The more hours people in their 30s spend watching television each day, the higher the likelihood that they will have a greater body mass index and bigger waist circumference five years later, a 15-year study has found.


Beware! TV hours can add to your body weight


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Nearly 90 percent of individual seabirds alive today have consumed some form of plastic and about 60 percent of them, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, have plastic in their guts, estimates a new study.


90 percent seabirds have consumed plastic: Study


The fossil of a previously unknown "sea scorpion" - an extinct monster-like predator that swam the seas some 467 million years ago - has been discovered in Iowa in the US.


Meet monster-like sea scorpion from ancient seas 


Young women suffering from diabetes have a six-fold risk of heart attack, new research has warned, adding that young women who had suffered a heart attack were also more likely to be smokers.


Young diabetic women at six-fold heart attack risk


A commonly prescribed antidepressant may help stroke survivors improve movement and coordination even when rehabilitation after the stroke incidents gets a little delayed, new research has found.


Common antidepressant may help stroke victims recover


NASA and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a joint project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia.


NASA, USAID launch environmental information hub


People who sleep six hours a night or less are more likely to catch cold, says a study.


Short sleepers more likely to catch cold


Knee or hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, may put people at increased risk of heart attack immediately following the operation, warns a new study.


Knee replacement may be bad for your heart


Probiotics may not protect critically ill people from superbugs or drug-resistant microbes, new research has found.


Probiotics don't prevent superbug attack in ill people


The tendency to want food may be 'hard-wired' into the brain of overweight people, says a new study that supports the theory that brain mechanisms underlying obesity may be similar to those in substance addiction.


Obese people may be afflicted with 'food addiction'


Cold weather is associated with increased risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition characterised by irregular rhythm of the heartbeat, shows results of a study involving nearly 290,000 patients.


Cold weather may increase stroke risk


Developing close friendships early in life may help children stay physically fit later in their adulthood, suggests new research.


Develop close friendships to stay fit


Popular testosterone therapy given to women undergoing sex change can make them think more like men after the treatment, a unique study has suggested.


Women think more like men after testosterone treatment: Study


Distinguished scientist S.A.V. Satya Murty will take over as the next director of fast breeder research unit Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), said a statement.


Satya Murty new director for IGCAR


Growing in severe poverty can adversely affect children's brain development, thereby putting them at a disadvantage for academic achievement, new research has found.


Poverty hampers children's brain development


An investigational drug may provide effective treatment for the negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia such as social withdrawal, lack of emotion, and apathy, show results of a phase-three clinical trial.


New drug to treat apathy linked to schizophrenia


Ever heard of anything almost twice as old as the great Egyptian pyramid? Well, a wooden statue is, according to a new analysis of the ancient artefact first found over a century ago, a media report said.


Wooden statue much older than Egyptian pyramids?


Opium poppy, along with many other plant species previously unknown to Israel, were brought to Israel by Philistines during the Iron Age, findings suggest.


Philistines brought opium to Israel during Iron Age


Pollution and weather influence outcomes after a heart attack, says a study.


How weather affects heart attack outcome


A leading ageing expert has teamed up with a biotech firm to prepare a model that can help defeat age-related diseases and increase one's life span in years to come.


Model to enhance human lifespan developed


Watching an average of five or more hours of television per day can block one of the key pulmonary arteries in your lungs, leading to a fatal lung condition called pulmonary embolism, researchers have said.

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