Archive for March 26th, 2008

Addicted to e-mails, text messages? You may be suffering from a mental illness

Mar 26 : If you are one of those who send excessive emails and text messages, then chances are that you are suffering from a mental illness, according to a new research.

Hair dyes may increase hairdressers and barbers’ cancer risk

Mar 26 : Covering up those greying hair roots with dyes is injurious to hairdressers and barbers’ health, for a new study has found that hair dyes can increase cancer risk.

People who wear glasses are not geeks or nerds

March 26 : Melbourne University researchers say that they have found evidence by conducting a research into myopia or shortsightedness - an eye condition which renders one

Smoking doesn’t make girls skinny but does make boys short

Mar 26 : Busting a myth around smoking a new study has revealed that while smoking doesn’t make girls skinny, it does hinder growth in their teenage male counterparts.

10,000 health workers stop polio in Somalia

Mar.26 : Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a ‘historic achievement’ in public health.

Ant guts may hold secrets of more effective drugs

Mar 26 : Researchers have identified two key proteins that aid one of the two groups of pathogenic bacteria develop the protective coating that is their defence against the world.

Youngsters’ social problems add to anxiety and depression: Study

Mar 26 : A new study by researchers at the University of Vermont and the University of Minnesota, has cited that social problems are more likely to contribute to anxiety and

Discovery about fertilization may pave way for malaria vaccine

Mar 26 : Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered a reproductive

Scientists identify new form of inherited risk of cancer

Mar 26 : Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a new form of inherited risk of cancer that may help in predicting susceptibility to the disease.

Sewer gas exposure sends mice into instant suspended animation

Mar 26 : A new study at Massachusetts General Hospital has revealed that low doses of the toxic gas Hydrogen sulfide, found in sewers, can safely and reversibly depress both