Year: 2016
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Cranberries Squashed as Folk Remedy for Urinary Infections
Another folk remedy bites the dust. Cranberry capsules didn’t prevent or cure urinary infections in nursing home residents in a…
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Facebook Posts May Offer Insight Into Mental Illness
Your Facebook status updates, ‘likes’ and even photos could help researchers better understand mental health disorders, a new study says.…
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Breathe at Your Peril: Delhi Sees Month’s Worst Air Quality
With continuous deterioration in its air quality, Delhi on Thursday breathed the most polluted air of the month as the…
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Life Expectancy in Australia Hits New High: Report
Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to live two years longer…
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Bird Flu: Centre Asks NIHSAD to Expedite Testing of Samples
Stepping up measures to control bird flu, the Centre today directed Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD)…
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Dengue Prevention: HC Asks UP Chief Secretary About Action Taken
The Allahabad High Court today directed Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar to file his personal affidavit explaining what action…
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Screen Time, Phone use Linked to Less Sleep for Teens
Digital distractions, and a more classical one, talking on the phone, are linked to shorter sleeping time and greater daytime…
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Diwali 2016 Special: 3 Breathing Exercises to Help You Deal With the Pollution this Diwali
Diwali, the festival of lights, is here and we all are geared up with our favourite mithais, namkeens and…
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Antidepressants in Pregnancy tied to Health Risks for Kids
Children exposed to a common type of antidepressant in the womb may be at an increased risk of complications soon…
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Screening Infants Could Prevent Early Heart Attacks: Study
Screening young children for high cholesterol at the same time as they receive routine vaccinations could prevent hundreds of heart…
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