HEALTH & WELLBEING

So what’s in a fart that made researchers claim sniffing the smell is good for the health? Science has been toying with the theory that sniffing fart could be helpful in the treatment and prevention of certain illnesses. Below are five things to know from the researchers who have experimented on this theory.

According to a new research, losing a spouse can delay dementia. Dr Bryan Woodruff, study researcher and an assistant professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, said, "For those who had a mild memory problem, losing the spouse was associated with a later age of developing full-blown dementia compared to those who stayed married."

Running, in place of ‘recreational drugs,’ brings in an endorphin rush, which in turn gives rise to a feel good factor, reveals a study. The ‘high’ that one can experience during a race, or a training session, is being referred to as ‘flow’ by psychologists.

A new study on the sexual activity of women who have sex so frequently that it affects their lives has found that three per cent of women are hypersexual. It is a condition in which too much sex impacts the life of the afflicted. Some of the common traits among hypersexuals include frequent masturbation and watching a lot of porn.

A study by the National Obesity Forum shows that by 2050, half of United Kingdom's population will be obese.

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Four-year-old Madison Merrick, who was born with a bowel outside of her body, has been waiting for a bowel donor at the Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK, for the past one year.

Biting Your Nails can cause some Scary Health Issues: Experts Find

Once you party hard during the weekend, it is really important to opt for some remedies which help in better detoxification so that your body feels better.Here are few such tips which will surely help you to deal with overindulgent weekend.

Men, after 39, lose their sex appeal and begin looking like father figures to younger ladies, reveal a study conducted by Crown Clinic in Manchester. According to a new study, men after the age of 39 become sexually invisible to younger women

Many women prefer to have a new hair cut post break up.

According to a report in the Monday's Pediatrics, an Apple iPad caused a body rash in an 11-year-old boy who was treated at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego Hospital. This led to a large number of reports in medical journals that detailed the effects of nickel on the body. Nickel from a variety of personal electronic devices, including laptop's and cell phones caused allergies.

About 48,000 X-rays taken at public hospitals at the Gold Coast since 2013 were not reviewed by a radiologist.

Spice, a name for synthetic cannabis is extremely dangerous for a person's health. In a recent case, the drug impaired a teenager's movement and thinking ability a condition called catatonia. The 19-year-old Spanish woman, after smoking spice regularly for a year, experienced "catatonic psychosis," according to the report of her case.

A good reader may turn out to be a good lover as well, latest study says.

Scientists have claimed that to fight the obesity crisis in Britain and to reduce type II diabetes, 'food capsules' can be used.

Knowing the symptoms of kidney disease can help you get the treatment you need to feel your best. Often, early kidney problems don't have many symptoms. People should be aware that kidney diseases can be silent killers. (SOURCE)

Regular eye tests can help diagnose onset of Alzheimer’s disease, even before the symptoms appear, revealed studies. Two different techniques were used and both showed there was an indication of probable Alzheimer's disease in retina and lens of the eyes of individuals tested.

The weather is not responsible for back pain, said researchers at the George Institute for Global Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. According to the study, published this week in the journal ‘Arthritis Care & Research’, there is no connection between the weather and chronic pain conditions, which include severe back ache as well.

JoshNelli, fiancé of 23-year-old young Kerry Thorpe, has one message to spread all over the world for sake of his lost love.

Women are delicate subjects, showed another study. Men are sincerely advised not to force their partners to watch porn if they don’t want to. Watching porn often make a woman sick to her stomach literally.

Schadenfreude or obtaining pleasure and joy over someone else’s misfortune, isn't something strictly restricted in adults. A new report suggests that even a two years old child gets to realize this complicated emotion.

Independent charity organisation Alcohol Concern warned that demand for emergency services spike during the World Cup Tournament as alcohol consumption rises every four years because of the global football tournament.

‘Happen’ the latest dating app, a product from Paris found 150,000 users and within five weeks in UK, 25,000 people signed up for it.

It is well known that human beings can identify odours through the 350 different types of olfactory receptors in the nose, which start a signalling process that then messages the brain. The receptors jointly work to provide a sense of smell.

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.

Latest study reveals that women don’t like any other woman dressed in red. According to the report, a red dressed clad woman usually gives vibes to other ladies that she is more interested in sex.

A new report, called Just Married, Just a Child, Child Marriage in the Indo-Pacific Region, by Plan International Australia shows that every year, child brides as young as 10 years of age are married off forcefully in Australia and Indo-Pacific region.

A new study published in the PLOS One journal states the brain activity in drug addicts is similar to that in sex addicts. Sex addicts are those who experience a compulsive sexual behaviour and indulge excessively in pornography, they suffer from a lot of sexual desire and are obsessed with sexual feelings, thoughts and desires.