The ear is like a gateway through which we can alter the body's functions without the need for medication or invasive procedures, say scientists. A team of researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Glasgow decided to find out whether they could improve body functions like digestion, sleep pattern and breathing by 'tickling' the vagus nerve of the ear with small waves of electric current. After studying two small groups of participants, researchers concluded that rebalancing&nbsp;the body's control system could&nbsp;improve sleep and mood. They also believed that it might prevent certain age related conditions, including high blood pressure and heart disease. The results are just the tip of the iceberg, but researchers hope to investigate further into the potential long-term benefits of daily ear stimulation.

The ear is like a gateway through which we can alter the body's functions without the need for medication or invasive procedures, say scientists. A team of researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Glasgow decided to find out whether they could improve body functions like digestion, sleep pattern and breathing by 'tickling' the vagus nerve of the ear with small waves of electric current. After studying two small groups of participants, researchers concluded that rebalancing the body's control system could improve sleep and mood. They also believed that it might prevent certain age related conditions, including high blood pressure and heart disease. The results are just the tip of the iceberg, but researchers hope to investigate further into the potential long-term benefits of daily ear stimulation.

Eating a diet of junk food for just one week was enough to damage a part of the brain that signals&nbsp;overeating, suggests a new research by experts at Macquarie University in Sydney.&nbsp;Researchers found that after seven days on a high fat, high added sugar diet, volunteers in their 20s scored worse on memory tests.&nbsp;The findings suggest that a junk food diet makes it harder for people to regulate their appetite and damage to the 'hippocampus'&nbsp;is a possible cause.&nbsp;The hippocampus normally stops us from binging on more food when we are full by suppressing memories of how tasty it is. The phenomenon has been demonstrated for the first time in humans, say researchers.&nbsp;

According to health officials and data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,&nbsp;more than 80% of the coronavirus cases have been mild, with the sick and elderly most at risk. Officials studied&nbsp;more than 44,000 cases of the virus in the biggest study since the outbreak began.&nbsp;The research also points to the high risk to medical staff.&nbsp;The highest fatality rate - 14.8% - is for people aged 80 and older, say experts.&nbsp;The findings put the overall death rate of the Covid-19 virus at 2.3%.

Patients who have recovered from the coronavirus outbreak,&nbsp; are donating their plasma to aid those in serious conditions across China, according to a state media. The&nbsp;National Health Commission stated that convalescent plasma therapy is an important method for effectively treating patients with severe and critical symptoms.&nbsp;The government has called upon cured patients to donate plasma as initial results had indicated the effectiveness of convalescent plasma-derived therapeutic products in curing infected patients in critical conditions.

Gyms and restaurants are mostly deserted in China as millions of people choose to or are forced to stay indoors because of the coronavirus epidemic.&nbsp;Business owners are looking for ways to keep themselves busy till customers venture back.&nbsp;According to a Reuters report, livestreaming&nbsp;has become one of the biggest trends to hit the fitness industry in China&nbsp;with gyms going online to help keep residents fit. A majority of these classes are being offered for free. Most gym owners didn't anticipate that the suspension of business was going to last so long, currently at over three weeks and it is likely to&nbsp;continue to the end of the month.

Death toll from deadly coronavirus has crossed 2000. China&rsquo;s National Health Commission said there was a total of 74,185 confirmed cases as of Tuesday and 2,004 people have died so far. Hubei province reported an additional 132 deaths and 1,693 newly confirmed cases related to the pneumonia-like coronavirus as of the end of Tuesday.&nbsp;Most of the fatalities in Hubei occurred in the city of Wuhan, where the disease was first detected in late December.

According to reports, the&nbsp;Tianjin University of China has developed a rapid diagnosis&nbsp;kit that can identify coronavirus infections&nbsp;in just 15 minutes.&nbsp;The kit has been developed in collaboration with Beijing Biotech company, reportedly.&nbsp;A 'fast test card' detects the virus and could accelerate&nbsp;on-site screening.&nbsp;The kit is undergoing clinical trials and will be sent to the health regulator for approval.

