Washington, Jan. 8  : Researchers have suggested that the belief that e-cigarettes pose less health risk could lead to increased experimentation among young adults.

Investigators from the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota surveyed 1379 participants from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort who had never used e-cigarettes.

The initial baseline survey explored their opinions about e-cigarettes and their effect on health relative to cigarettes or their usefulness as an aid to stop smoking. Then, a follow-up survey conducted one year later asked participants if they had experimented with e-cigarettes.

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New York, Jan 6 : Everyone wants to stay in the pink of health and it all starts from watching your diet.  Grab a fruit instead of juice, replace soda with water and see how things work in your body's favour.

Here are some simple food swaps that can be incorporated into your everyday routine to help you lead a healthier life, reports huffingtonpost. com:
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* Choose whole fruit instead of juice: Juice tends to be high in sugar and low in fiber.  Fresh fruit, on the other hand, contains more fiber than the juice and has a higher water content, both are excellent for weight loss.

* Eat whole grains instead of refined

 Image credit: geographyofyouth.org   As it has been pointed out countless times in the media and through anecdotes, millennials in the workplace feel entitled to undeserved promotions and raises, are addicted to their smartphones and job hop every few years. The litany of complaints goes on, but of course no generation is as bad -- or as good -- as reported: Generation X was more than just a bunch of slackers and Baby Boomers' strengths shook off their juvenile delinquent label.

In the case of Generation Y, twenty-somethings bring new perspectives and habits to the workplace that add value to their employers, even though those strengths also carry inherent w

London, Dec 25 : Scientists have found a new strategy to selectively kill pancreatic cancer cells without harming normal cells, a study says.

Scientists from The University of Manchester and part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre believe they have discovered a new way to make chemotherapy treatment more effective for pancreatic cancer patients.
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Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis and limited treatment options and is highly resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

But researchers believe they have found an effective strategy for selectively killing pancreatic cancer while sparing healthy cell

Wellington, Dec 23 : Do you know how the tradition of kissing under mistletoe came about or why fruitcake is the most common Christmas gift?

According to Stuff. co. nz, the custom of kissing underneath mistletoe began in the Victorian era when people believed it lead to marriage and promoted fertility.

Fruit cake became a universal offering for Christmas when it was discovered that plums and cherries could be preserved for a long time by soaking it in large solutions of sugar, which was cheap at the time.

The white stripes on the cherished candy canes represent the purity of Jesus Christ, the three red stripes stand for the Father, the Son, and th

London, Dec 23 : Hold your nerves. It's possible to wipe out bad memories and overcome depression.

Targeted medical intervention can help reduce specific negative memories in depressed patients, according to new research.

The technique, called electro-convulsive (ECT) or electro-shock therapy, induces seizures by passing current into the brain through electrode pads placed on the scalp.

Marijn Kroes, a neuroscientist at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, discovered that by strategically timing ECT bursts, they could target and erase patients' memory of a disturbing phase in his or her life.
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