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January 2008

January 02, 2008

Women need Happy Marriages for Healthy Life; for Men any marriage will do!

Marriage is an important sponge for stress. It helps people to lower their stress levels...

December 2007

December 11, 2007

Chasing Females can take years off your life!

Women live longer than men. Why has it been so is a question of debate....

December 07, 2007

World loses USD 30 billion from Smoking habit!

Here is one of the world's richest country - Nauru. Small Island that has lots...

November 2007

November 12, 2007

Eat Veggies to fight Dementia

Here is another reason to become a vegetarian. You will probably have better defenses against...

October 2007

October 18, 2007

Boys hurt the mother as well as younger siblings!

Sons are tough on their mothers. In many ways. One is the least expected of...

October 12, 2007

Obesity in India

Health standards in India are going down. More people are obese these days. It is...

October 06, 2007

US gene pioneer creating Artificial life form

This is incredible progress. Synthesizing a few proteins will create a new life form. Now,...

September 2007

September 13, 2007

Meat Eating Hurts Human AND Environment Health!

The modern world has a swagger. A sense of over-confidence that we can do what...

September 07, 2007

Men are from Mars and Women from venus

Everyone knows that men and women think differently. But nowhere is the difference more apparent...

September 01, 2007

A Tragic Death at IIT Kanpur

I got this mail from a fellow-IRMAn. It again shows the extreme lack of humanity...

August 2007

August 22, 2007

More Money -> Higher BP in India!

Economic prosperity brings many good things.. and many ills as well. As India grows economically,...

August 13, 2007

Tall men have the advantage!

Tall men fair better in terms of women and employment! They are more likely to...

August 13, 2007

How race affects disease manifestation

Does race matter? It does matter in case of severity of disease and how nature...

August 06, 2007

Sex: Its all in your NOSE!

Hahaha.. so Pinnochhio's nose had more to do than just show he was lying!! :-)...

August 01, 2007

Why do Identical twins differ from each other over the years?

Genes - which are the basic building blocks of living creatures - contain the code...

July 2007

July 27, 2007

Alexander & Churchill: How their parents saved and nurtured the other!

A few days back I had brought to you the story of the chance meeting...

July 05, 2007

Yawning is for cooling your brain

This is a cool discovery. Warm climate does make you sleepy and yawny doesnt it?...

June 2007

June 04, 2007

Polish Rip Van Winkle

Ok, this guy didn't just "sleep".. he had coma! It is interesting perspective for this...

May 2007

May 31, 2007

Fast Food kid

America is a land of obese kids and adults... and the fast foods have a...

May 31, 2007

Pink Grapefruit is the Healthiest!

The Apple doesnt make it s high huh! And I presume this test was done...

May 24, 2007

High Fructose Sugar, High Fat and Sedentary Life could damage your liver

The American lifestyle presents a serious health risk to us all. Specially us who have...

May 16, 2007

Self Compassion helps one tide over tough times.

What is the secret to getting over the tough times? I have believed it is...

May 16, 2007

Happy People are easy Believers..

People who are happy and in good mood are easy believers. That maybe true. People...

May 16, 2007

Teach a kid Russian to Improve his Reading Skills

Learning to read and write Russian early in life helps one's reading skills later in...

May 08, 2007

Move your eyes to improve Memory

Want to improve your memory? Move your eyes side to side. These guys have obviously...

May 07, 2007

Questions on Health and Heart

I got this from Richa, again! It is a useful Q&A for every one.... Here...

May 07, 2007

Asana with a Prop and Asana with a few Drops!

This one was sent to me by my friend Richa.. its hillarious!! This is what...

May 07, 2007

Green tea supplements damage your liver!

One of the problems with the new "healthy living" industry is that they create supplements...

May 03, 2007

How much Brain do you use?

Well that saying that we only use part of the brain...so how can this knowledge...

May 03, 2007

New movement on the Alzheimer front…

There is some traction on Alzheimer front... promising? A study, published by Massachusetts Institute of...