In a bid to encourage blood donations, a restaurant in Mangaluru&nbsp;offers 'free biryani' to those who donate blood. Utada Mane works in collaboration with the KMC blood bank and has been conducting this drive for the last&nbsp;six years. This year too, they organised a blood donation camp from the 8th to the 14th of February and encouraged visitors to participate.&nbsp;

The Director-General of the World Health Organization shared in a recent conference in Geneva that the organisation&nbsp;is working day and night to combat the deadly coronavirus. From training health workers to sending testing kits to labs across the globe and ensuring regular supply from manufacturers, the organisation stated that they have a window of opportunity but need the resources now.&nbsp;He also said that as more data comes in from China, officials are beginning to understand the outbreak, how it's developing and where it could be headed.

Fast food companies in China like&nbsp;McDonald&rsquo;s and Starbucks have set up &ldquo;contactless&rdquo; pickup and delivery services to keep their workers and customers safe amid the deadly coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak.&nbsp;Customers can order remotely and employees seal the meals in bags and put them in a special spot for pickup without human contact. For delivery orders, drivers drop packages at building entrances, disinfect their delivery bags and wash their hands more frequently. All delivery people have their temperature taken daily as fever is one of the main symptoms of infection.&nbsp;Starbucks suggests customers order coffee via its app and then wait outside its caf&eacute;s until they get a pick-up notice.&nbsp;If they do enter Starbucks locations, customers have their temperature taken at the door.&nbsp;

Th National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States has revealed new, detailed images of the novel coronavirus as seen under laboratory&nbsp;microscopes.&nbsp;The digitally colorized images illustrate the crown-like appearance of the virus and show&nbsp;how the virus replicates and emerges from the surface of cells.&nbsp;The spikes on the surface of coronaviruses give this virus family its name &ndash; corona, which is Latin for &ldquo;crown". The deadly virus has killed over 1700 people and infected more than&nbsp;70,000 people globally.&nbsp;

A popular weight-loss drug&nbsp;Belviq, manufactured by a Japanese company Eisai Inc., has been voluntarily pulled off the shelves after the US Food and Drug Administration pointed out its risk in elevating cancer. While Eisai Inc disagreed with US FDA's analysis, they did undertake a voluntary recall. In a study, FDA found that 7.7% of people who took Belviq were diagnosed with cancer either of the lung or pancreas. The FDA, however, clarified that there was no need to get screened for cancer for whoever took belviq as the risk was for those with extended use of the drug. The drug is often used by people with a Body Mass Index of 30 and above.&nbsp;

65-year-old dog lover, Linda Munkley from Wales claims that her two German Shepherd dogs saved her life as they helped detect her breast cancer. According to a report in&nbsp;The Mirror, Linda noticed that the dogs kept sniffing her chest area and strangely they kept doing it for about two months. The dog lover then noticed a lump in one of her breasts and was diagnosed with breast cancer.

A new Nielsen company study shows an explosive growth in the time spent streaming television in the US. The study shows that&nbsp;&nbsp;consumers have embraced streaming as an alternative to live TV and services like&nbsp;Netflix&nbsp;account for 19% of television viewing. The percentage has gone up from 10% in March 2018 to 19% in the last three months of 2019.&nbsp;More than half of the consumers with the capacity to stream,&nbsp; subscribe to two or more services, Nielsen found. And, in a survey, 93% said that they planned to either increase or maintain that number.&nbsp;Smartphone usage accounts for virtually all of the increase. People spent just under four hours a day on their phones, compared to 2 hours, 31 minutes in the last three months of 2018.&nbsp;

Death toll in China from coronavirus has gone up to 1,631 with 143 new fatalities reported from all over the country, Chinese health officials said on Saturday. Hubei Province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 2,420 new confirmed cases and 139 new deaths on Friday, China's National Health Commission said. Two deaths were reported from Henan and one each from Beijing and Chongqing.&nbsp;The latest report brought the total confirmed cases in Hubei province to 54,406 cases. The total number of cases in China have gone up to 67,535.

