MEDICINE & HEALTH

EndoPil: The Holy Grail in Weight-Control?

Researchers in Singapore have developed EndoPil, a self-inflating weight-control pill that overcomes the limitations associated with endoscopically administered intragastric balloons.

Mediterranean Diet Could Possibly Curb Obesity

Monkeys show a new way of properly dieting. In a study on crab-eating macaques, a team of researchers at Wake Forest University found that the primates on a humanlike Mediterranean diet chose not to eat all the food available to them and maintained a normal weight; by comparison, the animals on a Western diet ate far more than they needed and gained weight; the study also provided the first experimental evidence that a Mediterranean diet protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, compared with a Western diet.

Smelling Begins On the Tongue, Not the Brain, Study Says

The human taste cells contain many vital molecules known to be present in olfactory receptors The functional olfactory receptors, the sensors that detect odors in the nose, are also present in human taste cells found on the tongue, according to a report by scientists from the Monell Center.

Keep Your Cats Indoors For Its Safety and Yours

Pet cats that are allowed outdoors can be infected with parasites and pathogens Pet cats that are allowed to go out of the house are likely to become infected with parasites or pathogens about three times more than those that are confined inside the house as reported in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

How Do We Estimate Time?

People are unconsciously aware of time they spend in doing certain activities. This is how this happens.

How Organ Transplant Works

Vital organs like the heart and kidney, can basically be donated and transplanted into a patient's body. Here are details of this intricate procedure.

6 Ways Men and Women Are Different At the Place of Work

Men and women are different in many ways in their thought processes, response to surroundings etc. Speaking generally, both genders have their own inclinations on their thought processes. It would be extremely interesting to know how they differ at the workplace.
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