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A recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics has answered one of the most important parental dilemmas today, viz., impact of children playing computer games vis-a-vis outdoor games. The study demonstrated a negative impact of screen time on neurodevelopmental outcomes, i.e., development of brain and its function, in young children. Higher screen time (>1 hour/day) at […]

An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT has been released last year and has already become the talk of the town! Literature on this tool abounds, highlighting the potential ability of conversational AI to revolutionize medical writing, research, and publishing domains, like other data-driven functional domains, by helping humans in creating accurate and consistent documents

A 3-paper series on breastfeeding was recently published by The Lancet, highlighting the importance of breastfeeding in child development and various factors influencing a woman’s decision to breastfeed for a desired time period, and how breastfeeding is undermined in today’s scenario by the government and public health and exploited by the commercial milk formula (CMF)

An effective way to reduce weight is to reduce the size and frequency of meals rather than intermittent fasting, as per the results of a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Limiting the frequency of large-sized and medium-sized meals is more beneficial than restricting the eating windows. Additionally, it was

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal, confirmed that a combination of healthy lifestyle factors (healthy diet, no smoking/drinking, regular physical exercise, cognitive activities, and active social contact) were associated with a slower rate of memory decline in older people with normal cognitive function. Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss even in individuals who

A recent study published in the journal, Nutrients has unmasked a strong correlation between high intake of sugary beverages (sodas/soft drinks, juice with added sugar, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweet milk, sweet tea/coffee) and male-pattern hair loss (MPHL) in young men! Participants with MPHL reported a high consumption of deep-fried food, sugar, honey, sweets, and ice

A new study published in The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, demonstrated the health benefits of adding yoga to routine exercise schedule followed by patients with hypertension. The study confirmed that the overall effect of yoga on cardiovascular health and wellbeing was better than stretching exercises. Yoga not only reduced systolic blood pressure (BP) and resting

A recent study published in the journal, Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, reported that 5-minute walking breaks between prolonged sitting hours could reduce cardiometabolic risk. Walking breaks taken every 30 or 60 minutes of sitting periods reduced blood pressure (BP) as well as blood glucose. Decrease in blood glucose was more pronounced with

A recent study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery highlights the efficacy of olfactory training in restoration of lost sense of smell due to COVID-19-associated post-viral olfactory dysfunction (PVOD). Smelling essential oils stimulates healing and regrowth of the nerves necessary for message transmission to the brain. A greater improvement in smelling power was observed when

Heavy consumption (2 or more cups/day) of coffee but not green tea among subjects with severe hypertension (Grade 2 and 3; blood pressure [BP] ≥160/100 mmHg) resulted in doubling of the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality compared to those with normal or high normal BP and Grade 1 hypertension, as per the results of