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According to a new study, heavy snorers and people with sleep apnea may have more chances of developing memory and thinking problems at younger ages as compared to their well-rested peers.

Researchers said that there is a possibility that treating sleep apnea with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) could delay mental decline. Dr. Ricardo Osorio, lead researcher, a research assistant professor of psychiatry at New York University's Center for Cognitive Neurology said that treatment might not cure the disease, but there is a possibility that it might delay the onset of memory problems.

Jennifer was born to a young Chicago couple, and grew into a beautiful long-lashed child with wavy dark hair, big brown eyes and a yearning, youthful desire to be just like all other girls, but she wasn’t.

Firstly doctors noticed her slightly enlarged genitals, and then discovered that she had testes inside her abdomen and male chromosomes. They started a series of surgeries to make things ‘right’.

Jennifer Pagonis was born intersex. It is an umbrella term for many conditions in which an infant's reproductive anatomy doesn't conform to standard definitions of male or female. It has the physical effects that can be subtle, or very obvious.

Sandoz, a Novartis company, announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Glatopa, which the first generic alternative version for Teva Pharmaceutical's multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone. According to reports, Glatopa has been approved as treatment for multiple sclerosis.

After the approval, now the subsidiary of Novartis could market the drug. According to reports, Sandoz developed the new drug in partnership with Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company based in Massachusetts. The drug will be helpful in treating patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Some patients with severe MS lose the ability to walk independently or at all.

Risks associated with consumption of sugary beverages have been discussed in many previous studies. It has been found in most of the studies that these beverages increase the risk of many health conditions or make previously existing ones worse.

A new study, which has been published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, has seen the issue from a different point.

It is a question whether consuming sugary beverages suppress cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone, which is associated with both stress and weight gain. It was found by researchers that drinks sweetened with aspartame were not having the same stress-relieving effect; however ones that consisted of regular sugar helped relieve stress, especially in women.

A report by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control has revealed that nearly 59,000 people succumb to rabies transmitted by dogs every year. Among the people suffering from rabies, the individuals residing in the poorer regions are the worst affected.

The report authors have said that there is a need to do more to vaccinate dogs, especially in low-income countries. Also, it is very important to provide vaccines for bite victims at affordable prices. So many people unnecessarily die of rabies when it is almost 100% preventable.

The report has mentioned that the infection can be present in all mammals, but more than 99% of all human deaths from rabies are attributable to bites of domestic dogs.

Japanese researchers carried out a research in which they observed 30 dog owners and their pets, and found that when they looked into each others' eyes, there was a surge of oxytocin hormone.

Oxytocin is the hormone associated with love and attachment, which acts as an agent to bond parents and children.

Researchers found that the longer they locked eyes, the more oxytocin was released. When they give the dogs extra doses of oxytocin through nasal spray, the female dogs started gazing at their owners even more than before, although the male dogs did not.