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Navratri 2016 Special: 8 Reasons Why You Should Eat Singhara, a Native Superfood

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Image Credits: Instagram/thecuriousjalebi This Navratri 2016, eat singhara and reap the benefits. Also known as water chestnut, buffalo nut, bat nut, ling nut or Singhara, it is actually the seed of the fruit of a floating aquatic plant. Singhara is grown in sluggish water or fresh water lakes in India. Come Navratri and one can see cart loads of this fruit being sold along the road side. The fruits are eaten as such or dried and ground to a flour. It is a phalahar and is an integral part of…

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Special footwear may not improve knee arthritis

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Shoes with modified midsoles designed to relieve pressure on the knee joint don’t improve pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis any more than a new pair of regular walking shoes, according to an Australian study. Knee osteoarthritis, caused by wear and tear of the knee joint, may affect up to a quarter of women and 15 percent of men over age 60, the researchers write in Annals of Internal Medicine. “It is somewhat surprising that we did not observe greater pain relief with the Gel Melbourne OA shoes…

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Special footwear may not improve knee arthritis

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Shoes with modified midsoles designed to relieve pressure on the knee joint don’t improve pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis any more than a new pair of regular walking shoes, according to an Australian study. Knee osteoarthritis, caused by wear and tear of the knee joint, may affect up to a quarter of women and 15 percent of men over age 60, the researchers write in Annals of Internal Medicine. “It is somewhat surprising that we did not observe greater pain relief with the Gel Melbourne OA shoes…

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iPhone SE Stands for ‘Special Edition’, Confirms Apple

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Soon after Apple on Monday unveiled its latest 4-inch iPhone dubbed iPhone SE, one of the biggest questions people had was what does the SE stands for? Apple on Monday during the keynote never talked about the naming of the new iPhone but Twitter was all buzz with people guessing the name. Some of the Twitter users believed SE to stand for ‘Standard Edition’ while some even took digs at Apple with tweets saying SE stood for ‘Still Expensive’. The Cupertino-based giant has put an end to the speculations by…

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