Want to stay beautiful? Get enough ‘beauty sleep’. To look best for an upcoming social gathering or performance, you need not buy expensive creams and beauty treatments. You just need to have at least 8 hours of sleep every night. New research shows that sleep-deprived individuals are ‘uglier’ as they have redder and more swollen eyes
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How do you deal with people who seem upset, irritated or angry? If you’re like most people, you end up getting angry yourself. This, however, is not the best response to the situation. Read on to know the secrets of anger and how you can stay calm and unmoved even when you are surrounded by furious people. Why do people get angry? Every one of us ge
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Many people don’t like chillies simply because they are spicy. But did you know that this popular spice has healing properties and extraordinary health benefits? In fact, the compound which gives chillies a peppery flavour is now being used as an ingredient in many dietary supplements and even pharmaceutical drugs. So what are the specific benefits of
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Children taking antipsychotic medications are three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and 20 times more likely to commit suicide, studies revealed. Diabetes Risk Recently published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, the study by Vanderbilt University found that antipsychotic drugs increased the risk of diabetes in children and young adults by three
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Tuberculosis has once been a threat to thousands of people, especially those who have low immune system. But the arrival of highly potent antibiotics has relieved many scared patients who thought they would never be cured. But then tuberculosis has made a huge comeback, carrying a strain of bacteria that is multi-drug resistant. The bacteria strain, called
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1, 2, and 3 – the curtain has finally opened. And there you are – standing on the stage, facing hundreds of people. Everyone’s looking at you, from head to foot. As you gaze at those strangers, you felt tension in your arms, neck, hands and all over your body. Everything moves like a slow mo. Yes you are nervous. But the show must go on. T
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Can you eat a little more but still shed some pounds? Yes it’s possible! So long as you know which foods to favour and which ones to avoid. In the past blogs, we have talked about foods that don’t just damage your health but also cause you to gain weight. Now, it’s time that we talk about the good stuff – the fat-burning foods! Greek
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It has long been known that stress can impair the brain’s ability to control emotions. But for the first time, neuroscientists have found that even mild stress can undermine therapies designed to help patients regulate their emotions in real life situations. In the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researc
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Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent the onset of osteoarthritis, new research reveals. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease affecting the hands, feet, spine, hips and knees. More than 8.5 million people in the UK are diagnosed with this debilitating condition. Following tests on cells and mice that showed a broccoli compound, called
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Do you see the glass ‘half full’ or ‘half empty’? Well, you can look at it in both ways. A good deal of optimism and a little bit of pessimism may actually help you succeed and become happier, a new study reveals. In a study presented at a meeting of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sophia Chou, an organiza
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