Have you been forking out a fortune in gym fees to try to beat your beer belly? You could have been wasting your hard-earned cash, says Matt Tucker, because Asda think they have the answer to love handles and second tyres… Meet Manx pants: stomach-shrinking body control underwear. Until now, tummy-flattening...

Imagine being able to push back the clock a few years. You come off your accumulated meds, your side effects melt away. You feel healthier, look better, and have tons more energy — in short, you have grown young. It’s a seductive notion, and there’s research that suggests it might be possible....

In search of a way to prevent the muscle wasting that comes with illness and aging, researchers have landed a natural compound that might just do the trick. The findings reported in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, identify a component of apple peels as a promising new drug...

Strange: If a mug of beer calms you down, maybe bathing in a tubful of the stuff—one European brewery offers this service in a beerarium—might destress you even more. Fans of suds-immersion cite beer’s healthy ingredients and skin-softening qualities. But even if you could afford the amount of...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have established a new method to patch a damaged heart using a tissue-engineering platform that enables heart tissue to repair itself. This breakthrough, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is an important step forward in combating...

Exposure to secondhand smoke, even at extremely low levels, is associated with increased blood pressure in boys, according to new research presented May 1, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. Children with elevated blood pressure are at increased risk of having high blood...

Exercises are very important for weight loss. It improves body metabolism, improves blood circulation. Simple exercises for weight loss are Walking: It is easiest and the most effective exercises for overweight individuals. Do walking in the morning as well as in the evening. Walking for 40 minutes 4...

In a new study suggesting pesticides may be associated with the health and development of children, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health have found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides — widely used on food crops — is related...

Smoking may be toxic for employment—thanks to new policies allowing hospitals to reject job applicants if they smoke cigarettes, reports the New York Times. Some applications even explicitly state “tobacco-free hiring” and job seekers are tested for traces of nicotine in their urine. According...

We all get overworked, and we our quick tension headache treatment – a pill which ceases our pain. It is still alright to take one in case headaches and you have a distant relation; but in case you and your headaches are regular friends, then its high time you analyzed your friend. Having headaches...

Most of us think that white teeth are more attractive than dark or stained teeth, and we all know how important first impressions make. So if you have dark or stained teeth and would like to lighten them, read on. discolored teeth can come from environmental, genetic, and iatrogenic causes. Wine, coffee,...