The number of articles citing the lyrics of Bob Dylan in the biomedical literature has increased exponentially since 1990, says a study.


Bob Dylan continues to inspire medical scientists!


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Women who have had their first child in their early 20s do not report better health during midlife than those who had their first baby as a teenager, a new study has found.


First childbirth in early 20s can affect your health in 40s


Looking at why providing food is not always enough to treat malnutrition in developing countries, researchers have discovered that damage to the gut from infection can cause malnutrition and vaccine failure.


Gut infection can cause malnutrition, vaccine failure


In a first, researchers have discovered a connection between the Earth's tilt, called obliquity, that shifts every 41,000 years, and the movement of a low pressure band of clouds that is the Earth's largest source of heat and moisture - the Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ.


Earth's tilt affects climate change


Scientists have discovered a gene mutation that may trigger muscle and heart disorders, said a study.


Gene mutation linked to muscle damage, heart problems


First domesticated in China, the hardy grain millet -- familiar in the west today as birdseed -- was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders, laying the foundation of 'multi-crop' agriculture and the rise of settled societies, says a study.


How 'birdseeds' led to the rise of settled societies


A hospital in China has successfully performed tumour surgery on a patient with pancreatic cancer taking assistance of a robot.


Robot assists in world's first artificial blood vessel procedure


While incidence and mortality rates from several common types of cancer in many high-income countries have gone down, many low-and middle-income countries have seen cancer rates rise, partially due to increases in risk factors that are typical of Western countries, says a study.


Cancer rates rising in lower-income countries: Study


A daily beauty ritual can improve women's love life and can make them feel good about themselves, a new study by Revlon and Fordham University reveals.


Daily beauty ritual ramps up women's love life


Scientists have found that continued semen exposure in sex workers sustains changes in the cervical and vaginal micro-environment in a way that may actually increase HIV resistance.


Can continued semen exposure increase HIV resistance?


What turns women on? Well, among other things, girly porn can also arouse even 'straight' women, a study reveals.


Girly porn turns on straight women too


Fewer than half of high schools and only a fifth of middle schools in the US teach all the topics recommended as essential for sexual health education, a new survey shows.


Even US schools not taking sex education seriously: Study


Doing a PhD may require you to invest a few extra years in education,  but the degree can help you earn higher-than-average salaries, new research suggests.


Want a fat salary? Go for a PhD


"The Last Man on the Moon", a documentary about Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan, will release on February 26 next year


Documentary 'The Last Man on the Moon' to release in February 2016


If you are already showing higher than normal blood sugar levels as you spend more and more hours in office -- enroll for an intervention programme at your workplace if it offers one immediately.


How to prevent diabetes at workplace


Children who live in societies witnessing violence may have high levels of behavioural and emotional problems, according to a US study based on the mental health of children in Juarez, Mexico -- once dubbed the murder capital of the world.


How violence affects children's mental health


After Facebook and Google, now Twitter has alerted its users to falling a victim of a state-sponsored cyberattack, a media report said here.


Twitter warns users of state-sponsored attacks


A specialised psychotherapy has been linked to changes in activation patterns in certain areas of the brain in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), says a study, implying the treatment's impact may go deeper than symptom change.


Therapy linked to brain activity in personality disorder


Have you felt like walking away from Facebook or to shut down your account swearing never to return, only to meekly log back in a week later? You are not alone.


Hate Facebook? Learn why you meekly log in again


Although it brings embarrassment for you at public places, flatulence can, in fact, be a sign that you are eating healthy food.


Eating healthy? Pass the wind


Do you know having a cup of coffee makes small changes in your brain just like skipping breakfast does? Now, MRI scans taken by a researcher of his own brain over the last 18 months reveal brain changes not observed before.

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