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Workplace yoga can indeed lower employee stress, research review suggests

Yoga didn't appear to influence heart health, but workplace yoga did have a positive effect on mental health and in stress reduction in particular

No food is off limits! Intuitive eating is simple with no complicated rules

Mindful eating involves developing an awareness of internal hunger and satiety cues and making conscious food choices

Can what we eat affect how we feel?

Most Americans are overfed in calories yet starved of the vital array of micronutrients that our brains need

Regain lost movements, correct postural defects through Neurophysiotherapy

Neurophysiotherapy, a combination of neuroscience, exercise and movement science, helps people with nerve-related disorders lead a normal healthy life

Contact lenses that not only improve vision but reduce itch soon a reality

The antihistamine-containing lenses, developed and tested by Johnson & Johnson, significantly quieted eye allergy symptoms, researchers reported in Cornea

All-India electronic database system for healthcare by 2020: J P Nadda

Currently, the Health Ministry has three common applications in use across the country at Health and Wellness Centers -- for Reproductive Child Health (RCH), Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and TB

Alcohol, caffeine are common triggers of irregular heart rhythm

People don't always realise when the heartbeat is irregular

Your health app could be sharing your medical data with a host of companies

A big concern for app users is how their data will be used and by whom

Drinking sugary beverages linked to increased risk for early death: Study

The more sugar-sweetened drinks people consume, the higher their risk for death

Here's a user manual to keep your knees working for years to come

The knee is a hinge joint, meaning it works like a door hinge to straighten and bend in roughly 130 degrees of motion

Fit & Proper: Let's look at the five crucial facts about tuberculosis

TB is caused by a type of air-borne bacteria that mainly attacks and infects the lungs

Environment is cleaner. Your immune system has never been so unprepared

The immune system's enemies list was attenuated, largely for the good

Air toxicity can lead to anxiety, cognition problems and mental disorders

People with sleep apnea tend to stop breathing briefly during their sleep

Eggs increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, premature death: Study

Healthier people tend to eat more eggs because they feel there's a lot of protein in them

Indians in white-collar jobs more prone to obesity, chronic health risks

The average BMI of men in white-collar jobs was 1.17 kg/m2 higher than those in blue-collar occupations

From kick-set to freestyle, here are few water workouts one can try

Swimming is more demanding and burns more calories than a 30-minute land workout

We broke the same bone. My recovery was a breeze, hers an ordeal. Why?

It's not often you come across a reflection on metatarsal fractures, despite the fact that they are common

Mediterranean diet may boost endurance exercise within days: Study

The Mediterranean diet is well-established as having numerous health benefits

A cure for HIV? Case studies show feasible treatments not yet realised

The treatment involves destroying a person's own immune system with high doses of chemotherapy or radiation. Then the patient receives a transplant of new stem cells from either themselves or a donor

Major breakthrough in treatment of AIDS: Second patient cured of HIV

London HIV patient's doctors found a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV