Tweet London:It is one food colouring that you won’t mind giving to the family. Research has shown that saffron, which gives chicken korma and paella their yellow colour, helps keep vision sharp. Test findings suggest the spice reverses age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, the most common cause of blindness in old people, the Daily mail [...]

Tweet Washington: Those who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood are at a risk of early death, research shows. Emory University (EU) anthropologist George Armelagos says: “Prehistoric remains are providing strong, physical evidence that people who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood tended to die [...]

Tweet Washington: Increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the US may be contributing to a delayed onset of puberty in boys, research says. University of Michigan (U-M) researchers show that a higher body mass index (BMI) or height to weight ratio, during early and mid-childhood for boys is associated with delayed onset of [...]

Tweet Sydney: Sleep deprived new mothers are at considerable risk of crashing when they get behind the wheel, says a new study Kerry Armstrong and Simon Smith, from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), studied mothers aged 22 to 39 years to examine the impact fatigue has on new mums’ everyday life functioning. Armstrong said contrary [...]

Tweet Santiago: Chilean teenagers are becoming obese due to increasing fast food consumption while those from Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala are not far behind.   Chile, where 44.7 percent of people over 15 were overweight in 2009, was the worst in Latin America and second in the world, said Euromonitor, which released a study on [...]

Tweet Sydney:Placebos, inert substances with no medicinal properties, can actually boost memory, new research says.   Placebos like sugar pills are given to patients, telling them they may improve their condition, and not that it is in fact inert. Such an intervention may cause the patient to believe the treatment will change his/her condition; and [...]

Tweet London: Hollywood actress Sharon Stone says she doesn’t diet but does a lot of physical work that keeps her in shape. “I have to watch not getting too skinny. I am a mover. I am not one of those people who can survive on salad. I love a big steak dinner and I am [...]

Tweet Washington: Obesity is no less injurious to health than smoking, says a recent study. Researchers from Columbia University and The City College of New York calculate that the Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost due to obesity is now equal to, if not greater than, those lost due to smoking, both modifiable risk factors. QALYs [...]

Tweet Toronto: Some 10 to 15 percent women are affected by binge eating behaviours and attitudes, a new study says.   “Our results are disquieting,” said Lise Gauvin, a professor of social and preventive medicine at the Montreal University, who conducted the study. “Women are exposed to many contradictory messages. They are encouraged to lose [...]

Tweet Washington: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is more common among older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without it. Results show that ED was 16 percent more likely in men with RLS symptoms that occur five to 14 times per month and 78 percent more likely in men whose RLS symptoms occur 15 [...]