A study by Japanese scientists has found that just 10 minutes of very slow running—at a pace close to walking—can improve mood and executive function, a set of higher-order cognitive processes involved in goal-directed behaviour and attention.
We know that being near someone we love can make us feel good. A new study discovers why: it helps the body work better.
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study reports evidence that time-restricted eating (TRE) — a form of intermittent fasting that involves only eating during a consistent, daily 8- to 10-hour window — can cause modest weight loss in adults with both obesity and prediabetes or those with diet-controlled type 2 diabetes.
The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated. Though just as serious as other health risks, loneliness and social isolation remain underappreciated as urgent public health concerns.
At least 10 people have gone missing after an avalanche swept through the Himlung Himal Base Camp in Nepal’s Manang district on Sunday, media reports said.
Nepal Prime Minister Balen Shah made his UN General Assembly debut on Friday, proposing the creation of a Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism led by Nepal, India and China to help combat the growing threat of climate-related disasters.
A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community Health.
This year’s “Super El Niño” could lead to an estimated 451,000 deaths from extreme heat, according to a new study by the Climate Impact Lab.
Exposure to sugar during the first 1,000 days of life may increase the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Surrey.
Approximately 65% of U.S. adults report consuming one or more sugar-sweetened beverages every day. Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute researchers found that consuming these drinks daily was associated with an increased risk of developing gastric cancer, while artificially sweetened beverages were not associated with an increased risk. Results are published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances.
An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response.
Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a similar size, mass, and structure to Earth, doesn’t have a moon. New UC Riverside research shows it’s because our hungry twin likely swallowed it.
Chronic stress from people’s everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy.
Poor sleep is known to lead to poor diet quality. But as a new Concordia-led study of co-habitating couples shows that poor sleep can affect not only an individual’s food choices, but their partner’s choices too.
Exposure to air pollutants, especially small particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), may heighten the risk of death by suicide and suicidal thoughts, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Liverpool John Moores University in England have discovered the first adult T. rex trackway, providing insights into how this emblematic predator moved. The findings were published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit has given a significant push to international cooperation in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM), recognising its growing relevance in strengthening health systems and contributing to Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Newly released weather data has revealed that Earth recorded its hottest August on record, with the effects of extreme heat felt across the globe.
AI-generated image trends have repeatedly taken the internet by storm, and the latest craze involves recreating photographs in a 1980s-inspired style. Users are embracing the trend to transform themselves into retro avatars, imagining how they might have looked decades ago.
India has crossed a significant milestone in its efforts to prevent cervical cancer, with more than 80 lakh (8 million) doses of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine administered under the National HPV Vaccination Campaign since its launch in February 2026.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday met Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the second meeting in less than two weeks.
Drinking a hot cup of coffee or tea is a daily habit for millions of people worldwide. However, a new study by the University of Oxford suggests that people who drink ‘hot’ or ‘very hot’ beverages may face a higher risk of developing a type of oesophageal cancer known as oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN’s economic commission for Europe has warned, raising concerns about the future reliability and resilience of energy systems worldwide.
Kolkata/IBNS: Disha Eye Hospitals and Prova Eye Bank organised ‘Draw For Sight’, a drawing competition for school students, at the hospital's New Town branch, on Saturday as part of the 41st National Eye Donation Fortnight 2026.
The 7th Meeting of the India-Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) on cooperation in the field of forests was held in Bengaluru on Tuesday, with the two sides discussing key areas of collaboration.
Kolkata/IBNS: Manipal Hospital has announced they successfully performed Eastern India’s first Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) procedure using Boston Scientific’s Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation System to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF), a common heart rhythm disorder.
Men already at risk genetically for the most common form of hair loss have a 7 percent added risk of losing their hair if they use drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound for type 2 diabetes and obesity, a new study shows.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem, making it the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve the milestone.
A study to be presented at ESC Congress 2026 will show that high blood levels of the artificial sweetener xylitol, commonly used as a sugar substitute in products such as sugar-free chewing gum, are associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.
BSc student Surendra Singh Choudhary, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, from Madhya Pradesh, has drawn widespread attention online after taking it upon himself to clean the polluted Ajnar River in Biaora.
