Life Style

We have officially bid farewell to 2022 and entered the new year today. Some of us must feel fresh and rejuvenated as the 365 days of 2023 await us with various opportunities, while others might still be a little heavy from all the food, drinks and partying that happened during New Year’s eve. Fun and frolic at parties are unmissable ...

Through singing-based therapy, patients and their families psychological health as well as language function can be enhanced. Group intervention is both cost-effective and offers possibilities for peer support. Aphasia, a problem understanding or producing spoken or written language brought on by a cerebrovascular accident, affects about 40 per cent of stroke survivors. One year after a stroke, the linguistic deficit ...

Women’s ability to utilise fat as a fuel source is thought to be impaired by the oestrogen deficit that occurs after menopause. The rate at which middle-aged women are able to use fat at rest or during activity is not clearly determined by menopausal state or blood oestrogen levels, according to a study done at the Faculty of Sport and ...

Have you ever been bullied in school, college or social media? A new study shows that the combined effect of both face-to-face and cyber-bullying may increase the risk of aggressive behaviour in teenagers. These teenagers were twice as likely to show aggressive behaviours themselves like verbal hostility, physical fighting and damaging property. Teenagers who were victims of both face-to-face and ...

If you are suffering from asthma, practising yoga may offer some relief from the chronic disease and improve your quality of life, suggests new research. Asthma is a common chronic disease affecting about 300 million people worldwide. The many typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. “Our findings suggest that yoga exercise may lead ...

Attractive and smart but unlucky in love? You may have your own negative traits to blame rather than luck, new research suggests. Researchers have found that when evaluating potential mates, people give more weight to negative qualities than to positive ones. Even if someone has a number of positive qualities, one or two negative qualities can be enough for others ...

Not all colours are ideal when it comes to dressing up for the summer heat. Classic shades of white are the go-to shades, but an expert has stated that cool aqua green and blue shades like classic blue, turquoise and aquamarine are gorgeous colours for summer dressing. Sonal Abrol, COO of fashion brand Saiesta, has shared that these colours “look ...

A 2m-tall flower, known for its pungent odour which has been likened to rotting flesh, has bloomed in Australia. South Australia’s Mount Lofty Botanic Garden has been growing the Amorphophallus Titanium, more commonly called the Corpse Flower, for 10 years, reports BBC. About two weeks ago the plant’s famously pungent flower began to grow, before finally opening on Monday. Matt ...

While evaluating potential mates for a romantic relationship, women pay more heed to men’s negative qualities than positive ones, reserachers found in a study. The study said even if a man has many positive qualities, one or two negative qualities are sufficient for a woman to avoid a romantic relationship with him. The study, published in the journal Personality and ...

Cleansing is of great importance for the working woman who leaves home to get to work, battling traffic and exposing herself to the grime and pollutants in the air. Always cleanse the skin at night, before going to bed, so that you can remove make-up, stale sweat and oil deposits, as well as dirt and pollutants. A tulsi neem face ...