Washington, Mar 5: A new study has confirmed what many people already believed: having faith in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress.

According to the University of Toronto research, the brains of believers and non-believers work differently under stress.

In the research led by Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, participants performed a Stroop task - a well-known test of cognitive control - while hooked up to electrodes that measured their brain activity.

Washington, Mar 5 : A new study has found that older women who take daily naps are at a greater risk of dying.

Researchers have found that women who reported napping daily were 44 percent more likely to die from any cause while 58 percent more likely to die from cardiovascular causes

Also 59 percent were more likely to die from non-cardiovascular, non-cancer causes.

The study involving 8,101 Caucasian women aged 69 and older that showed that those who reported sleeping between 9-10 hours per 24-hour period also had a greater risk of mortality compared to those who slept between 8-9 hours.

The association was strongest for cardiovascular-related mortality.

Washington, Mar 5: Chronic kidney disease can put patients with irregular heartbeat at an increased stroke risk, suggests a new study.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente have found that chronic kidney disease quadruples the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) the most common type of heart arrhythmia.

Keep those calf muscles toned and energy levels high as Runners For Life comes back with another edition of their run, this time with a cause in mind

It’s not just about staying healthy – running comes with a big list of benefits. It’s perhaps one of the most therapeutic treatments for the mind.

Washington, March 5 : Talking on the mobile phone while travelling is dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians, according to two American studies.

Led by Rutgers Universtiy researchers in Newark, New Jersey, the studies have shown that whether travellers use the phone while driving or while walking, it is increasing the deaths of pedestrians as well as those of drivers and passengers.

Economics Professor Peter D. Loeb, lead author of the studies, has recommended crackdowns on cell use by both pedestrians and drivers.

Hong Kong  - Two men have been arrested in Hong Kong for selling unregistered "electronic cigarettes" that promoters claim can help smokers quit the habit, health officials said Thursday.

The arrests came after Hong Kong's Department of Health found the devices which atomise nicotine into an aerosol with no burning involved on sale in a shop in the city's Sham Shui Po district.

The men, aged 52 and 60, were arrested in a raid Wednesday and were later released on bail and ordered to report back to police in May, a department spokesman said.

Officials seized atomisers and smoke cartridges which are widely touted on internet sites as a safe alternative to normal cigarettes.