Can Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Be Treated?
Feb 13, 2018, at 04:16 am
At some point in life, we have all checked the gas knob twice, double-checked the iron plug and the lock of the front gate. While most of us do not give these instances a second thought, for those with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), these experiences may become both debilitating and distressing. People with OCD experience severe anxiety because of obsessive thoughts. These obsessions can be ideas, images or maybe thoughts that are unwanted and do not go away. Compulsions, on the other hand, are behaviors that are done repeatedly with an aim to relieve anxiety. Obsessions and compulsions often go hand in hand. For example, if one believes to be contaminated all the time and is obsessed with that feeling, they might feel compelled to repeatedly wash their hands.
J P Nadda launches National Deworming initiative
Feb 10, 2018, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS): J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Deworming Day at a function at Gurugram, on Saturday.
New 3D vision discovered in praying mantis
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:18 am
London, Feb 9 (IBNS): Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.
Could a protein called klotho block dementia and aging?, finds study
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:12 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Dena Dubal, Ph.D., is taking an innovative approach to battling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
New horizons captures record-breaking images in the Kuiper Belt
Feb 10, 2018, at 12:31 am
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped an image – and made history.
Hearing loss linked to poor nutrition in early childhood, study finds
Feb 09, 2018, at 11:46 pm
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): Young adults who were undernourished as preschool children were approximately twice as likely to suffer from hearing loss as their better- nourished peers, a new study suggests.
Delhi-NCR generates 5900 tonnes of medical waste per annum: ASSOCHAM
Feb 09, 2018, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): With a increase in the number of healthcare facilities, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad collectively generate over 5900 tonnes medical waste annually, most of which remain untreated and dumped with municipal waste and thus cause serious health and environment hazard, reveals the ASSOCHAM.
Poachers killed 52 rhinos in Assam in last three years: Assam Forest Minister
Feb 09, 2018, at 12:53 am
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IBNS): Poachers killed 52 one-horned rhinos in Assam in last three years.
Feb 07, 2018, at 10:41 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): The supplement nicotinamide riboside (NR) – a form of vitamin B3 – prevented neurological damage and improved cognitive and physical function in a new mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Taiwan quake: Death toll rises to four, over 200 injured
Feb 07, 2018, at 04:53 pm
Hualien, Feb 7 (IBNS): At least four people have died in the 6.5 magnitude earthquake which struck Taiwan on Tuesday night, reports said.
6 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan, 2 killed
Feb 07, 2018, at 03:23 pm
Hualien, Feb 7 (IBNS): At least two people were killed 219 others were injured as an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit Taiwan's Hualien County on Wednesday, media reports said.
Dinosaurs were 'too successful for their own good': Study
Feb 07, 2018, at 12:04 am
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): The migration of the dinosaurs across the globe was so rapid that it may have contributed to their demise, new research has found.
Premature babies make fewer friends, but not for long, finds study
Feb 06, 2018, at 11:42 pm
London, Feb 6 (IBNS): Premature babies make fewer friends, feel less accepted by peers and spend less time socialising in early childhood – but this improves when they get to school – according to new research by an international research collaboration, including the University of Warwick, UK.
The ozone layer continues to thin: Study
Feb 06, 2018, at 11:16 pm
New York, Feb 6 (IBNS): The vital ozone layer has continued to deplete in recent years over the densely populated mid-latitudes and tropics, while it is recovering at the poles. This is documented by an international research team in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Only 3% workers worry their health care: ASSOCHAM Survey
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): Despite increase in life-style diseases, only 3% of workers are worried about their future health since majority of it is hardly able to spare resources beyond meeting their daily needs and the absence of any affordable health services provided by corporates to majority of its employees, reveals ASSOCHAM survey.
New clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet compositions, atmospheres
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:30 pm
Washington, Feb 6 (IBNS): In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists have been working hard to better understand these enticing worlds just 40 light-years away. Thanks to data from a combination of space- and ground-based telescopes, we know more about TRAPPIST-1 than any other planetary system besides our solar system.
