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Dinner With TV May be a Recipe for Less Healthy Meals

November 8, 2016 Srijitaa, be, Dinner, for, Healthy, Less, May, meals, Recipe, TV?, With

Families that eat dinner with the TV on tend to eat less healthy food and to enjoy the meals less than families who leave the TV off, according to a recent U.S. study. This was true even for families that were not paying attention to the TV and only had it on as background noise, the researchers write in the journal Appetite. “Family meals are protective for many aspects of child health,” lead author Amanda Trofholz said by email, adding that parents can take this time to check in with…

After Years of Delay, Climate Talks Face a New Problem: Speed

November 8, 2016 Srijitaa, After, climate, Delay, Face, New, of, Problem?, Speed, Talks, Years

Efforts to build a new global deal to tackle climate change were for many years criticised for moving at a glacial pace. But this week climate negotiators meeting in Morocco find themselves facing an entirely new problem: a deal that, astonishingly, has come into effect more than three years ahead of schedule. The Paris Agreement on climate change, designed to start in 2020, entered into force on Friday, a month after reaching key ratification thresholds. On Sunday, the United Nations said 100 parties – 99 countries and the European Union…

Smoking a pack a day causes 150 mutations in every lung cell, research shows

November 6, 2016 Srijita150, a, causes, cell, Day, Every, In, Lung, Mutations, Pack, Research, Shows, Smoking

Smoking a pack a day causes 150 mutations in every lung cell, research shows (Getty Images) Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker’s lung cells each year. The findings come from a study of the devastating genetic damage, or mutations, caused by smoking in various organs in the body. Publishing in the journal Science on Thursday, the researchers said the findings show a direct link between the number of cigarettes smoked in a lifetime and the number of…

To treat chronic pain, tune brain to a certain frequency

November 6, 2016 Srijitaa, Brain, certain, chronic, frequency, Pain, to, treat, tune

To treat chronic pain, tune brain to a certain frequency ( Tom Merton/Getty Images) Scientists have shown for the first time that “tuning in” the brain to a particular frequency can alleviate chronic pain. Chronic pain is often a mixture of recurrent acute pains and chronic persistent pain. About 20-50% of the general population suffers from chronic pain, which lasts for six months. Nerve cells on the brain surface are coordinated with each other at a particular frequency depending on the state of the brain. Alpha waves tuned at 9-12…

Health Weekly Roundup: Diwali air over north India world’s worst, air pollution behind 1 in 10 under-5 deaths, new breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

November 6, 2016 Srijita1, 10', 2030:, 3.2, a, Air, behind, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Deaths, Diwali, Health, In, India, mn, New, North, Over, Pollution, Rise, Roundup:, to, Under-5, Weekly, World's, worst, Year

This week was filled with important medical discoveries, researches and health news. To ensure that you don’t miss any, we bring you a weekly roundup. Here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. Delhi chokes on worst Nov smog in many years The air quality index for 4 pm on November 2 was 432, in the “severe” category, while the index on October 31 (post Diwali) was 445. At 14 times the safe limit, Ggn breathes fire Concentration of PM 2.5 touched the…

Time to embark on a post-Diwali detox

November 5, 2016 Srijitaa, Detox, embark, On, post-Diwali, Time, to

Have you been bingeing over the last one week of Diwali? Now that it’s all over, do you find yourself feeling nauseous just thinking of food? These are signs that it’s time to take a break from fried snacks and sweets, especially since there was no room for fruits or vegetables in your diet. You need to flush out all those toxins from your digestive system and get your body back on track. You can do this by making a few lifestyle changes for the better. Says dietician and sports…