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Researchers find coffee consumption is associated with lower risk of deat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): Adults who drank moderate amounts (1.5 to 3.5 cups per day) of unsweetened coffee or coffee with sugar were less likely to die during a 7-year follow-up period, according to a recent study.
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Study finds pythons to be true choke artists as they can eat big prey
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Biologists at the University of Cincinnati found that it's not just the size of a Burmese python's head and body that allows them to eat almost everything. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allow them to consume prey up to six
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Teens with diabetes should be screened for depression with greater caution
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Teenagers become more exploratory in their behaviours with age, becoming increasingly likely to visit new places over time, finds a new study. Its results also show that greater exploration is associated with enhanced psychological well-being and larger s
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Study finds hay fever associated with asthma in children
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rochester [New York], September 17 (ANI): According to a study of schoolchildren conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center, the majority of children with asthma also reported experiencing allergic rhinitis, generally known as hay fever. Hay fever symptoms include
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Researchers find exercise might be a developing treatment for movement dis
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], September 17 (ANI): Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is a hereditary neurological disease that impairs motor coordination. Because SCA6 affects only about one in 100,000 people, medical researchers have paid it little attention. There is currently no known cure and just
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Researchers find macrophages may be scavenger cells of the immune system
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in our lungs that exchange gases between the air we breathe and our blood. To keep this process running properly, the alveolar epithelial cells create a material called "surfactant," which coats the alveoli like a film. Th
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After Lancet commission raises questions about WHO, UN body says omissions
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): A day after a Lancet Commission report claimed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) acted too cautiously and slowly while dealing with Covid-19, the UN body on Friday said that while it agreed with many of the findings there were also some "omission
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"Today's era is not of war", PM Modi tells Putin during bilateral meeting
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Samarkand [Uzbekistan], September 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit here and said "today's era isn't of war" while emphasising the need to find ways to address the problems of food, fuel se
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Is it really healthy for kidney transplant recipients to limit their prote
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], September 16 (ANI): According to conventional wisdom, patients with kidney disease must consume a low protein diet. With their recent study on the relationship between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients, scientists from Osaka Metropolitan U
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Research: Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy rainfall. The results of an extensive five-year study co
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NASA's perseverance rover investigates geologically rich Mars terrain
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.
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Goyal seeks IDF support for making small dairy firms in India profitable
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday asked the International Dairy Federation (IDF) to direct focused efforts towards finding relevant, contemporary, practical and cost-effective solutions to make small dairy farms in deve
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