ISLAMABAD: There may be some truth to the saying `a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips`. Scientists have found that once eaten, fat is stored on the waistline within hours – far faster than previously thought.Within just three or four hours of having a meal, up to two or three teaspoons of [...]
You could protect yourself better against viral infections, especially during autumn and winter, with vitamin D supplementation, says a new study. Since vitamin D levels decrease during the year’s last quarter when days are shorter and sunlight is relatively weak, this may explain why people are more prone to viral infection during these times.The study [...]
Britain has the third-highest proportion of teenagers who are sexually active at an early age and also ranks badly among high-income nations for harmful teenage drinking, according to a series of studies published in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. The research, plus a report by Unicef, call for more attention to be paid to [...]
Men have traditionally been touted as the ‘hungry for sex’ species. With a comparatively higher sex drive than their female partner, men are often expected to assume charge while performing in bed and are held responsible for a gratifying act too. But why are men having all the fun? Women too can act bold when [...]
New Delhi: Remember Rizwan Khan of “My Name Is Khan”? Just like he panicked when he saw the colour yellow, there are people who suffer from chromatophobia – the fear of colours. But it can be cured with therapy and counselling, say experts. According to S.K. Love of Vedicure Wellness Clinic, an estimated 5 to [...]
A 10-year-old Colombian girl gave birth to a healthy baby girl, making her one of the youngest mothers ever. The unnamed girl from Manaure, a town in the Colombian Department of La Guajira, arrived at the hospital in tears and “enormous pain” from the contractions, according to Univision’s rimer Impacto. She reportedly delivered her daughter, [...]
South Africa: Sweat drips down the face of a plump woman as she shuffles between exercise machines and pauses to greet passersby in Soweto’s first outdoor gym, a new trend in South Africa, one the world’s fattest nations. The facility, set in a park among tiny two-bedroom homes, has caught on with many Sowetans who [...]
DUBAI: Increasing rates of obesity, hormone use and improved reporting in developing countries has contributed to an increase in the number of breast cancer cases. The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise in developing countries as well as developed countries, but probably for different reasons said experts at the Breast Cancer Conference which [...]
Smoking is blamed for a third of all US cancer cases and being overweight leads to another 20 percent of the deadly burden that costs the United States some $226 billion per year in health care expenses and lost productivity. For instance, up to three quarters of US lung cancer cases could be avoided if [...]
LONDON: A novel treatment could reverse tinnitus, the ‘phantom’ noises that include ringing, buzzing or hissing in ears. Scientists have now found that playing sufferers the same tone which they ‘hear,’ halts auditory brain cells from creating the perceived noise.The new acoustic coordinated reset (ACR) therapy has shown in trials that it eases loudness and [...]
