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Secret military technique could put you to sleep in just two minutes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Secret military technique could put you to sleep in just two minutes

It may even put an end to insomnia.

3 Sept 2018 2:05 PM IST

Researchers may have found new way to treat cocaine abuse. (Photo: Pixabay)

Researchers may have found new way to treat cocaine abuse

Targeting bile acid signalling in the brain may be a novel way to treat cocaine abuse.

3 Sept 2018 1:27 PM IST

Mothers-to-be need to avoid this posture during late pregnancy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mothers-to-be need to avoid this posture during late pregnancy

Using positional therapy to keep the pregnant mother off her back may reduce supine sleep in late pregnancy .

3 Sept 2018 1:10 PM IST

They were unable to remove it from Johnsons body even after operating for an additional three hours (Photo: AFP)

74-year-old dies painful death due to needle left in his chest during...

The surgeon Dr Sreekumar Subramanian left a needle inside him leading to an ordeal that lasted for a month till John...

3 Sept 2018 12:29 PM IST

The use of stem cells for the treatment of muscular dystrophy is not approved.

Indian families unaware about dystrophy

For the condition muscular dystrophy that has no cure, prenatal genetic counselling is the only recourse.

3 Sept 2018 12:27 AM IST

Celastrol reactivates the bodys own mechanisms for controlling weight that would otherwise be switched off in obese individuals (Photo: AFP)

Substance used in traditional Chinese medicine may help treat obesity

Expert suggest that patients should aim to lose between five and ten per cent of their body weight per year.

2 Sept 2018 6:51 PM IST

Why men are missing from the fertility debate. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why men are missing from the fertility debate

It is vital to explore the gender issue in fertility research.

2 Sept 2018 3:26 PM IST

Believing there is a deeper meaning to everything helps, new study finds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Believing there is a deeper meaning to everything helps, new study...

A new study is the first to examine the emotional consequences of giving meaning to otherwise insignificant events.

2 Sept 2018 3:18 PM IST

Gender-diverse boards better at protecting work environment. (Photo: Pixabay)

Gender-diverse boards better at protecting work environment: Study

Companies with greater gender diversity on their boards experienced significantly fewer environmental lawsuits.

2 Sept 2018 3:07 PM IST

How helping people affects your brain. (Photo: Pixabay)

How helping people affects your brain

Targeted support may be uniquely beneficial.

2 Sept 2018 2:59 PM IST

Young adults with autism face greater risk of depression. (Photo: Pixabay)

Young adults with autism face greater risk of depression

Mental health problems, including depression, are considered common in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

2 Sept 2018 2:50 PM IST

Researchers identify switch that may control aggressive breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Researchers identify switch that may control aggressive breast cancer

A master switch that appears to control the dynamic behaviour of tumour cells that makes some aggressive cancers...

2 Sept 2018 2:40 PM IST