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The main aim to get on the diet was to lose weight. Most of the subjects started the ketogenic diet as their friends had done so and lost weight.

High-fat keto diet puts many at risk

The diet used for weight loss needs professional check.

30 Nov 2018 1:06 AM IST

Improving nutrition only during the pregnancy period is not sufficient. (Representational Images)

Woman's baby bump turns out to be 25 kg stone cyst

Keely needed a five-hour long operation to remove the growth, and shed a third of her body weight in the process.

29 Nov 2018 8:48 PM IST

The study has been published in the journal BMC Medicine. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sauna may lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Study finds regular sauna use is associated with a lower risk of death from CVD in middle-aged to elderly women as well...

29 Nov 2018 7:52 PM IST

UNICEF says just over half of children up to age 14 with HIV are now receiving treatment (Photo: AFP)

UN says HIV cases in children going down but at a slow pace

Its new report says that while the projected decline in HIV cases is good news, it's still too slow.

29 Nov 2018 4:54 PM IST

This process is aimed at eventually killing off the population of mosquitoes (Photo: AFP)

Google seeks to get rid of mosquitoes by releasing millions of...

The engineered mosquitoes try to mate with females in the area and the bacteria will cause them to produce dud eggs.

29 Nov 2018 4:44 PM IST

Sauna time could help reduce risk of heart disease . (Photo: Pixabay)

Sauna time could help reduce risk of heart disease

29 Nov 2018 2:55 PM IST

Perimenopause begins years before menopause. Its duration typically varies from four to eight years, and it is commonly observed among women in their 40s.

Going through menopause? Take care of your heart health

Research notes only 1.7 per cent of study population adhered to three components of -"Healthy Lifestyle Score-"...

29 Nov 2018 1:48 PM IST

Not enough sleep can make you angrier. (Photo: Pixabay)

Not enough sleep can make you angrier: Study

Researchers say sleep loss increases negative emotions.

29 Nov 2018 12:40 PM IST

Toddlers may sleep better in cribs until age 3. (Photo: Pixabay)

Toddlers may sleep better in cribs until age 3

Adults tend to see cribs as cages, but that's not how children see them

28 Nov 2018 6:26 PM IST

When teens sleep less, they spend more time awake, and we knew that something had to occupy that extra time. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's why too much screen time disrupts sleep

When certain cells are exposed to artificial light late at night, internal clocks can get confused, resulting in a host...

28 Nov 2018 6:04 PM IST

New weight loss procedure shrinks fat. (Photo: Pixabay)

New weight loss procedure shrinks fat: Study

Obesity is one of the major health issues worldwide

28 Nov 2018 5:26 PM IST

Telomerase activity was increased two- to three-fold and telomere length was increased significantly in the endurance and high intensity training groups (Photo: AFP)

Endurance training has more anti-ageing effects than resistance...

Endurance and high intensity training both slowed or even reversed cellular ageing, but that resistance training did...

28 Nov 2018 4:58 PM IST