Recent study showed that children born in the months of December, January and February are, on average are less educated, less intelligent, less healthy and lower paid as grown ups as compared to children born in other seasons.

Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame studied U. S census data and birth certificates to determine if the typical woman giving birth in winter is any different from the typical woman giving birth at other times of the year.

A study conducted by the scientists at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, revealed that a hazardous type of snoring called sleep apnea can result in stroke by lowering blood flow to the brain, increasing blood pressure and eventually harming the brain’s capability to adapt these changes.

Writing in the Journal of Applied Physiology, the group led by Vahid Mohsenin said that their findings may help clarify why people having sleep apnea are more likely to suffer strokes and to die during sleep.

Falling in love or make someone fall in love won’t be that difficult anymore, since a nose spray is under trial for this purpose. The latest tests have shown that drugs could be used to alter the brain's emotion-controlling areas to heighten or suppress feelings of attraction.

The researchers said, “The treatments could be used to aid marriage counseling or even help a person stay monogamous.”

In a major announcement on Thursday, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that the Central Government is planning to make yoga compulsory in all schools as well as colleges, including private institutions.

While inaugurating a seminar on “disease control priorities in India,”, organised by D G Vaishnav College, Dr. Anbumani stated that pupils should understand the value of yoga that had been known to thwart lots of health-related troubles including hypertension plus heart diseases.

Previous studies have shown various harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy on the baby. Recent research has revealed that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of delivering physically aggressive children.

Universite de Montreal researcher Jean Seguin, one of the lead researchers in the study, said, "What's new about this study is that we can pick up the link (between smoking and physical aggression) in children as early as 17 to 42 months of age."

Two recent researches showed that girls of school going age and women in their 70s are less active than their male counterparts.

Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University studied the behavior of 10 and 11-year-old children in the playground. The study revealed that girls take part in 6% less vigorous playtime activity than boys. Researchers found that boys and girls tend to play differently.