A new review of previous studies indicates that cessation of driving by older adults may contribute to a variety of health problems, especially depression.


Health of adults declines when they stop driving


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Over-consumption of sugar during adolescence may alter the brain's reward circuits -- leading to substance abuse or eating disorders, warns a new study.


Too much sugar during adolescence leads to eating disorder


Mating with a large number of partners may not be as good an indicator of success as it appears, a research has shown.


Promiscuity cuts successful mating chances: Study


The social gazing behaviour of domestic dogs resembles that of humans with canines viewing facial expressions systematically, preferring eyes, according to a study.


Dogs view facial expressions like us


Text message reminders can help reduce people's blood pressure, according to a new joint study conducted by researchers at Britain's Oxford University and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.


Text message reminders can help reduce blood pressure


Estrogen dramatically reduces the amount of flu virus that replicates in infected cells from women but not from men, according to a new study.


Estrogen protects women, not men against flu


The bush dogs, one of the most enigmatic of the world's canid species and classified as "near-threatened" globally by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, are proliferating in Panama, new data shows.


Elusive bush dog widespread in Panama


Researchers have discovered that the genes that determine our height also influence why people tend to choose partners of similar height as themselves.


Why we get attracted to partners of similar height


Having higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in your body can boost the impact of key vitamin B supplements, leading to slow mental decline in older people with memory problems, an international team has found.


Omega 3 with vitamin B efficiently slows brain decline


It was not just the quintessential Victorian era poison, arsenic that Queen of Crime Agatha Christie used in her deadly murder-plots to kill-off characters. Her toxic arsenal comprised over 30 compounds including "examples of native Indian plants as sources for her poisons", says British chemist and author Kathryn Harkup.


'Agatha Christie used examples of native Indian plants as poison sources'


In an editorial published online in the journal JAMA Neurology, neurologist J Eric Ahlskog from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota recommends that modern physical therapy practices should incorporate aerobic exercise training and encourage fitness for patients with Parkinson's disease.


Exercise counters brain shrinkage in Parkinson's disease


Participating in collaborative group work to learn about important social issues can make children better decision-makers than their peers who learn the same curriculum through teacher-led discussions, says a new study.


Group learning makes kids active decision-makers


Increasing exposure to airborne ultrasound in locations such as railway stations, museums, libraries, schools and sports stadiums can lead to nausea, dizziness, migraine, fatigue and tinnitus in people, researchers report.


Exposure to airborne ultrasound can trigger health problems


Half of the global ocean heat content increase since 1865 has occurred over the past two decades, says a new study.


Global ocean warming has doubled in recent decades: Study


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Specialised oral nutrition supplement can lower by as much as 50 percent the death rate in older malnourished patients with a heart or lung disease, results from a new clinical trial reveal.


Oral nutrition supplement may lower death rate in elderly


Survival rates from cardiac arrest decreases the higher up the building a person lives, warns a new study.


People in high-rise buildings may not survive cardiac arrest


Whether they are growls of anger, the laughter of happiness or cries of sadness, humans pay more attention when an emotion is expressed through vocalisations than we do when the same emotion is expressed in speech.


We are better at detecting laughter than words


Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has begun mass-producing the world's fastest 4-gigabyte high bandwidth memory (HBM) dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip, more than seven times faster than the previous fastest DRAM.


Samsung begins mass producing world's fastest 4GB HBM DRAM


The most efficient way to clean up plastics floating in the oceans is to place plastic collectors near coasts, suggests a new study.


Focus on coasts to clean up plastics in ocean


A team of neurosurgeons and engineers has developed wireless brain sensors that monitor pressure and temperature inside the brain and then are absorbed by the body so that there is no need for surgery to remove the devices.

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