After decades of battling depression, former soldier Betty Ann Archer finally flew to New Delhi to complete her gender transition, one of a growing number of foreigners heading to India for budget sex-change operations. Born Dale Archer, the 64-year-old American said she felt trapped in the wrong body right from the start, recalling secretly trying on her mother’s dresses as a boy-much to the…

Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk — irrespective of whether that came from the babies’ own mothers or donated by other women — during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk, says a study.   “The brains of babies born before their due dates usually are not fully developed,” said…

Have you ever been bullied in school, college or social media? A new study shows that the combined effect of both face-to-face and cyber-bullying may increase the risk of aggressive behaviour in teenagers. These teenagers were twice as likely to show aggressive behaviours themselves like verbal hostility, physical fighting and damaging property. Teenagers who were victims of both face-to-face and…

Growing up, I never really questioned my sexual behavioral patterns. I remember being a 21-year-old (ultra-naive) undergraduate wanting to meet ‘the one’ so I could lose my virginity to him and be with him forever and ever. Well, I did meet ‘the one’ and we had sex; six months later, we broke up. I guess he wasn’t really ‘the one’ – nor were the others…

Whether you agree or not, more frequent action in the bedroom can indeed power a healthy relationship, new research suggests. The more often couples have sex, the more strongly they associate their partners with positive attributes, the study found. ‘We found that the frequency with which couples have sex has no influence on whether or not they report being happy with their relationship, but…

Parents, take note! Infants who eat rice and rice products - typical first foods for babies - may have higher urinary arsenic concentrations than those who do not, a new US study has warned. Arsenic exposure from rice is a concern for infants and children, researchers said. Previous research suggests that arsenic exposure in utero - and early in life - may be associated with adverse effects on foetal…

A team of international tobacco control experts has found that use of e-cigarettes can reduce overall smoking as well as potentially decrease the mortality rates particularly arising out of cigarette smoking. The findings showed that e-cigarettes have the potential to counteract health risks and may do more benefit than harm. Also, the evidence suggests a strong potential for e-cigarettes use to improve…

Lack of sleep will not only alter your mood and make your days drowsy, sleep loss can also influence cholesterol metabolism (good cholesterol), affecting blood vessels in your body.   According to University of Helsinki researchers, genes which participate in the regulation of cholesterol transport are less active in persons suffering from sleep loss than with those getting sufficient sleep.…

Esthema there are problems or asthma, they always keep in their neighborhood is inahelala. Because at any time they may experience shortness of breath. He may be a hazard if it is not in front of the inhaler. However, if you do not make mistakes with the inhaler approach to be some unnecessary fear. It is discussed below are: Sit sustha. But do not try to sleep. After the increase in respiratory and…

The government has confirmed the first case of Zika virus in Bangladesh in a sexagenarian man from Chittagong. Health Minister Zaid Maleque made the confirmation at a press conference held at the secretariat after a meeting on preparations to fight dengue yesterday. The World Health Organization on Feb. 1 declared the Zika virus outbreak to be a global public health emergency, citing a "strongly…

Panama is a child born with a brain disorder believed to have been registered Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such case outside Brazil in the current outbreak. Traces of the mosquito-born virus were found in the baby's umbilical cord. The baby had been born with an underdeveloped brain, a condition known as microcephaly, which health experts suspect is linked to the virus.The Panamanian…

Volunteers who used this approach were 25% more likely to remain abstinent half a year from the date that they give up than smokers who tried to gradually wean themselves off instead. Make a promise, set a date and stick to it, it advises.And sticking to the "not a drag" rule can really help too.  The NHS says that picking a convenient date to quit is important. "Whenever you find…