Washington, Nov 7 : A professor at the Colorado State University has shed positive light on the nature of bacteria and infections, by claiming that the micro-organisms are crucial for a healthy lif

Washington, Nov 7: A recent health study has found that older, obese adults are more likely to suffer disability in present times than a decade ago.

The study was conducted at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and involved 9,928 people age 60 years.

The study revealed that obesity, which had become more common among older people today, was having an increasingly profound impact on their day-to-day activities and overall health.

The recent research has challenged the earlier studies that say that obese populations had actually become healthier since the 1960s. While other obesity-related risk factors – such as high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol – had declined.

Washington, November 7 : A study on mice has hinted that individual brain chemistry and genes may be key to understanding why some people become addicted to nicotine and why nicotine’s effects appe

Islamabad, Nov 7 : US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson has asked Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retired) Qazi Muhammad Farooq to announce the schedule for general elections as so

Washington, Nov 6 : The Bush administration might have suspended defence talks with Pakistan and is also reviewing the military aid being given to Islamabad, but a break with President General Perv

Washington, Nov 6 : A recent study has identified a molecule that may help predict which breast cancer will develop into an advanced form more accurately.