Scientists have found that dengue fever could be controlled by using parasites to shorten the life span of mosquitoes.

With laboratory-bred mosquitoes, the Australian scientists found that Wolbachia bacteria spread well. Researchers from the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, and the College of Life Sciences at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, conducted the study and published it in the journal Science.

According to a new study, antioxidants do not help women in reducing the risk of cancer.

The study, conducted by Dr. Jennifer Lin and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston, involved 7,627 women, averaging 60 years. All of them had a cardiovascular disease or at its higher risk, and they were followed for almost a decade.

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government four years ago to help improve the health care scenario in India in association with doctors in Delhi.

Sanku S Rao, president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), said the association will first train health care professionals in the rural setting of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, before fanning out to other states at the Indo-US Healthcare summit on Friday.

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) has issued warning regarding sinusitis. Doctors say that that if stuffy nose, headache and other symptoms of cold persist for more than two weeks, it may be sinusitis.

Sinusitis is generally initiated by a viral common cold affecting the nose. The viruses can spread to the sinuses and pave way for a secondary bacterial infection and subsequent acute sinusitis. Its major symptoms are a green or gray nasal discharge, foul tasting post-nasal drip, facial pain/pressure or light fever.

A new study conducted by the Canadian researchers show that too much thinking can make you fat. Researchers found that the heavy thinkers consumed more calories.

The Telegraph reported that Dr Angelo Tremblay supervised the research team and after each of three tasks, the research team measured the spontaneous food intake of 14 students. The first task was relaxing in a sitting position, the second was reading and summarizing a text and the last was completing a series of memory, attention and vigilance tests on the computer.

A latest research conducted at the University Laval in Quebec has revealed that excessive thinking can add excess pounds.

The researchers observed the food intake of 14 students after they were assigned three different types of tasks. These included relaxing in a sitting position, reading and summarizing a text, and finally, completing a series of memory, attention, and vigilance tests on the computer.

It was found that despite the low energy cost of intellectual work, students consumed 203 more calories after summarizing a text, and 253 more calories after the computer tests as compared to the consumption of calories after relaxing in the sitting position.