Owning a dog doesn't lead to happiness
2024-09-06 14:05:33 Owning a dog doesn’t make a person happy. Researchers were staggered to find that people who have pooches reported higher levels of depression and anxiety, contradicting the idea…
Eating fish during pregnancy cuts child autism risk
2024-09-06 14:13:07 Eating fish during pregnancy can reduce a child’s risk of autism by 20 per cent. The team suggested that eating seafood while expecting is beneficial for the child…
Wearing glasses can protect people against dementia
2024-09-06 14:17:45 Wearing glasses can ward off dementia. Experts at Johns Hopkins University in the US have estimated that unfixed vision problems play a role in 19 per cent of…
High-energy exercise improves a man's performance in the bedroom
2024-09-09 14:02:24 High-intensity exercise can help men in the bedroom. A study has found that just seven minutes of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) each day reduced symptoms of premature ejaculation…
Metal present in chocolate could cause dementia
2024-09-09 14:04:16 A metal found in chocolate can increase the risk of dementia. A connection has been discovered between cadmium and memory problems for the first time by scientists in…
Sick children get better faster when visited by hospital clowns
2024-09-09 14:10:38 Clowns can help children recover from illness. Scientists have found that youngsters seriously unwell in hospital with pneumonia got better faster when they were visited by a face-painted…
Banana milkshakes can help people sleep
2024-09-09 14:12:59 Banana milkshake is the key to a good night’s sleep. Researchers found that people got to sleep faster and slept for longer if they treated themselves to the…
Vaping wreaks havoc on a young person's lungs
2024-09-10 14:03:28 Vaping does as much damage as smoking to a young person’s lungs. A study has compared both vapers and smokers in an exercise test and found that both…
Covid accelerated ageing in teenage brains
2024-09-10 14:09:18 Teenage brains aged rapidly during the coronavirus lockdown. Social isolation and the restrictions imposed by health measures during the global crisis have been found to have accelerated the…
Company sets out to build 'millions' of robots that can do household chores
2024-09-10 14:11:10 A company plans to build “millions” of robots to eliminate the need for humans to do chores. Robotics firm 1X have created the humanoid prototype NEO Beta that…
