Benita Matilda : Science World Report

Jun 04, 2013 08:53 AM EDT

Study Shows How to Use Smartphone at Night without Disrupting Sleep

The researchers suggest that, dimming the brightness settings of the Smartphone or tablet and holding the device at a distance of atleast 14 inches from face while using it reduced the risk of the brightness to interfere with melatonin and affecting sleep.

Jun 04, 2013 08:27 AM EDT

Utah Mom Delivers Twins on Side of Interstate

Lynette Hales, 39, a woman from Utah, had a unique birth experience when she gave birth to twins on the side of Highway I-80, about 25 miles east of Wendover. Not only did she have to undergo the pain of labor without proper medical assistance, she also had to fight to retrieve one of her babies mom...

Jun 04, 2013 07:06 AM EDT

Study Links Vegetarian Diet to Low Mortality Rate

It is a known fact that a vegetarian diet offers several health benefits. A recent study adds evidence to this: the study findings link vegetarian diets with low death rates and low risks of chronic disease.

Jun 04, 2013 05:53 AM EDT

Smokers Cost Employers Extra $6,000 a Year: Study

A latest study reveals that U.S. businesses pay almost $6,000 extra per year for each employee who smokes, when compared to the cost of employing a person who has never smoked, according to a news release.

Jun 04, 2013 05:22 AM EDT

Daily Use of Sunscreen Slows Down Skin Aging by 24 Percent

Sunscreen used on a daily basis had no detectable ageing of skin and also had 24 percent less skin ageing when compared to those people who used sunscreen just for a limited time. Users of an average age 39 saw significant results.

Jun 03, 2013 09:09 AM EDT

New MRIgFU Ablation Therapy Lowers Pain in 67 Percent Patients with Bone Tumors

According to the new study, 'magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound' (MRIgFU) ablation therapy, considerably lowered the pain in 67 percent of patients who received the treatment.

Jun 03, 2013 08:49 AM EDT

Pregnant Loggerhead Rescued Turtle Declared Healthy

An endangered loggerhead sea turtle that was rescued Tuesday after it was found trapped under large rocks on an inlet jetty at the north end of Palm Beach was finally released Friday afternoon, reports Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach.

Jun 03, 2013 08:03 AM EDT

Vinegar-Based Test Slashes Cervical Cancer Death Rates by 31 Percent

A simple screening test conducted on women with cervical cancer using vinegar slashed the cervical cancer death rates by 31 percent in a group of 150,000 poor women in India.

Jun 03, 2013 06:31 AM EDT

Visual Cues Such as Texting Beneficial in Extreme Auditory Overload

According to the new study, military people who are exposed to extreme auditory overload that comes in from multiple messages from radio networks, loudspeakers or live voices from environment that is flooded with high level noise from weapons and vehicles, texting proves helpful.

Jun 03, 2013 05:59 AM EDT

Food Insecurity Tied to HIV-Treated Drug Users' Deaths

Food insecurity elevates the risk of death among injection drug users who are victims of HIV/AIDS, even when they have been receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a news release.

Jun 03, 2013 04:53 AM EDT

Mother's Level of Education Associated with Child's Risk of Depression

Researchers at McGill University found that children whose mother did not complete high school were more likely to face major episodes of depression in early adulthood when compared to those whose mothers obtained high school diploma.

Jun 01, 2013 10:27 AM EDT

Probiotics Prevent Diarrhoea Caused by Antibiotics

The study according to the new Cochrane systematic review studied the Clostridium difficile infection in those patients taking antibiotics and noticed that the symptoms of diarrhea lowered after patients were treated with probiotics.