Almost 300,000 children globally are diagnosed with cancer every year, says the WHO. But, there are some NGOs&nbsp;working to ease the burden on these children and their families and bring back their smiles.&nbsp;
1. St. Jude India ChildCare Centre operates in 8 cities including Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. It aims to provide&nbsp;cost-free, holistic care during the treatment. Safe accommodation, transport to medical centres and recreational activities are provided by the organisation.&nbsp;
2.&nbsp;CanKids...KidsCan&nbsp;is a Delhi-based family support group working for the welfare of child cancer fighters as well as their families. Through their Go Gold India campaign, the organisation aims to make childhood cancer a child health priority in India.&nbsp;
3. 'Bringing happiness back to our children' is the motive behind the Butterfly Cancer Care Foundation. They work to help pediatric cancer patients from less-&nbsp;privileged families in India. They provide financial, clinical, educational, logistics and moral support through their team of professionals and students from across the globe.&nbsp;
4. Spiritual and educational support are the main agendas of the&nbsp;Samiksha foundation in Bengaluru. The organisation provides a space away from the hospital where children with cancer can learn and unlearn through creative activities.&nbsp;
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Sitting&nbsp;for too long has been associated with heart disease and diabetes, and now, a new study published in the renowned journal Lancet Psychiatry, has linked it to increased risk of depressive symptoms in adolescents. Lead author&nbsp;Aaron Kandola from University College London shared that&nbsp;young people who are inactive for a long time during a day face a&nbsp;greater risk of depression by the age of 18.&nbsp;The study also found that it's not just more intense forms of activity that are good for your mental health,&nbsp;but any degree of physical activity that can reduce the time&nbsp;we spend&nbsp;sitting&nbsp;down is likely to be beneficial. The study is based on data from over 4,000 adolescents.&nbsp;
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People who stay active tend to be happier, says a new study by Yale and Oxford scientists published in the renowned Lancet journal. Scientists collected data about the physical behavior, income and mental mood of over 1.2 million people.&nbsp;The study found that physical activity contributes to better mental well-being than having a lot of money and being inactive.&nbsp;According to the study, three to five training sessions, each lasting between 30 to 60 minutes, are ideal per week.&nbsp;The scientists also noticed that certain sports that involve socializing &mdash; such as team sports &mdash; can have more of a positive effect on your mental health than others.
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Thailand has become the latest country to reject the&nbsp;Westerdam cruise ship entry to its ports over coronavirus&nbsp;fears. Over 2,000 passengers and crew are now desperate to disembark after almost two weeks at sea. Ports in Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Guam sent it away earlier, according to the WHO. Health authorities may try to board the ship to assess passengers&rsquo; health.&nbsp;The refusal and quarantine of cruise ships are the latest efforts by governments around the world to contain the outbreak. Carnival&rsquo;s Diamond Princess and its 3,700 passengers are&nbsp;quarantined&nbsp;in the port of Yokohama as authorities struggle with an increasing number of infections on board.

After reviewing 11 years of published, scientific studies, the US Food and Drug Administration states that there&rsquo;s no obvious health risk posed by exposure to radio waves from&nbsp;mobile phones. The new report says that there&rsquo;s no conclusive evidence and no consistent pattern that supports concerns about tumors or cancer. The US&nbsp;FDA continues to urge researchers to conduct live studies on animals and humans, as well as shift some of the focus from the general population to subsets of people who many be predisposed to tumor risk.

The number of deaths from deadly coronavirus has reached 1110 not with close to 43000 infected by the pathogen that has wreaked havoc in China. According to WHO, there have been 393 cases of coronavirus in 24 countries outside China with 1 death. The WHO has now given an official name COVID-19 to novel coronavirus. The world health body also hoped that vaccine for new coronavirus "COVID-19" could be ready in 18 months

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