Health For Kids

If you think that no other age group is more vulnerable to loneliness than the elderly, go check your backyard. The mammoth rise of the internet and emergence of various social media platforms have left many young Indians – some as young as 14 – socially isolated, lonely and, eventually, in the grip of chronic depression that can take their …

If you are suffering from ailments related to the heart, make it a point to get up and move every half an hour as researchers have found that patients with heart disease who sit a lot have worse health even if they exercise. “Limiting the amount of time we spend sitting may be as important as the amount we exercise,” …

Do you want to better remember new names and faces? Go, hit the sack. According to researchers, people are better at remembering faces and names if they get eight-hour sound sleep after seeing those faces and names for the first time. Many different kinds of memories are improved with sleep. While a couple of studies have looked at how naps …

Eating meals prepared at home may reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, a recent study reveals. Eating fast food from restaurants is associated with lower diet quality and higher body weight in children and young adults and is also a major risk factor for heart disease, according to the researchers. “The trend for eating commercially prepared meals in restaurants …

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 …