During the study, older adults who had trouble remembering the first four of 15 words on a list were more likely to score worse on a test of cognition four years later. New York: People who have trouble remembering words at the beginning of a list may be at risk for mental decline later in [...]
Imagine your hand doesn’t listen to you — it gropes people, lifts things, and you feel there’s nothing you can do; you feel it’s not even yours. If you remember the episode “Both sides now,” the last one in the fifth season of the TV drama House, two sides of the patient’s brain lose communication [...]
The honeymoon period in a marriage lasts only so long. If you were dating for long before tying the knot, the chances of there being no sparks are very high. Familiarity breeds boredom. Zainab Mohammed Lehry, a psychological counsellor, gives some tips to keep the flame alive. Don’t stop dating A marriage should not be all about [...]
If you thought timing your sex life according to your menstrual cycle would prevent a pregnancy, think again. Here we bring to you some common myths associated with women’s health. Myth: A doctor can tell if a woman is a virgin. Not really. As most of us already know, the hymen is the one way [...]
What if you can’t feel physical pain, be it a burn or a migraine or a fracture? How can you go for treatment if you don’t know you have a problem? While at first feeling no pain sounds like a boon, one will soon realise that with the main indicator of discomfort absent, your health is [...]
Washington: Scientists have proposed a new portable gadget that could help one detect strokes based on eye movement, says an American study. A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to results of a small study led [...]
Washington: A new study shows that eating fish has greater health benefits than fish oil dietary supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish may have diverse health-promoting effects, potentially protecting the immune, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. But how the health effects of one such fatty acid — docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) — works remains unclear, [...]
Not really. For people with restless leg syndrome, keeping still becomes a huge challenge. A constant urge to move their feet to do away with unpleasant sensations can definitely not be happy. How often have you sat through a long lecture with constantly shaking your leg, only to be rudely nudged by your friend to [...]
This discovery may change how DBS is used to treat Parkinson’s and other neurologically based movement disorders. San Francisco: In a path breaking study that could help develop new therapeutic devices for Parkinson’s patients, US scientists have successfully worked out how to identify abnormal brain rhythms associated with the disease. A team of scientists and clinicians at [...]
Montreal: Canadian scientists have identified the factors that cause distress after sleep paralysis, a psychological phenomenon of which little was previously known, according to a study. Sleep paralysis is a distressing phenomenon often accompanied by vivid sensory or perceptual experiences, which can include complex and disturbing hallucinations and intense fear, which is often experienced by [...]
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
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There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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