Eating a diet higher in protein, especially from fish, may lower your risk of having a stroke than diets lower in protein, says new research.


Protein-rich diet may lower stroke risk: Study


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Are you betting for the team with maximum top-notch stars this FIFA World Cup in Brazil? Read on.


Football teams with too much talent may lose out!


Do you often suffer a headache while making love or after the act -- don't worry for you are not alone.


'Men suffer more headaches during sex than women'


Next time you plan to give your dog or cat a smooch, think again. Pets could transmit antibiotic-resistant infections to humans -- particularly urinary tract infections, researchers contend.


'Dogs may pass antibiotic-resistant infections to humans'


In addition to recognising sweet, sour, salty, savory (umami), and bitter tastes, your tongue has a sixth taste sense - the "sense of carbs" - that allows you to perceive carbohydrates -- the nutrients that break down into sugar and form the main source of energy.


Human tongue has a sixth taste sense!


Wandering from one beach to another and having lunch in between without changing the swimwear all along is now a possibility.


This water-repelling swimwear will keep you dry


What if a watch can monitor a patient's vital signs and other physiological parameters?


Watches to monitor glucose, dehydration, pulse soon


The 'love hormone' not only triggers emotions when you see your beloved but also helps old muscles work like new.


'Love' hormone rejuvenates old muscles too


Using a type of human stem cell, researchers have now created a three-dimensional (3D) functional human retinal tissue in the laboratory for the first time.


Light-sensitive 3D retina created in lab


If you do not reveal the complete picture in front of your kids while explaining an event, the children not only know that you are hiding something, they are also likely to find out on their own the complete truth.


Don't hide truth from kids, they'll know it anyway


Love ready-to-eat oat cereal in breakfast but do not get that feeling of "fullness"? Switch to instant oatmeal.


Instant oatmeal in breakfast manages hunger better


In a first, scientists have come up with an explanation to why a sudden shock, stress and fear may trigger heart attack and they found that multiple bacterial species living as biofilms on arterial walls could hold the key to such attacks.


Why stress, fear trigger heart attacks


Can you imagine a single shot that can lower cholesterol levels to an extent that the risk of heart attack can be reduced by 40-90 percent?


Can genome editing lower heart attack risk?


During the opening of the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil Thursday, a paralysed person wearing a brain-controlled robotic exoskeleton is expected to make the first kick of the championship.


Paralysed person to kick off FIFA World Cup in Brazil


Can animals fall in love with humans? They do, but in the case of a female animal researcher the chemistry between her and a male dolphin was well beyond just love.


When male dolphin fell in love with female researcher


Not only climate change, subglacial volcanoes below the West Antarctic ice sheet are also contributing to the melting of Thwaites Glacier - a major river of ice that flows into Antarctica's Pine Island Bay, a study suggests.


Volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice sheet melting glaciers


Does your badly behaved dog annoy you and others quite frequently? Worry not, because your canine actually shares a stronger bond with you.


A badly behaved dog is a man's best friend


What have gut microbes got to do with hitting the gym or jogging in the park? A lot, says a new research, adding that daily exercise plays a key role in maintaining the diversity of gut bacteria.


Daily exercise boosts diversity of gut bacteria


In a breakthrough that could provide new strategies for treating neuro-degenerative disease and memory loss, scientists have identified a gene that prompts growth of new neurons in adults.


Gene linked to learning, memory identified


What choices we make may depend a lot on the state of the brain and random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical noise just prior to making a decision.


Brain 'noise' determines how you make decisions


Farmers could help combat climate change by applying more-precise amounts of nitrogen-based fertilisers, a study shows.

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