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.
These days, scientists are busy in developing ‘Love potion.’ Animal studies have shown that the hormone oxytocin can 'reinforce' emotional feelings and enhance monogamy.
Research team led by Prof. Larry Young of Emory University in Georgia are studying the brain chemistry responsible for the complex feelings that actually draw people to a particular member of the opposite sex as well as help in keeping humans monogamous.
Prof. Larry Young said that there is intriguing overlap between the brain areas involved in vole pair bonding and those associated with human love.