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Professor Stephen Hawking warning: Humans have only 100 years to leave the Earth
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Did you hear the stories about the human species existence on the Earth or the end of a mundane era? Maybe yes. Recently a well-known British astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking have made similar stories or predictions in his new documentary “Expedition New Earth” which is part of the BBC’s new science season “Tomorrow’s World” that was originally shown on the...
There is a lot of talk about diets based on starvation mode diets. Starvation mode is what your body can go into if you don't eat. While your body can adjust to a lack of nutrition it can only survive for a few weeks if you are also taking in enough fluids.
Health experts have stressed, time and again, on...
A new study suggests that guidelines for antibiotic use during early pregnancy might need to be reviewed, after finding that some common classes of the drug could double the risk of miscarriage.
Miscarriage, also known as spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the natural death of an embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently.Avoiding drugs and alcohol,...
When experts from Netherlands studied close to 13 lakh participants, the result of their analysis was astounding. The team was able draw a pattern between the blood group of participants and their susceptibility to coronary events. It was found that people other than O as their blood group were more susceptible to suffering a heart attack.
The participants were sourced...
Summers are notoriously getting hotter and it is time we get cautious about our skin. Thanks to the unhealthy lifestyle we lead, we tend to forget the most basic activity of shielding our skin from the harsh UV rays. Most of us neglect applying a sunscreen but apply moisturiser instead and let our skin get exposed to the harsh...
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India aiming for all-electric car fleet by 2030,says Power minister Piyush Goyal.
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The success for electric cars in India has been largely elusive due to the lack of infrastructure and the high cost of acquisition, which has made these cars a rare sight on our roads. However, you might soon be able to get an electric car without burning a hole in your pocket.
In a recent statement, Minister of Power, Coal,...
Depression is world's leading illness and is one of the major reasons for suicides globally, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration. Depression is different from feeling down or...
According to new research, people who had surgery to cut the main nerve connecting the brain with the stomach, a longstanding treatment for ulcers, had a trend of a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD). Published in the April 26 online edition of Neurology, this result adds weight to the hypothesis that PD may begin in the gut...