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Some two-thirds of American parents monitor their children's Facebook activities, but a large percentage say they trust their youngsters to manage on their own, a study showed Thursday.The survey by the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California found 70 per cent of parents keep tabs on their kids' Facebook accounts. Some 46 per cent had passwords.Yet...
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'Cook with veg fats for healthy heart'   12 June, 2013
People should feel guilt-free when cooking with vegetable fats like canola, corn and sunflower oils, which can actually be heart-healthy, suggests a team of US experts.Not all fats are created equal, say researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois. But vegetable fats have been unfairly vilified and lumped in the same group as animal fats when in fact they can help...
Video games can help you 'see' more: Study   12 June, 2013
The hours you spend at the video gaming console can train your brain to make better and faster use of visual input, a new study has claimed."Gamers see the world differently. They are able to extract more information from a visual scene," said Greg Appelbaum, an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Duke School of Medicine.The researchers found 125 participants, who were either...
Frequent binge drinking causes insomnia   11 June, 2013
Frequent binge drinking is associated with insomnia symptoms in older adults, a first-of-its-kind study has found.US researchers found that participants who binged on an average of more than two days a week had an 84 per cent greater odds of reporting an insomnia symptom compared to non-binge drinkers.The results were adjusted for demographic variables, medical conditions, and elevated depressive...
High heels hurt after an hour   10 June, 2013
If you have ever suffered foot problems from wearing a gorgeous pair of heels, you are certainly in good company. Most women report that high heels start to hurt after one hour and six minutes, while 20 percent say that they can feel the pain after just 10 minutes.In a new British survey of 2,000 men and women and 60 podiatrists conducted by The College of Podiatry, about half of women said that...
IVUS technology gains popularity   07 June, 2013
India to remain on top: Dr Cherian   03 June, 2013
Ban tobacco marketing: WHO   01 June, 2013
Most prefer sex with coworkers   31 May, 2013
Bedtime texting linked to higher stress   31 May, 2013
Men and women lie about sex   31 May, 2013
WHO plan to control obesity as poor nations get fatter   30 May, 2013
Hiding in plain sight.   29 May, 2013
Pills that kill sex   29 May, 2013
Roaches can sense danger in sugar   27 May, 2013
Concept flu vaccine unveiled   25 May, 2013
Passive smoking makes kids antisocial   23 May, 2013
Watch out! Kids on study drugs   22 May, 2013
Bible of psychiatry unveiled   17 May, 2013
Docs hail Jolie surgery   15 May, 2013
Get a grip   07 May, 2013
Cinnamon prevents Alzheimer's: Study   24 May, 2013
Blinding influences   07 May, 2013
Vanishing act   23 April, 2013
Remote control   23 April, 2013
'Baby born with HIV cured'   04 March, 2013
Young warriors   01 March, 2013
There are not enough qualified doctors   01 March, 2013
Antibiotic from human sweat   25 February, 2013
Leave no mark   11 February, 2013
Prescription for improvement   24 January, 2013
Sweet cut   24 January, 2013
A pill a day...   09 January, 2013
Namaste, Spock   09 January, 2013
The mind’s eye   09 January, 2013
Walk it off   09 January, 2013
Cuts, bruises, scrapes...   12 December, 2012
Eye-catching treatment   06 December, 2012
Dance with the demons   21 November, 2012
To do or knot to do   21 November, 2012
In search of relief   21 November, 2012
Not just lip service   16 November, 2012
The big picture   30 October, 2012
Break free   09 October, 2012
Class test   09 October, 2012
When the heart breaks   19 September, 2012
Home sickness   22 August, 2012
Scan before cut   22 August, 2012
Go robot!   11 August, 2012
Beat that pain   22 August, 2012
The big leap   11 August, 2012
Signals and no system   11 August, 2012
Shot at survival   11 August, 2012
Brave art   01 June, 2012
Ills of smoking   25 May, 2012
Block buster   01 June, 2012
Killing interference   24 May, 2012
Sound system   24 May, 2012
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