The largest study ever conducted in the UK on the issue of obesity has thrown new light on what causes a person to become overweight. If you thought it was bad eating habits and lack of exercise alone, or a combination of the two and genes, this report...

Madhur Bhandarkar’s latest project “Fashion” is already making waves, with speculation rife about the plot and its relation to the real goings on in the fashion industry. Launched in 2006, in collaboration with UTV, ‘Fashion’ was scheduled...

For those suffering from depression, antidepressants offer great respite, despite various possible side effects. Now a new study has indicated that Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), a class of drugs including Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft,...

A simple blood test could soon be the best way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and predict risks as early as six years before onset. In a study published on Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine, an international team of researchers describe 18...

The commonly held belief that prolonged computer use leads to the nerve disorder known as carpal tunnel syndrome has been refuted in a new study at Harvard Medical School. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition in which there is numbness and...

Evergreen hero Dev Anand made a splash in Sweden as chief guest at the five-day Indian film festival organised by the Sweden India Film Association (SIFA) in Stockholm. Dev Anand’s landmark movie - Hare Rama Hare Krishana - was screened as a...

Keeping excess weight away requires more than diet control. A study led by Dr. Denise E. Wilfley at Washington University in St. Louis has found that rebound weight gain is lessened when children are given social facilitation training. 150 healthy,...

A new generation of antipsychotic drugs could brighten up the lives of many bipolar disorder patients. Bipolar disorder is a debilitating mood disorder in which the patient swings between periods of depression and hyperactive mania. It affects 1.2...

Talk about business ideas! A Mozambican company has hatched a brilliant idea to breed crocodiles and export them to neighboring countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The crocodiles are to be sourced from the Tete province, where the crocodile...

Radiohead released its new album “In Rainbows” on 10th October amidst eager anticipation among its fans. The band had already begun sending out teasers in the form of cryptic messages from September this year, leading up to the release...