Dr Diana Monteiro My 5 year old has always been reserved. Recently, I found out that he is depressed and whenever he is alone starts crying. When I asked him, he said that he was alone and scared. I made him join a hobby class as I thought it would help him make friends but [...]
Smoking from a water pipe is as harmful to your lungs as smoking a cigarette, a new study from Iran has found. Amy Silverstein With its fruit and candy flavours, hookah tobacco might seem like the fun, innocent alternative to regular tobacco. But a new study from Iran says that those fun flavours are masking [...]
An abortion too many before having your first baby can ruin your chances of conception later in life. Read on to know why. Remember those scenes in a motley of Hindi serials and movies where a woman puts her career ambitions before all else and chooses to abort her first baby only to find she [...]
London: A group of scientists from Brazil and the US has found that the venom from what is considered the world’s deadliest spider could be the secret to boosting a man’s love life. Toxins produced by the Brazilian Wandering Spider, or Phoneutria nigriventer, appear to combat erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes of entering the body, [...]
Despite claims that chocolate and red wine might work wonders for health, recent studies suggest that there is no proof for the same. London: There is no proof to show that chocolate and red wine protect the heart, even though a study has suggested that they lower cardiac risk by 37 per cent, say scientists. [...]
Many of us can be categorised as bibliophiles, people who love reading books. When this love starts to interfere in our daily lives and becomes an obsession it’s bibliomania. Books… for many people books can bring a smile on their face no matter how bad a day or a situation. But over the years certain [...]
Ever wondered why despite being otherwise fit you have a chronic body and joint pain for the last several months? Experts say fibromyalgia could be tied to your fatigue and lack of sleep You’ve always been fit and have not really had a problem healthwise so far. But of late you’ve been noticing that you’re [...]
Dr Divya T Sudarshan Dear doctor, what is FBD? If anything sets off an alarm in women nowadays it’s a breast lump. Fibrocystic breast disease (FBD) is a benign condition causing the breasts to become tender, lumpy and painful on movement. It is associated with the period and is common in women between 20-30 years [...]
Study assessed the effects of early childhood exposure to anaesthesia in the first three years of life on long-term differences in language and cognitive function. Sydney: Children under three years given anaesthesia may have a higher risk of developing learning difficulties, says an Australian study. The findings are based on an analysis conducted by the [...]
Even if you are fit but have a tendency to pile on the flab around your stomach, you could be at a higher death risk than those who are obese, found researchers. Washington: People envied for their normal weight surprisingly face a higher death risk than the obese — if they carry a prominent belly, [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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