Toronto, Jan 6 (IANS) Drinking any amount of alcohol during pregnancy can put your baby at increased risk of 428 distinct disease conditions which are associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), says a new…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) Breaking a major bone is likely to increase the risk of a widespread chronic body pain later in life, says a study. Women experiencing a hip fracture are more than twice…
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) If you are engaged in taking care of the baby, better refrain from attending to e-mail and SMSes on your smartphone as researchers have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal…
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) Women who earn less than their male counterparts despite having equivalent education and work experience are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety disorder as compared to men, says…
Toronto, Jan 6 (IANS) Using a medication prescribed to treat conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder during the first trimester of pregnancy may increase newborns’ risk of heart defects, says a…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) People have evolved to have subconscious urges to overeat and limited ability to avoid becoming obese especially in winter, a University of Exeter study has found. This is because in our…
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) Engaging students who have considerable influence over their peers can lead up to 30 percent reduction in bullying incidents in schools, says a new study. “We think the best way…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The more social ties people have, the better their health is during adolescence and the golden years of their lives, says a new study. “Based on these findings, it should…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) A gene that is known to suppress the growth and spread of many types of cancer has the opposite effect in some forms of colorectal cancer, says a study led…
London, Jan 5 (IANS) As the Antarctic sea ice melted, massive amounts of carbon dioxide that had been trapped in the ocean were released into the atmosphere, suggests a new study reconstructing conditions at the…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Emotional expression affects the brain’s creativity network, says a new brain-scanning study of jazz pianists, adding that happy and sad music evoked different neural patterns in their brains. The workings…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Looking at parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, in snakes, researchers have discovered that facultative parthenogenesis, or asexual reproduction in an otherwise sexually reproducing species, appears to be quite common among snakes….
Tokyo, Jan 5 (IANS) Element 113, discovered by Japan-based RIKEN group and led by scientist Kosuke Morita, has become the first element on the periodic table found in Asia. RIKEN is Japan’s largest comprehensive research…
Toronto, Jan 5 (IANS) Greenland’s ice sheet has traditionally been pictured as a bit of a sponge for glacier meltwater, but new research has found that climate change is changing its structure, thereby reducing its…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) No one wants to knowingly buy products made with child labour or those that harm the environment, but we also don’t want to work too hard to find out whether…
London, Jan 5 (IANS) Oxygen is crucial for the existence of animals on the Earth. But an increase in oxygen levels did not apparently lead to the rise of the first animals on our planet,…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The argument that sexual orientation is inborn may not be the most effective way to promote more positive attitudes toward lesbian, gay and bisexual people, says a new study. The…
London, Jan 5 (IANS) When farming spread throughout Europe some 8,000 years ago, Anatolia, in present day Turkey, functioned as a hub, spreading genes and the new ideas westward, says a new study. The finding…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Using a recently developed technique to detect magnetic fields inside stars, a team of astronomers has discovered that these are very common in stars. “We have applied a novel theoretical…
Toronto, Jan 5 (IANS) While genes may influence our likelihood of being overweight or obese, a new study has found that a physically active lifestyle can blunt the effects of inherited obesity genes. Regular exercise…