Health aNd Fitness Guide

Drinking alcohol to drown your sorrows only makes your grief linger. Ethanol, an intoxicating agent in alcohol, does not diminish distress, but locks it in place, according to a study at the University of Tokyo. Researchers induced fear in lab rats by giving them mild shocks. The rodents were then put into cages and injected → Continue reading »

Pregnant women’s tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke could impede or reverse efforts to improve maternal and child health in developing nations. Researchers, after interviewing 7,961 pregnant women in nine countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, including two places in India and one in Pakistan, found that 18 per cent of expectant mothers → Continue reading »

Using your cellphone, even if it is hands-free, while driving can be as dangerous as drunken driving, according to researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University. Listening to a conversation on the cell phone can reduce brain activity needed for driving by 37 per cent. → Continue reading »

Administrators and managers are less likely to have cancer. It may be because people in secure jobs have very good sick leave arrangements and can take time out if needed, said a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Managers are also less likely to be exposed to carcinogens, compared to other workers. Researchers, → Continue reading »

Happily married couples have lower blood pressure, according to researchers at the Brigham Young University. They studied 204 married and 99 unmarried people who kept a portable blood pressure monitor that randomly recorded blood pressure during a 24-hour period. They found that happily married people scored four points lower on their blood pressure readings than → Continue reading »