Playing Pokemon Go May be Good for Your Health: Experts

Image via AFP Playing Pokemon Go may be good for health as the widely popular augmented reality game is making people exercise more, a UK doctor has claimed. According to an article in medical journal The BMJ, the location-based game is not marketed as a health app but gamers do a lot of walking while playing. The popular app has made the streets of Britain a “reclaimed playground to have interconnected fun,” Dr Margaret McCartney wrote in the article. McCartney noted that a player walked 225 kilometres and lost 12.7…

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Eating Cranberries May Promote Heart Health and Stronger Immunity: Experts

Cranberry could protect the gut microbiota — a complex community of microorganisms that live in the digestive tracts of humans and other animals — and provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory functions that benefit the cardiovascular system, metabolism and immune function, revealed a new study. Not just promoting urinary tract health, but the researchers found that cranberry juice, dried cranberries and various cranberry extracts possess whole body health benefits. “It has been established that cranberries rank high among the berry fruits that are rich in health-promoting polyphenols (antioxidant),” said Jeffrey Blumberg, researcher…

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global Yoga Day: include Yoga to Age Gracefully, Say experts

Yoga may not provide you with immortality but this ancient field of bringing union between the body, thoughts and spirit can sincerely help you fight age – each bodily and intellectual, say fitness and well being professionals.”In my practice in India and abroad i’ve visible numerous instances in which my customers have gotten better by using ordinary yoga, pranayam and meditation,” Preeti Rao, health, life-style and wellbeing representative at Max Healthcare.everyday yoga practice can help combat continual way of life illnesses like high blood pressure, hormonal imbalances, diabetes, reproductive issues,…

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FBI’s iPhone Hack May Not Necessarily Crack Other Cases: Experts

In some respite to India’s cheapest smartphone makers, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd – the Noida-based firm that created a global buzz after announcing the launch of the controversial Freedom 251, a Rs. 251 smartphone, last month. While hearing the plea, the division bench of Justice B.K. Narayan and Justice Shashi Kant ordered the UP state government to furnish a status report on an urgent basis by April 5, further directing that no coercive steps be taken till then against the…

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