Category: Features
Gulp down your coffee to best savour the flavour
ISLAMABAD: Stop sipping coffee… just gulp it down if you want the best flavour from your favourite brew, a study advises. Taking big slurps of coffee releases much more aroma compared to merely drinking it slowly, researchers who conducted the […]
Music helps you workout better
Ever wondered why gyms have blaring music? It is because music helps in working out better. Here’s how it helps. Listening to music while you workout not only makes your workout session more interesting and less boring, it also helps […]
Camel milk: a miracle cure for children with autism?
Dubai: Can camel milk help children with autism? Two American mothers who sourced camel milk from the Middle East say it definitely can, citing circumstantial evidence of their children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) responding positively after therapy that […]
Simple blood test can diagnose asthma: Study
A single drop of blood can be a faster, cheaper and more accurate tool to diagnose mild cases of asthma. Asthma remains a very difficult disorder to accurately diagnose. Many of the current tests for diagnosing asthma rely at least […]
Antibiotics beneficial for undernourished kids: Study
Poor growth is linked to infections and to the microbes that normally reside in the human gut. Although the use of antibiotics is not without risk, they can improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in developing countries, including […]
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control warns public of five deadly food and water-borne diseases
BANGKOK – The Department of Disease Control has warned people of five deadly summer diseases they should be aware of as the country is now entering summer season which is an appropriate climate to accelerate the spread of diseases. Dr […]
5 simple swaps: good versus bad carbs
They have been touted as evil by nutritionists and dieticians around the world. This is mainly because carbohydrates have the ability to shoot up sugar levels, cause weight gain and lead to diabetes, hypertension, mood swings and other lifestyle disorders. […]
How cough, sneeze float farther than you think
A study shows that coughs and sneezes have associated gas clouds that keep their potentially infectious droplets aloft over much greater distances than previously realized. “When you cough or sneeze, you see the droplets, or feel them if someone sneezes […]
Malaysia reports first Asian death from MERS virus
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian man who went on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia has become the first death in Asia from Middle East respiratory syndrome, while the Philippines has isolated a health worker who tested positive for the deadly […]
Black tomatoes healthier than red variety
Scientists found some tomatoes with purple pigmentation and tests revealed that an antioxidant called anthocyanin was providing the color, the same as that of blueberries. They crossed the purple tomatoes with some wild tomatoes and eventually came up with a […]
