Many effects of a lack of sleep, such as feeling grumpy and not working at your best are very well known. However, there are some more serious side effects may not be as well known. Sleeping for six hours or less per night may increase the risk of major depression especially among adolescents, a new research has warned. A genetic study of adult twins and a community-based study of adolescents both report novel links between sleep dura...

Cucumbers are the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world and known to be one of the best foods for your body's overall health, often referred to as a super food. Cucumbers are often sprayed with pesticides so it is important to buy organic or even better, grow them yourself. Here are 9 Benefits of cucumbers: 1: Cucumber fights heat inside and out Eating cucumber will get your body relief from heartburn. Apply cucumber on your skin and you will get relief from sunburn.

Heartbreak may be one of the most powerful motivators for weight-loss! Women lose an average of more than 2kg in the first month after being dumped, a new research claims.   The survey found that women are likely to shed at least 6kg in case they stay single for a year after the end of a long-term relationship. Around half the respondents (46 per cent) said they lost weig...

This is for all you smokers out there. Nicotine is one of the most addictive, harmful and widely available legal drugs in the world.Smoking is a bad habit and it is annoying and harmful to people who don't smoke. It harms children who are exposed to it passively. Cigarettes are responsible for around 4.9 million deaths each year. Quitting smoking is not impossible. Smoking tobacco is both a physical addiction and a psychological...

For the first time, the country is going to achieve the rare feat of bone marrow transplantation by mid-March, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday. “It’ll be a milestone in the treatment of blood cancer and thalassemia in the country,” he said when a delegation of Massachusetts GeneralHospital of the USA met him at his office, reports UNB.  The delegation informed the minister of various aspects of the bone marrow transplant unit se...

Here are some things you often hear when the stork has decided to pay a visit. Myth 1: One of the most common myths that surround pregnancy is the shape of a woman's stomach.  If a woman is carrying high, in all possibility it is a girl and if she is carrying low it is a boy. Fact: Experts say there is no scientific basis for this assumption and it is the woman's muscle size, structure, the position of the foetus, posture, and the amount of fat deposited around her abdomen that play a role in the size and shape ...