Health For Kids

Students who change schools frequently are at risk of lower math scores and have a harder time managing their behaviour and attention in the classroom than students who stay in the same school, says a new study. Children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period, demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative …

If you want to remember a poem or some other lesson, repeating it aloud while addressing another person may be the most effective way to recall, says a study. “We knew that repeating aloud was good for memory, but this is the first study to show that if it is done in a context of communication, the effect is greater …

Are you unable to cope with stress? Well, its time you start colouring, as it can help reduce stress and anxiety. Many book stores, departmental chains and even airport gift shops are selling colouring books for adults as a way to destress, relax and calm the mind and body, the Ottawa Citizen reports. The goofy cartoon characters are now replaced …

Slimming can’t get any easier than this! Researchers have shown that drinking 500ml of water half-an-hour before eating the three main meals of the day may help you lose weight. “Just drinking a pint of water, three times a day, before your main meals may help reduce your weight,” said Helen Parretti, a lecturer at the University of Birmingham. For …

Even an hour of night-time light exposure – like from a smartphone, a TV or a tablet – can hamper the release of the sleep hormone in young teenagers, a new study warns. Researchers from Rhode Island’s Brown University found that the sleep biology of boys and girls aged nine to 15 and in the earlier stages of puberty were …

Depressed people who turn to their smartphones for relief could be worsening their psychological condition, say scientists, including one of Indian-origin. A team of researchers, that included Prabu David, the dean of Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences, found that people who substitute electronic interaction for the real-life human kind find little satisfaction. In fact, using a …

Diets high in sodium may be a risk factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) by influencing immune cells that cause the disease, a new study in mice suggests. Researchers said that although the study does implicate salt intake as a risk factor, it is important to note that dietary salt is likely just one of the many environmental …

Stress can be handled very well once we reach a level of calm and balance. Life can become very enjoyable then… My client walks into my office extremely agitated and wringing his hands in the air. ‘There are thoughts in my head that are constantly running, they get louder and louder and I get very impatient.’ He seems to have …

Long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to loss of white matter in the brain, a research has found. White matter in the brain is made of axon cells, which enable the nerves to communicate. In a new study, older women who lived in places with higher air pollution had significantly reduced white matter in the brain. “Investigating the impact …

In today’s world, one realises that stress is the major issue in everyone’s life. Whether we accept it or not, on a conscious level yet somewhere inside us small changes are occurring due to our personal response. People who are conscious of stress will often notice the emotional effects, but side – by – side we have to realise that …