HEALTH

Govt institutions, corporate bodies may introduce Yoga breaks

3:09 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Y-break or Yoga break — a 5 minute exercise designed for the workplace to help professionals de-stress and refresh — may soon become part of the schedule at government institutions and corporate bodies. Developed by the Ministry of AYUSH through the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, with inputs from reputed Yoga experts, […]

Hemp Seeds: Healthy and Nutritious Way to Lose Weight

4:39 pm January 13, 2020

New Delhi: ‘How to lose weight fast,’ is one of the most searched terms on the internet. However, those looking to lose weight fast need not go for fad diets anymore. A simple addition of hemp seeds to daily diet can help individuals shed the extra weight quickly and in a healthy way. Rohit Shah, […]

Kids with less fear, desire for social connection may later become antisocial: Study

7:18 pm January 6, 2020

Boston: Young children who showed less fear and desire for social connection, and engaged rarely in copycat behaviour are more likely to exhibit antisocial traits later in life, according to a study which may lead to new psychological interventions for kids. Researchers, including Rebecca Waller of the University of Pennsylvania and Nicholas Wagner of Boston […]

CPWD DG writes to health ministry: ‘Let us develop AIIMS building in Darbhanga’

12:21 pm January 4, 2020

New Delhi: The CPWD, a prime construction agency of the central government, has requested the health ministry to entrust the work of developing AIIMS building in Bihar’s Darbhanga to the agency. In his letter to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare secretary Preeti Sudan, Central Public Works Department Director General Prabhakar Singh said the CPWD […]

NMC begins taking shape, AIIMS’ Professor SC Sharma appointed its first chief

8:58 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: The chief of Delhi AIIMS’ ENT head-neck surgery department, Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma, was on Thursday appointed the chairman of National Medical Commission, the new medical education regulator to replace scam-tainted Medical Council of India, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sharma […]