According to a new study, the total data usage through mobile data traffic rose by an impressive 54 per cent between December 2011 and June 2012 in India.

The report by Nokia Siemens Networks said that the increase in data usage on mobile phones is mainly due to recent reduction in 3G tariff prices by the telecom service providers in the country. The reduction in tariffs by service providers for faster 3G services has resulted in more users consuming more data than slower 2G network.

According to a new study, an antibacterial agent, called triclosan, which is commonly used in various house hold products including soaps, face washes and toothpaste may cause muscle problems.

The researchers say that 'Triclosan' may interfere with the process by which muscles receive signals from the brain. They conducted tests on mice and fish and found that the substance caused reduced muscle strength including heart function. The fish were unable to swim normally after they were exposed to the antibacterial.

According to a new research, young people who perceive themselves as fat persons are more likely to grow fat than those who do not perceive themselves as fat.

Researchers from Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that teens who see themselves as fat even if they are not overweight, may grow up to be fat adults. This is related to psychosocial stress, which is related to expanding waist.

According to a survey, only about 21 per cent of the graduates of master in business administration (MBA) were employable.

A new report by MBAUniverse. com and MeritTrac on employability of MBAs in 2012 showed the shocking results. The survey was conducted across the nation and covered 2,264 MBAs from 29 cities and 100 B-Schools. The participants were asked to appear for tests by recruiters.

Canada based Research group Veritas has issued a research report about Indiabulls group. The report has suggested investors to fight a legal battle as the company management was following dubious accounting practices.

The stock price of various companies under Indiabulls group crashed between 5-10 per cent during the trading session. Veritas report claims that the public shareholders were at the losing end in the merger deal of Indiabulls Infra with Indiabulls Power.

Scientists have found that a disrupted DNA in cells may be the reason why females tend to outlive males in much of the animal species including human beings.

Researchers from Monash University in Australia and Lancaster University in the UK found that male fruit flies contained mutations in their mitochondrial DNA affecting their age and life. Scientists conducted the study on fruit flies because their biological processes are very similar to that in other animals including human beings.

According to a new study, experts are unnecessarily putting pressure on the parents by telling them that newborns must sleep the night.

Several baby advisers tell parents that babies should doze off 12 weeks. However, it was fond that only about a quarter of the babies start sleeping at night when then are 12 weeks old. About 16 per cent of the parents said that children at the age of 2 also wake up sometimes during the night.

Researchers have suggested that specific stem cells within tumors result in the persistent growth of cancer. The cancer tumors reduce with medical treatment but it might comeback. Three studies on three different types of tumors indicate that cancers are fueled by stem cells that are not destroyed by chemotherapy medicines. Experts said that the new research could change the direction of the research in the field.

According to a new research study, continuing to work in late stages of pregnancy by some women pose a higher risk to their children.

The researchers at the University of Essex said that working in late stages of pregnancy is as bad as smoking. They warned that women who work up till their due dates are more likely to have underweight babies. They studied data from data from two earlier studies in the UK and one in the US.

According to a new research, eating just two apples a day can help women protect against the risks of heart disease by reducing their cholesterol levels.

Researchers at Florida State University in the US said that apples can significantly reduce cholesterol levels and blood fat levels in postmenopausal women. It was found that eating fruit for a period of six months can reduce cholesterol by almost a quarter

Experts have said that reducing the amount of salt consumed by the people could reduce the number of stomach cancer cases.

According to an estimate, about 14 per cent of stomach cancers in the UK can be avoided if the salt consumption is reduced to recommended levels. Average consumption of salt in the UK is 8.6 grams each a day, which is much higher than the maximum level recommended by health experts in the country.

According to a new study in the Netherlands, children, who are severely obese, put their heart at the danger even when they are still in primary school.

Researchers at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam say that even as heart problems are common in middle aged people, they detected early warning signs in severely obese children between the ages of 2 and 12. They said that about two-thirds of the 307 children studied in the research showed one early symptom such as high blood pressure.

Researchers in the UK have found a link between consuming too much salt and number of stomach cancers.

According to an estimate, about 14 per cent of stomach cancers in the UK can be avoided if the salt consumption is reduced to recommended levels. Average consumption of salt in the UK is 8.6 grams each a day, which is much higher than the maximum level recommended by health experts in the country.

According to a new study, the global super-rich elite’ had as much as $21 trillion hidden in offshore secret tax heavens around the world.

The report, ‘The Price of Offshore Revisited’ has been written by a former chief economist at the consultancy McKinsey, James Henry for the Tax Justice Network. The report estimates that the global private financial wealth in offshore accounts to about US $ 32 trillion. The figure excludes non-financial assets like real estate, gold, yachts and racehorses.

According to a new study, being physically inactive could be as dangerous as smoking and that inactivity now causes as many deaths worldwide as smoking or obesity.

The researchers found that as many as 63 per cent of people in the UK did not meet the minimum recommended levels of physical activity. The figure is among the highest in the world and indicates that several people are living unhealthy lifestyles.

According to a survey conducted by the General Medical Council (GMC), about 1 in every 10 junior doctors is concerned about the safety of patients at their training places.

They said that patient safety might be compromised in accident and emergency wards where doctors have to work at speed and are under pressure. The survey by GMC also found that almost 8,000 junior doctors were forced to open with clinical problems that are beyond their competence or experience.

According to a new research, increasing the number of hours of watching Television by children could affect their athletic ability in adulthood.

The study that was conducted in Canada showed that every extra hour of Television per week add half a millimetre to waist circumference and reduce muscle fitness in children. Researchers looked at data from TV habits of 1,314 children.

According to researchers, parents, who believe in including intensive parenthood or whose lives revolve around their children, face the risk of several types of mental illnesses including depression.

Researchers at the University of Mary Washington, Virginia in the US studied responses from 181 women with children under five and concluded that intensive parenting had damaged their health. Psychologists say that `helicopter parenting', which is a phenomenon where mothers are excessively involved in the children's lives, could leave the child unable to cope with several experiences.

As many as one million employees in the UK are found to be having drugs in their system, according to a new report on narcotic use.

The study by drug and alcohol screening firm Concateno found that one in 30 employees tested previous year had drugs in their systems. It was found that drug usage rose 43 per cent from 2007 from 2.26 per cent to 3.23 per cent of the total workforce of the UK in 2011.

According to a new research, the emotional state of the brain results in different responses by people to similar injuries.

Emotions are the reason why some people suffer more pain while others recover quickly from some injuries, according to the scientists. Brain scans have shown how chronic pain emerge as a response to emotional reaction to injuries.

It was found that the process with the interaction between two brain regions; frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. Lead scientist Professor Vania Apakarian, from Northwestern University in Chicago, said that the injury itself is not enough to explain the pain and ongoing pain is linked to the emotions.