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5 Herbal Medicines You Can Grow in Your Balcony

January 24, 2017 Srijita5%;, Balcony, Can, Grow, Herbal, In, Medicines, You, Your

How wonderful would it be to find a natural cure to all your problems right at home? Certain precious herbs can serve as natural solutions to some of the common health problems that you may face. Moreover, herbal substitutes are gaining an edge over artificial hair and skin care products. The good news is that these can be easily grown and maintained in your very own balcony and we’ll show you how. Here are five herbal plants that you must have at home: 1. Calendula Calendula is great for curing most…

Here’s why mix-matching your cuisine can make meals more satisfying

January 19, 2017 SrijitaCan, cuisine, Here's, Make, meals, mix-matching, More, satisfying, Why, Your

DREXEL UNIVERSITY FOOD and hospitality researchers recently found that, to maximize your enjoyment when eating out, go for a mismatch of cuisine styles when you order your meal. In their experiments, they paired Italian or Thai dishes of varying quality—either an app or entrée—with each other and found that when a high-quality app preceded a subpar main course, diners reacted negatively. But when cuisines were mixed and matched, eaters had a much more positive dining experience—regardless of how tasty each dish was—and rated the meal more enjoyable overall. [“source-ndtv”]

How long will you live? Your blood test can give the answer

January 13, 2017 SrijitaAnswer, Blood, Can, Give, How, Live, long, test, The, Will, You, Your

Believe it or not, scientists at Boston University claim to have discovered a game-changing blood test that could help predict lifespans. The study, published in the journal Aging Cell on Friday, used biomarker data collected from 5,000 blood samples and analysed it against the donors’ health developments over the subsequent eight years. Together, they identified patterns which indicated both good and bad futures. Specifically, their chances of getting age-related diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In all, the researchers generated 26 different predictive biomarker signatures. The breakthrough means…

How brain can be tricked to cure mental maladies

January 13, 2017 Srijitabe, Brain, Can, cure, How, maladies, mental, to, tricked

When neuroscientist V S Ramachandran came up with a cardboard box and mirror to trick the brain into `seeing’ a limb that didn’t exist in the late 1990s, he created quite a stir in the scientific community . Two decades on, he has initiated another trial on the same principle of illusion -only this time the brain itself plays the role of a mirror. Taking forward the theory that some brain cells in people mirror a reaction they are just witness to but not part of, Ramachandran and his team…

You can teach yourself to hate pizza and chocolate

January 13, 2017 Srijitaand, Can, Chocolate, Hate, pizza, teach, to, You, yourself

You can teach yourself to hate pizza and chocolate Imagine that as soon as a piece of chocolate melts and flows down your throat, you start feeling nauseous, lightheaded, and run to throw up inside the toilet bowl.The goal is to make you ill every time you think about or encounter the problem food. Will it work? It is the basis of the “false memory diet” pioneered by Elizabeth Loftus and her colleague Daniel Bernstein.The duo planted food aversions in peoples’ minds by playing a memory game with more steps…

Can Moderate Screen Time Increase Teenagers’ Well-Being?

January 13, 2017 SrijitaCan, Increase, Moderate, screen, teenagers, Time, Well-Being?

Spending hours in front of digital screen may be harmful for adolescents. However, moderate use may not harm but increase their well-being, researchers say. “Digital screens are now an inextricable part of modern childhood. Our findings suggest that adolescents’ moderate screen use has no detectable link to well-being and levels of engagement above these points are modestly correlated with well-being,” said lead researcher Andrew Przybylski, psychological scientist at the University of Oxford. The findings showed that as a result of a digital “sweet spot” between low and high technology use,…