Roving Robot visiting Kolkata Hospitals
Feb 05, 2018, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata Feb 3 (IBNS): Cancer is a relentless disease. Damaging organs and tissue in its wake, cancer can be insidious in its onset, hiding malignant cells and tumours in the most unreachable parts of the body. Early detection is a daunting challenge. Once detected, patients find it hard to accept its presence wasting time in exploring alternatives. Eventually calling for surgery, medication and a combination of Radio and Chemotherapy.
Mount Sharp 'photobombs' Mars Curiosity Rover
Feb 05, 2018, at 01:59 pm
Washington, Feb 5 (IBNS):A new self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months. Directly behind the rover is the start of a clay-rich slope scientists are eager to begin exploring.
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to fly safely past earth today: NASA
Feb 05, 2018, at 01:08 am
Washington, Feb 4 (IBNS): Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST / 21:30 UTC). At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be no closer than 10 times the distance between Earth and the Moon (about 2.6 million miles, or 4.2 million kilometers).
Life expectancy gains are slowing in both rich and poor countries
Feb 03, 2018, at 11:18 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): Increases in human life expectancy have slowed dramatically across the world since 1950, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Slow but steady: Brain evolution of turtles
Feb 03, 2018, at 02:41 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): Turtles’ brains have evolved slowly, but constantly, over the last 210 million years to reach a variety in form and complexity which rivals that of other animal groups, according to new research.
Feb 02, 2018, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): With nearly 4.8 million children in WHO South-East Asia Region missing measles vaccination every year, the ‘big six’ countries of the Region today shared their immunization challenges and lessons learnt for accelerating efforts to eliminate measles and control rubella by the year 2020.
Breast cancer treatments may increase the risk of heart disease
Feb 02, 2018, at 09:37 pm
Dallas, Feb 2 (IBNS): Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.
World's largest govt healthcare scheme to cover 10 cr Indian families: Jaitley
Feb 01, 2018, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Presenting the Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said a National Health Protection scheme is being launched to cover 10 crore poor Indian families offering up to Rs 5 lakh in hospitalisation a year.
South-East Asia region aims to close immunity gap, wipe out measles by 2020 – UN health agency
Feb 01, 2018, at 02:50 pm
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The so-called ‘big six’ countries in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia region are meeting today in New Delhi on an accelerated strategy to wipe out measles and rubella in the next three years by targeting as many as 500 million children with vaccines.
Over $46 billion lost to premature cancer deaths in BRICS economies, UN research finds
Feb 01, 2018, at 02:42 pm
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): Premature deaths as a result of cancer is costing major emerging economies tens of billions of dollars a year, a new United Nations health study has found, underlining the need for context-specific strategies for both prevention as well as treatment for those suffering from the disease.
World to witness 'Super Blue Blood Moon' tonight
Jan 31, 2018, at 11:39 pm
Washington, Jan 31 (IBNS): The Jan. 31 full moon is special for three reasons: it’s the third in a series of “supermoons,” when the Moon is closer to Earth in its orbit -- known as perigee -- and about 14 percent brighter than usual.
Liverpool to lead international diabetic eye disease research project: Study
Jan 31, 2018, at 09:47 pm
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): Liverpool is to lead on a £1.15 million international research project to help transform early detection of diabetic eye disease in developing countries.
Global temperature targets missed within decades unless carbon emissions reversed: Study
Jan 31, 2018, at 09:42 pm
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): New projections by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Southampton, and the Australian National University in Canberra, could be the catalyst the world has sought to determine how best to meet its obligations to reduce carbon emissions and better manage global warming as defined by the Paris Agreement.
Earthquake jolts parts of Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 31, 2018, at 08:20 pm
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IBNS): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Kashmir on Wednesday afternoon, however, no loss of life was reported.