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China’s life expectancy rises, but health inequalities remain

According to a new research, last two decades have seen a rise in the life expectancy in every province of China, but the large inequalities between provinces remain, suggesting that localisation of policies will be crucial to government health reforms Two new studies reveal for the first time how health in different regions of China has changed in recent decades. ...

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Feds confiscate lethal-injection drugs imported by 2 states

Federal authorities have confiscated shipments of a lethal-injection chemical that Arizona and Texas tried to bring in from abroad, saying such imports are illegal — a move that compounds the nation’s severe shortage of execution drugs. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it impounded orders of sodium thiopental, an anesthetic that has been used in past executions in ...

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Theater training improves social skills of autism child

A 40-hour, 10-week theatrical intervention program can improve social abilities of children with autism, finds a new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The program known as ‘SENSE Theater’ was developed by Blythe Corbett, an associate professor at the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.The study showed that children with autism who participated in the program showed considerable ...

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Depressed women are prone to shopping addiction

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology indicates that shopping addiction is more common among depressed women with low self-esteem.The study, which reveals some definite tendencies among individuals due to which they develop a shopping dependency, also shows that the women tend to visit shopping malls more often as it helps them to avoid unpleasant feelings.According to ...

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GMO by altering DNA

Genetically modified food is got from genetically modified organisms wherein specific changes are introduced to alter the genetic material (DNA) using genetic engineering methods.Science, with its technology and innovations has helped us with progress in many fields and has changed our lifestyle making it more comfortable, but it has also brought in its wake strange problems that may not manifest ...

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Exercise slows brain ageing

If you wish to stay sharp even in the golden years, regular exercise may be of immense help, suggests new research. In a study of older men between ages 64-75 years, the researchers found that the fitter men performed better mentally than the less fit men, by using parts of their brains in the same way as in their youth. ...

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Make time for reading

Often, with our fast-paced lives, traffic, work deadlines and hectic social lives, we find little time to catch up on reading. When we hear our peers or colleagues speak about new books, we may seem to wonder how they manage to find time to read that book, despite having a similar routine as ours.Here are some ways in which we ...

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Amit Mishra arrested on assault charge, released on bail

India legspinner Amit Mishra has been arrested, and subsequently released on bail, in Bangalore, capital city of India’s southern Karnataka state, in connection with the case of assault filed against him by a woman on October 20. Mishra, who had been asked to report to the police within seven days, was charged under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing ...

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling United States Grand Prix to seal his third World Championship, reports BBC. Hamilton pressured team-mate Nico Rosberg into a mistake during a frantic last 10 laps after a safety car and swept by to take his 10th win of 2015. It was an exciting climax to a race of fluctuating fortunes, lead changes and ...

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Crisis ends, relief for Bangladesh hockey

The long days of crisis in the country’s hockey arena finally came to an end after the federation’s Khaja Rahmatullah officially resigned from the general secretary’s post yesterday. The eldest vice president of Bangladesh Hockey Federation, Abdus Sadek, became the new general secretary while Rahmatullah will now be serving as the new vice president. The changes, that were decided during ...

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