Milk compound keeps you slim despite lazy lifestyle
June 15th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Traces of a cousin of vitamin B3, found in milk, produces startling health benefits such as keeping you slim inspite of a fatty diet and lazy ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Eat from a red plate to lose weight: Study
January 15th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 15 (IANS) People who eat from a red plate or drink from red cups cut their food intake by 40 percent, says a new study.The study carried out ... Read more...
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Now, lightweight curtains that ‘quench’ noise!
May 4th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): In a striking acoustic innovation, Swiss researchers have developed lightweight, translucent curtain materials, which are excellent at absorbing sound.The successful project is the work of Empa researchers, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Tobacco firms use ‘diet-aid chemicals to make you thin’
April 24th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 24 (ANI): Wondering why people often gain weight after quitting smoking? It is because of appetite-suppressing chemicals used in cigarettes.According to internal industry documents dating from 1949 to 1999, British ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Women prefer ‘men with longer ring fingers’
April 20th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 20 (ANI): A study has found that men whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers are seen as better bets by women.By contrast those seen as wimpier sorts ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Recycled cereal boxes pose no health risk, says UK food safety watchdog
March 9th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A UK food safety watchdog has said that the recycled cardboard boxes used for foods, such as breakfast cereals, pose no health risk.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Flowers produce chemicals to keep greedy bees at bay: Study
February 2nd, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): It is no secret that many flowering plants have evolved structures that prevent pollinators such as bees from taking too much pollen.Now, Swiss researchers have produced experimental ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mums’ exposure to farm animals during pregnancy cuts atopic dermatitis risk in kids
December 3rd, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Swiss researchers have revealed that women who spend their pregnancy period in the proximity of farm animals and cats have children with a reduced risk of developing atopic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mountains may offer species ‘refuge habitats’ during climate change
November 10th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Swiss researchers have claimed that mountain ranges may represent a 'safer' place to live during changing climate conditions.Daniel Scherrer and Christian Korner from the University of Basel, Switzerland ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Laptops May Cause Toasted Skin Syndrome & Low Sperm Count
October 4th, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) If sitting with your laptop across your legs while you work or play video games is a habit of yours, then recent reports may cause you to rethink ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Resting laptop on legs can damage skin
October 4th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) Beware -- people who work with a laptop on their legs can permanently damage their skin.
A medical report has found that placing the devices next to ... Read more...
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Putting laptop on lap for long can cause ‘toasted skin syndrome’
October 4th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): Resting your laptop on the lap might not be a good thing for your skin, for it might just leave you with a condition called 'toasted skin syndrome', ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Can psychedelic drugs chase blues away?
August 19th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Psychedelic drugs like LSD, which alter thought process and perception, can chase the blues away.
The drugs can help patients alter their perception of problems or pain levels, according ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Thymus cells successfully transformed into skin cells
August 19th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 19 (ANI): Swiss researchers have successfully transformed cells taken from the thymus into skin cells - a discovery that may have important ramifications for the field of organ regeneration.The findings ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘One size fits all’ jab for allergies to hit shelves
June 22nd, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 22 (ANI): A "one size fits all" jab that wards off asthma, eczema, hay fever and even peanut allergies could hit shelves within four to five years.Swiss researchers have claimed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Solar plane set for test flight in night sky
June 17th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): A plane, called Solar Impulse, which is powered by the sun's rays, is all set to go on a test flight at night later this month.The Swiss researchers, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Moderate drinking lowers risk of arthritis
March 29th, 2010 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
London, March 28 (IANS) Moderate drinkers have a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis and the disease progresses slower, according to a new study.
Swiss researchers followed 2,900 adults with rheumatoid arthritis and ... Read more...
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Low incomes leads to higher mortality rate among prostate cancer patients
September 28th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): Prostate cancer patients who belong to low socio-economic status are more likely to die than patients with higher incomes, according to a new study from Swiss researchers.The study's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New molecule discovery may help combat Type 2 diabetes, obesity
September 2nd, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 2 (ANI): Type 2 diabetes can be treated, and weight gain reduced by activating a protein called TGR5, according to a new study.Swiss researchers Dr. Kristina Schoonjans and Prof. ... Read more...
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‘Dex’ can improve high altitude exercise capacity
August 12th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) Taking dexamathasone, popularly known as dex, may improve exercise capacity in some climbers, according to Swiss researchers.
Dexamathasone has been used for years to treat altitude-related symptoms in ... Read more...
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Drug that treats altitude-related symptoms in mountaineers ‘also boosts exercise capacity’
August 12th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Swiss researchers has revealed that a drug commonly used treat altitude-related symptoms in mountaineers can also improve their exercise capacity at high altitude.Dexamathasone prophlyactically is popular among climbers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Laser beam powered optical transistor may lead to ultrafast light-based computers
July 2nd, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): Swiss researchers have made an optical transistor that uses one laser beam to control another, an instrument that could form the heart of a future generation of ultrafast ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Artificial sweetener may help track source of water pollution
May 26th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 26 (ANI): Swiss researchers have found that the artificial sweetener acesulfame passes through our body into wastewater, survives treatment and accumulates in groundwater, which may help track the source of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Women more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens
May 4th, 2009 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogenic effects of smoking tobacco, according to the latest findings.
Swiss researchers studied 683 lung cancer patients who were referred ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Women ‘more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens than men’
May 4th, 2009 - 11:00 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 04 (ANI): A new study, conducted by a team of Swiss researchers, has found that women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco.For ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Soon, a ‘love potion’ that may help couples communicate better
April 30th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Relationships are tricky. Most of the people think at some point that communicating positively with their partners when discussing stressful issues, like home finances, is an impossible task. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Steroid doping tests ignore vital ethnic differences, say scientists
March 12th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): A new study has suggested that steroid doping tests currently used in international sport are ''not fit for purpose'' because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New therapy surprisingly successful in brain tumours
March 7th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 7 (IANS) German and Swiss researchers have demonstrated that a two-drug combination produces a critical improvement in the treatment of specific brain tumours.
They treated 39 patients diagnosed with gliablastoma, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
US researchers fight claims of Brit Titanic victims being more polite
January 23rd, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): A new controversy has come up regarding the lives that were lost in the Titanic tragedy, with American researchers putting down claims of politeness being made by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mistletoe may prolong lives of cancer patients
December 25th, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): It is known for inspiring Christmas-time kisses, and now, scientists have concluded that mistletoe may help prolong the lives of cancer patients.Yes, you heard it right. According ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Songbirds songs come from hymn sheets in their heads
November 13th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 13 (ANI): Swiss researchers have identified that songbirds learn to sing from a hymn sheet in their head.The boffins discovered a region of the Zebra Finch brain, which they ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Computer criminals can hear what you type on a keyboard
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 22 (ANI): Swiss researchers have shown that computer criminals can misuse the electromagnetic signals produced by when buttons on a keyboard to eavesdrop on what a user types.
Martin ... Read more...
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Marijuana may have anti-inflammatory agent that won’t get you high
June 25th, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): According to a new research by Swiss researchers, a compound in marijuana might be a potent anti-inflammatory agent, which won't get people high.The finding could be ... Read more...
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A bit of rotten wood could make for sweeter-sounding violins
June 17th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): Violins made out of rotten wood produce a more fresh and smoother sound, according to Swiss researchers.A dose of rot made the wood less dense, and the ... Read more...
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PET scans show HRT does benefit postmenopausal women
June 17th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, has found that the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does help decrease the risk of developing ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |