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Are you running high fever and not feeling like going to office? Well, this fever may not be any illness but just psychogenic fever. Psychogenic fever is a stress-related psychosomatic condition that manifests itself in a high body temperature. It is caused by exposure to emotional events or to chronic stress, researchers said. While this condition is known in the ...

Teens like high-tech gadgets so much that they often use them all at once. While doing homework or playing video games, teens may listen to music or watch TV, all the while texting their friends. Some of these multitaskers think they are boosting their ability to attend to multiple activities, but in fact are more likely impairing their ability to ...

Contrary to popular perception, moderate resistance exercise can relieve symptoms related to pregnancy such as back pain, fatigue, headache and nausea, among others, and improve sense of control, says a new study. Traditionally, swimming, walking and other mild physical activities, along with resistance exercise, are often recommended for pregnant women. “Our findings suggest that moderate resistance exercise is suitable during ...

The most popular baby name in the world has been revealed and it is “Sophia (or Sofia).” According to the naming experts, Sofia has become the favourite girl’s name of nine countries, including Mexico, Italy and Russia, but comes in third among parents-to-be in the US and second or third in at least 20 other countries, the Independent reported. Laura ...

Just when you thought cooking with vegetable oils is a “healthy” alternative to lard and butter, a team of scientists revealed that vegetable oils contain ‘toxic’ chemical linked to cancer and brain degeneration. Cooking with vegetable oil releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and even the degeneration of the brain, according to experts. Lard, butter, coconut and olive oil are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...