Winter demands extra attention when it comes to hair as the chances of dullness gets higher so make sure you are following some regimen properly.


How to get glossy hair for the winter


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If your teenager or young adult child is obese, he or she can be at four-times the risk of developing pancreatic cancer later in life, new research warns.


Obese teenagers can face pancreatic cancer risk


A novel smartphone app can help determine if you are having the most serious and deadliest form of heart attack and could turn out be a valuable tool to save lives, say researchers.


This smartphone app can identify heart attacks


Around 69 per cent Pakistanis between the ages of 15 and 65 do not know what the internet is, an information communication technology (ICT)-based survey has revealed.


Most Pakistanis don't know what internet is: Survey


There is a stark contrast between the fertility rates of the three largest Hindi-speaking states and six non-Hindi-speaking states even as India was nearing the population replacement level of fertility, a UN report shows.


3 large Hindi-speaking states have high fertility rates: UNFPA


Freezing pollutants can prevent deadly outdoor air pollution -- thought to cause more than three million premature deaths worldwide every year -- from seeping indoors by 99 per cent, scientists have discovered.


Freezing air could stop 99% of pollutants: Scientists


Managing cholesterol might help reduce Alzheimer's risk, says researchers, including one of Indian-origin, who identified a genetic link between the progressive brain disorder and heart disease.


Can managing cholesterol reduce Alzheimer's risk?


An average person in the future will require more food than today due to changes in eating habits and increases in height and weight, suggests new research.


People will require more food due to increase in height: Study


Bollywood actor Govinda, who along with producer Pahlaj Nihalani is facing difficulties to release their upcoming film "Rangeela Raja" after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused to certify the film and ordered 20 cuts, says there is a group of people from the film fraternity conspiring against him.


Group of people in film industry conspiring against me: Govinda


Actress Katrina Kaif believes love should be liberating and that people should free themselves from judging themselves based on how their partner makes them feel.


Katrina Kaif shares her idea of love


Sleep disturbance among people grieving the recent loss of a spouse may put them at increased risk for cardiovascular illness and death, a study has warned.


Why grief is bad for the heart


Excessive use of social media including Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram is associated with poor well-being which could lead to depression and loneliness, researchers have warned.


Social media use linked to depression, loneliness: Study


India has topped the list of 15 countries with the highest number of pneumonia and diarrhoea deaths in children under five in 2016, says a report.


India had highest under-5 pneumonia, diarrhoea deaths in 2016: Report


Works by Amrit Khurana, an autistic 24-year-old with acute observations of urban life, will be on display at an exhibition "Metro Diaries: Lives Extraordinaire" at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) here from Saturday.


Sketches, paintings by autistic girl to be on view in Delhi


Besides being a source of nutrition, breast milk also plays an important role in shaping a healthy oral microbiome in babies, suggests a study.


Breast milk, saliva can boost oral health in babies


Researchers have discovered a wild tea plant in China that contains little or no caffeine and, unlike many industrially decaffeinated products, could potentially provide many of the health benefits of regular brewed teas.


Naturally low-caffeine tea plant discovered in China


Do you have a sitting job? Having a pedalling desk can mitigate health risks such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease posed by sedentary workplace and is better than standing desks, says a study.


Can pedalling desk cut sedentary time at workplace?


Feeding female babies soy-based formula milk can increase their risk of suffering from severe pain during their menstrual cycle later in their lives, warns a new study.


Soy-formula milk linked to menstrual pain later: Study


This festive season, thumb through the tales of two of the most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu and their lineages; transport yourself to the fantasy land of Indra's son Jayanta in the second part of the Vedic Trilogy; flick through information about Lord Krishna's eight wives he married "solely on the basis of mutual love and respect", and finally, combine more history, mythology and legend, in the tale of a 25-year-old who realises he's Kalki -- the last avatar of Vishnu, sent to restore the balance between good and evil.


Of Lord Vishnu's avatars, Krishna's wives and myth woven into fiction (IANS Books This Weekend)


With concerns of digital technology harming young people's health, a new study says that mobile applications focussed on exercise, diet and wellness promote their overall well-being and act as effective learning tools.


Exercise, diet apps boost health well-being in youth: Study


Although men are at greater risk of heart attack than women, unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, besides diabetes and hypertension increase the risk of heart attack in the fairer sex than in their male counterparts, a new study has found.

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