HEALTH & WELLBEING

Forty-year-old Willis Tepania, a father from Kaitaia, reportedly died of a cardiac arrest, five hours after participating in the ice challenge, which also included consuming nearly a liter of bourbon.

Researchers discovered that experiencing a disturbed sleep can cause fatigue, depression and confusion, the same symptoms common to a severely sleep deprived person. The study was conducted at Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences and published in the journal Sleep Medicine.

Rotten Eggs and flatulence have hydrogen sulfide, which when used in the right dosage, can help in the treatment and cure of diabetes, arthritis, heart failure, dementia and aging, says scientists at the University of Exeter.

Women who consume one to two forbidden fruits a day experience a better sexual life than women who are featured in "no regular apple consumption," group, according to a new study that appeared in the journal Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

One petition filed by Ailsa Burkimsher Sadler, to include mothers on marriage certificates has gained 70,000 signatures.

According to an interesting finding, those who took Oxytocin before love making, especially if they were men, reported to have slightly more intense orgasms as well as greater levels of contentment afterwards.

A brief paper appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine, shook the belief of a multitude of people who since time immemorial rested their hopes and looked towards antioxidant supplements to curb the development of cancer. Authors suggest the reasons behind the failure of antioxidant supplements in reducing cancer development. They also attempted to explain why they can cause harm than good.

Doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia conducted the study which was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study shows that as the daily temperature rose to 50 degree Fahrenheit, in some residents of Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia the risk of kidney stones increased. It was not seen in Los Angeles though.

Based on a new study involving mice, Cinnamon may stop or reverse the continuous changes that happen in the brain of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.

According to a recent finding, caesarean babies tend to have weaker immunity.

Americans prefer to consume weight loss medications drugs and weight loss surgery in comparison to self-modification, which includes a healthy diet and exercise, reveals a study published in the Science Daily. However, previous studies have shown that weight loss medications drugs and weight loss surgery have extreme side effects and is not recommended by most doctors.

Hookah, the only form of tobacco that is not regulated, is believed to be a substitute to cigarettes for many young adults in the United States.

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A coroner has found that a new born died because of labour-inducing gels used on the mother.

Saskatchewan health-care workers have been advised to wear mask or get influenza vaccination to avoid the spread of flu. The Ministry of Health announced the "immunize-or-mask" ultimatum after recommendation from the Saskatchewan's medical health officers and other professionals in the health industry.

Most of the times, people seek sex therapy when either the man or the woman between the couple find it difficult to keep up with the other's sexual needs. Most often, this leads to a low self esteem and an unsatisfied relationship, as one is unable to satisfy the other or is turning the other down. Fortunately, there are ways to boost your partner's sex drive, and this could act as a saviour for you too leaving you more sexually satisfied.

A new study by scientists at the University of Western Ontario, London, has found that the high number of fast food restaurants in a neighbourhood are linked with obesity.

A new study by the Cornell University neuroscientist Adam Anderson reports that though feelings are personal and subjective, the brain turns emotions into objective codes and represents them across different senses, situations and people.

Memories of Drug Addicts can be wiped off: Says Top Neuroscientist from Cambridge based on his latest work.

Smokers facing mental disorders cost the UK government approximately £2.5 billion a year, according to a research published online in Tobacco Control.

Latest Fruit fly research may reveal what happens in female brains during courtship and mating.

Kim Kardashian's 35-year-old sister is pregnant. Yes! Kourtney Kardashian is expecting a baby. In an episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians, Kourtney was seen telling her partner, "I'm pregnant." She and her partner Scott Disick already have two children, this would be their third. Kourtney is known for her party lifestyle and her fetish for high heels, but this pregnancy has brought a huge difference in her lifestyle. A lesson to many other going to be mommies who love to...

In one of the strangest outcomes of stem cell treatment till date, a woman has shown to have developed a nose-like growth eight long years after a failed stem cell treatment that was used to cure her paralysis.

There's a reason people want more of that sun tan. The sun's Ultra Violet (UV) Rays do not just pleasure the skin but goes deeper and pleasures the brain as well. A new study reveals that mice exposed to UV rays were seen to produce a feel good hormone.

Amy Elsegood from Ripon, North Yorkshire, decided to post her no make-up selfie on the Internet which has gone viral, drawing her immense support from all over the world.

There is a tendency for most people to make their vigorous workout regimes as a reason to treat themselves with sweet high calorie delights. This balances out the added fats and the workout's resulting in no weight loss. If you, however, think of your next workout as a much needed rejuvenating break or a "fun run," it's most likely that you would eat much lesser later. This is in comparison with the food intake of a person who looks at his work out as an exercise.

Through an interesting recent work researchers have shown that people usually sleep 20 minutes less if it’s a full moon night.

Junior athletes, as young as 12, are reportedly using performance-enhancing drugs.

The World Health Organization has recently confirmed 50 new cases affected by the Ebola virus disease in West Africa.