Using GPS navigation to get to your destination may 'switch off' parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes, a study has found.The study by researchers at University College London(UCL) in the UK involved 24 volunteers navigating a simulation in central London while undergoing brain scans. They investigated activity in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in m..

Women who have taken the oral contraceptive pill are protected from some types of cancer for as long as thirty years, says a new study. The results of the longest-running study in the world for the effects of the contraceptive pill showed that having ever used the pill, women are less likely to have colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer or ovarian cancer than women who had never used the pill. The..

UC SANFRANCISCO Scientist has published a study conducted on MICE in journal "NATURE " that Lung has a complete new role in formation of Platelets from Stem cells .The the researchers found that the lungs produced more than half of the platelets blood components required for the clotting that stanches bleeding in the mouse circulation. In another surprise finding, the scientists also identified..

Is WhatsApp keeping us up way past our bedtime? Answer is yes, say doctors at Bengaluru-based National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans). A study has revealed that the use of the internet for Facebook and WhatsApp is making people put off sleep by more than one and a half hours (100 minutes) every day and leading to sleep apnoea to psychological and neurological disturbances...

Life is difficult enough without having to deal with any kind of disease, but when you are diagnosed with cancer of a similar condition, your whole world in changed. The biggest issue with any kind of malignant tumor diagnosis is that you can end up in a situation that is going to force you to make serious changes in your life. This is not an easy thing to endure and many women all over the world ..