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Fitness

Study identifies new link between calcium, cardiolipin in heart defects

Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): Detection of Energy production in heart muscles result in a variety of cardiac diseases. A team of scientists has now discovered a new link between calcium, heart energy production, and cardiolipin, a type of fat. The discovery helps explain heart defects in the rare genetic disorder Barth syndrome.

2020-07-11T15:34:10.055400+00:00 IST

Relationships

Study finds parental smartphone use rarely associated to poor parenting

Canberra [Australia], July 11 (ANI): A new study has suggested that parental smartphone use is rarely associated with poor parenting.

2020-07-11T14:56:38.148937+00:00 IST

Parenting

Insufficient sleep can impact child's mental health: Study

Houston [USA], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, inadequate sleep alters several aspects of children's emotional health. Another important finding from the study is that the impact of sleep loss on emotion was not uniform across all children.

2020-07-11T14:33:11.433101+00:00 IST

Fitness

Tall children have higher risk of developing obesity: Study

Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): According to a new study, children who are relatively tall for their age have a higher risk of developing obesity.

2020-07-11T13:46:57.784666+00:00 IST

Fitness

Here's how brain activity evolves fear into anxiety

Mexico City [Mexico], July 11 (ANI): Researchers for the first time have identified brain-wide neural correlates of the transition from fear to anxiety. They tried to understand the brain's response to fear, and why, in some cases, it can lead to prolonged anxiety states like post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).

2020-07-11T11:10:45.890876+00:00 IST

Parenting

Pet dogs may improve social-emotional development in young children

Nedlands [Australia], July 11 (ANI): A recent research found that young children from dog-owning households have better social and emotional wellbeing than children from households with no dog.

2020-07-11T09:38:27.594166+00:00 IST

Education

Asthma, allergies more common in teens who stay up late: Study

Alberta [Canada], July 11 (ANI): While it is essential to maintain a sleep timing for teenagers to maintain a body clock, a recent study suggests that teenagers who prefer to stay up late and wake later in the morning are more likely to suffer from asthma and allergies compared to those who sleep and wake earlier.

2020-07-11T08:31:57.685797+00:00 IST

Fitness

Fathers are more likely to be referred for nutrition, exercise counselling

Philadelphia [USA], July 11 (ANI): A recent study suggests that obese men who are fathers are more likely to be referred for nutrition or exercise counselling as compared to the men without children.

2020-07-11T06:44:53.015557+00:00 IST

Others

Study suggests working memory capacity plays major role in social distancing compliance

Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): The crucial finding of a research paper suggest that whether you decide to engage in social distancing in the early stages of COVID-19 depends on how much information your working memory could hold.

2020-07-11T06:13:25.706655+00:00 IST

Culture

Arunachal Pradesh filmmaker bags Dada Saheb Phalke Award for documentary on honey hunting

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): Honey hunting has been an integral part of Arunachal Pradesh's Shertukpen Community, but with modernisation--the indigenous practice of honey hunting is slowly slithering away with each passing day. However, to keep the tradition alive Kezang D Thongdok, an independent filmmaker, not only documented the process of honey hunting but has also bagged the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020 for the same.

2020-07-10T07:47:14.193959+00:00 IST

Parenting

Parents' smartphone use does not harm parent-child relationships: Study

Canberra [Australia], July 9 (ANI): Contrary to popular views, parental smartphone use is rarely associated with poor parenting, according to a recent study.

2020-07-09T17:56:31.385507+00:00 IST

Culture

Manipur farmer grows apples in one year!

Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 9 (ANI): Apple farming can be quite tricky, given its need for temperate climates. However, Lairenlakpam Indrajit Meetei, a farmer from Manipur, has been successful in cultivating a variety of apples in his orchard, that too, in a span of one year.

2020-07-09T17:41:15.208516+00:00 IST

Culture

COVID-19: Manipur firm supplies reusable masks to front-line warriors

Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 9 (ANI): As face masks have become an integral part of our life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a firm in Manipur has supplied more than 1,000 cotton reusable masks to front-line responders.

2020-07-09T16:14:06.845909+00:00 IST

Culture

530 youths from northeast recruited to Delhi Police as constables

Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 9 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a fresh team of 1320 police constables, including 530 youths from the north-eastern states have been successfully inducted into Delhi Police.

2020-07-09T15:26:47.904047+00:00 IST