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Top 15 most fuel efficient cars in India

Chanchal Pal Chauhan, ET Bureau | Jun 23, 2014, 09.45AM IST
If you are planning to buy a car and fuel efficiency is what you are looking for, consider Honda. Honda Car’s newest generation City is the least thirsty among the cars manufactured and sold in India, followed by Amaze, another sedan from the Japanese auto maker. Local market leader Maruti Suzuki doesn’t have any of its models on the list of the top 15 fuel-efficient cars that ET has prepared based on data announced by auto makers.

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5 reasons why Pineapple are good for you

5 reasons why Pineapple are good for you

New Delhi: Summers are here with all their heat, sweat and high humidity levels leaving you exhausted and de-energised. To beat the heat, pineapple is one of the best food packed with anti-oxidants.

Its anti-oxidant properties not just helps fight against diseases like atherosclerosis, heart diseases, and various cancers, but also aids digestion and boosts immune system to save you from this scorching heat.

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Food addiction is for real

Food addiction is for rea

London: Do you experience food craving just by looking at images of delectable food items regardless of how recently you had eaten? Check if your are overweight.

“Some people may have an instinctive, psychological predisposition to binge eating,” said Claus Voegele, a professor of clinical and health psychology at University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg.

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Your dermatologist’s guide to body odour!

odour. Although it just happens somehow causing us shame, discomfort and stress because of its unpredictability and recurrence.

Yet few know what causes it. But worry not, as American Board Certified Dr Kiran Lohia MD, and Medical Director of Lumiere Dermatology, New Delhi, comes to your help and tells you all about it – causes, treatment and prevention, so you can suffer no more! Read below to learn more about this thwarting odour.

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Your dermatologist’s guide to body odour!

odour. Although it just happens somehow causing us shame, discomfort and stress because of its unpredictability and recurrence.

Yet few know what causes it. But worry not, as American Board Certified Dr Kiran Lohia MD, and Medical Director of Lumiere Dermatology, New Delhi, comes to your help and tells you all about it – causes, treatment and prevention, so you can suffer no more! Read below to learn more about this thwarting odour.

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Top skin care tips for the monsoon season

New Delhi: We all love the good things that monsoon brings, be it the cloudy weather, the cool breeze gently caressing you, the rain drops or the hot tea.

But, don’t just get lost in this ‘dreamy’ picture, but also devote your attention towards the downside of this humid weather. Come rains, keep your skin flawless by figuring out what your skin needs and follow your skin care regime religiously.

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Health benefits of Jamun (Black plum)

New Delhi: Jamun, popularly known as the black plum is a fruit loaded with several nutrients and has many health benefits. Glucose and fructose are the major sugars found in this summer fruit, it is also laden with minerals and has fewer calories as compared to other fruits.

It has various medicinal properties some of which are listed below:

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Five simple steps for feather soft hands

Step 1- If you have sensitive skin use a gentle scrub, else you can opt for a normal one.Dab it on your skin with a few drops of water, rub it and massage it well in circular motion. Then wash your hands in lukewarm water.

Step 2- Apply deep moisturising cream and massage well.

Step 3- Use cotton gloves or simply wrap your hands with a cotton handkerchief and keep it on till morning.

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New hope for people battling depression

Washington: Researchers have discovered a small molecule that predicts treatment response for depressed patients.

According to researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute, levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals.

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Beneficial effects of Bitter Gourd

Bitter gourd is a popular vegetable in some Asian countries and looks like a cucumber but with gourd-like bumps all over it. The bitterness of this gourd might turn some people away from it but it can really sweeten your health because it helps in preventing disease and health promoting phyto-chemical compounds.

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Health benefits of cucumber

New Delhi: Summer is here with all its heat, sweat and high humidity levels leaving you exhausted. Its time now to deck up your refrigerators with food that would be soothing to you in this summer heat. One such food is cucumber. It has immense health benefits. It has low calories in it and keeps you cool and hydrated in this scorching heat.

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Maternal deaths falling, but not fast enough: WHO

Geneva: Global maternal deaths have fallen sharply in recent decades, but women in sub-Saharan Africa are still by far the most likely to perish while pregnant, the World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Friday.

Fresh WHO statistics show the number of maternal deaths worldwide fell to 289,000 last year, down 45 per cent from 1990, when an estimated 523,000 women died during pregnancy or childbirth.

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New method to make latent HIV reveal itself identified

Washington: Researchers have identified a new way to make latent HIV reveal itself, which could help overcome one of the biggest obstacles to finding a cure for HIV infection.

Leor Weinberger, PhD, Associate Investigator in the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology and senior author of the study, said understanding how to reactivate latent HIV is one of the major challenges we must overcome in order to find a cure for HIV.

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What puts mother and child at greater risk for preterm birth

Washington: Researchers have demonstrated that women who have shorter birth spacing between the last delivery and their next conception have shorter pregnancy lengths, which puts mother and child at a greater risk for preterm birth.

The study also shows that African-American women have shorter intervals of birth spacing and higher preterm births overall.

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Amazing health benefits of Watermelon

In this hot summer season, there is nothing better than juicy and thirst quenching red slices of watermelon. It is not only delicious but also very nutritious.

Watermelon has citrulline, an amino acid, which converts into arginine with help from the kidneys. It helps to reduce the accumulation of fat in our fat cells. Citrulline has the ability to block the activity of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase which makes our fat cells create less fat.

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Why e-ciggies are so ‘cool’ revealed

Washington: Researchers have taken a look into the popularity of e-cigarettes.
Michael Steinberg of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in the USA, leader of a pilot study about the perception and use of these nicotine delivery devices, said that was in their marketing – they are simply “cooler” than nicotine inhalers.

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Physically fit kids have ‘superior language skills

Washington: Researchers have claimed that kids who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers.

According to the researchers who did a study using the top fitness trackers for kids over a 3-6 month period, new findings do not prove that higher fitness directly influences the changes seen in the electrical activity of the brain but offer a potential mechanism to explain why fitness correlates so closely with better cognitive performance on a variety of tasks.

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Obesity linked with gut bacteria

Melbourne: If you are not obese, thank your stomach bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.A new study has discovered a correlation between prevalence rates for H pylori and obesity.

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Yoga, meditation may not help in curing asthma

Yoga, meditation may not help in curing asthma

New Delhi: A new study suggests that Meditation and Yoga can be of little help in improving asthma.

According to the researchers, yoga can be advised as an alternative to breathing exercises for patients suffering from asthma.

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Hormone leptin may help treat obesity: Study

New York: A new study has revealed that hormone leptin – known to regulate metabolism, appetite and weight – also influences cells other than neurons that control appetite.

The research, published in the June 1 issue of Nature Neuroscience, could lead to development of treatments for metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.

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