Sleep deprivation causes one to derive greater pleasure in eating unhealthy food while also increasing one’s appetite, says a new study published in the journal SLEEP. So, if you want to lose weight, and you are one prone to sleep deprivation, you know what to do – sleep more! Numerous studies have shown that sleep deprivation is
Day: March 3, 2016
Mobile Phone Addiction Linked With Depression & Anxiety
Being addicted to one’s mobile phone and Internet has been linked with mental health issues like depression and anxiety disorders in a new paper published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour. Addiction to anything at all is never good; being addicted to one’s mobile phone is no exception. Cellphone use as to the motivation
Microorganism Uses ‘Human’ Immune System Strategies
A microorganism – a social amoeba – using ‘human’ immune system strategies has been documented in a new paper published in Nature Communications. Two immune system strategies that have hitherto been documented in humans and higher animals only have now been discovered in a social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum, a unicellular organism thriving in the soils