Revealed: Smartphone use at night does not affect your sleep

Revealed: Smartphone use at night does not affect your sleep (Donald Iain Smith/Getty Images) For those who love late night reading in tablets and smartphones, there’s good news as a recent study has stated that daytime light exposure can help fight sleep disturbances which may be caused due to late night use of electronic gadgets. The study has revealed that ample exposure to daytime bright light can help young people who used self-luminous gadgets for up to two hours in evening in getting a sound sleep. “Our most important finding…

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Chemotherapy may affect baby girls’ fertility in adulthood

Chemotherapy may affect baby girls’ fertility in adulthood (Harry Sieplinga/Getty Images) Chemotherapy treatment undertaken by women during their pregancy may negatively affect their unborn baby girls’ fertility in later adulthood, warns a study.   The findings showed that a drug called etoposide can damage the development of mouse ovary tissue grown in the lab. Etoposide is used to treat several types of cancer and is considered safe for use in pregnancy because it has a low risk of miscarriage and birth defects. However, little is known about the longer terms…

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Removing appendix does not affect chances of conceiving

Removing appendix does not affect chances of conceiving (Getty Images) A recent research says that women, who need to remove their appendix, should not worry as it will not reduce their chances of falling pregnant. A new 15-year British study has surprisingly found that women, who had their tonsils or appendix removed when they were young are more likely to get pregnant, reports News.com.au. Though the reasons behind the link are not fully understood, the findings go against previous theories in medicine which stated that these surgeries reduce a woman’s…

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Grandfather’s Obesity May Affect Grandchild’s Health

Photo credit: iStock A father’s metabolic health can be passed from generation to generation, affecting not only his children but more importantly his grandchildren, suggests a study. According to the study published in the journal Molecular Metabolism, parental obesity can have harmful effects on future generations. “A baby’s health has long been considered the mother’s responsibility as soon as she falls pregnant. Now, we’ve found powerful evidence, in a mouse model, that father’s nutrition and metabolic health can influence his sons and even his grandsons,” said Catherine Suter, Associate Professor,…

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How The Sounds You listen affect The flavor of Your Beer

A nicely-curated jukebox and a frosty beer have lengthy long gone hand-in-hand, however they will be extra intertwined than we ever imagined.New research shows that paying attention to certain tune while drinking a lager can at once affect how we perceive that beer to taste. as an example, if you’re listening to high-pitched song at the same time as sipping a Budweiser, that beer would possibly seem to flavor sweeter than it surely does. Conversely, in case you’re being attentive to deep, bass-heavy track, you may think the beer is…

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