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Why Love Is Good For Health: 8 Wonderful Benefits

Why Love Is Good For Health: 8 Wonderful Benefits

Rediff.com13 Feb 2026

Love+happiness brings less doctor visits, less anxiety, less stress, quicker healing, all things that are good for your body.

Choose Your Carbs! 7 Best Slow-Release Carbohydrates

Choose Your Carbs! 7 Best Slow-Release Carbohydrates

Rediff.com17 Feb 2026

Slow-release carbohydrates deliver energy at a steady, measured pace rather than all at once.

Get Plum Crazy: 8 Health Benefits

Get Plum Crazy: 8 Health Benefits

Rediff.com20 Dec 2025

There are more than 200 varieties of plums grown across the world but each brings its own flavour and texture, yet all are equally nourishing, no matter their colour or taste, says Cleveland Clinic.

Don't Sit Pretty! 6 Truths About Sitting Longer

Don't Sit Pretty! 6 Truths About Sitting Longer

Rediff.com15 Jan 2026

Following too sedentary a routine is closely linked to weight gain, disrupted blood sugar levels, heart-related conditions, dangerous blood clots and a cluster of metabolic disorders that quietly damage long-term health, continues Harvard Medical School.

You Can Never Have Too Many Carrots: 7 Advantages

You Can Never Have Too Many Carrots: 7 Advantages

Rediff.com4 Feb 2026

Who can say no to crisp, sweet carrots? And to boot they're brimming with nutrients, minerals, fibre, all while being low in calories.

8 Tips To Be Sexually Healthy

8 Tips To Be Sexually Healthy

Rediff.com30 Jan 2026

Healthline indicate a strong connection between raised blood pressure and difficulties with sexual performance. Looking after your cardiovascular system isn't just good for longevity - it also supports intimate wellbeing. Simply put, when your heart thrives, so does your sex life.

8 Ways To DEFEAT Anxiety

8 Ways To DEFEAT Anxiety

Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

Practical tips on getting out of your head and back to your life!

Is Early Rising Good For You?

Is Early Rising Good For You?

Rediff.com21 Jan 2026

Why getting up early is good for your health, as is maintaining a fixed sleep schedule.

8 Healthy Facts About Peas

8 Healthy Facts About Peas

Rediff.com20 Jan 2026

Why you should eat peas.

8 Benefits Of Pomegranate

8 Benefits Of Pomegranate

Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

Half a cup of pomegranate seeds packs only 72 calories, yet brims with heart-friendly nutrients and is rich in antioxidant that calm inflammation.

Is Fasting Oldest Cure In The World?

Is Fasting Oldest Cure In The World?

Rediff.com8 Jan 2026

Fasting refers to deliberately or consciously going without food or beverages -- or avoiding them altogether -- for a fixed length of time to boost health.

8 Tips For Healthy Holiday Eating

8 Tips For Healthy Holiday Eating

Rediff.com24 Dec 2025

Make the most of the festive period with these 8 easy, evidence-based strategies designed to help you keep the extra kilos at bay.

8 Foods Rich In The Healing Vitamin K

8 Foods Rich In The Healing Vitamin K

Rediff.com18 Dec 2025

Vitamin K has a key role in the human body... Where to find it and why you need it.

8 Things You Must Know About Paracetamol

8 Things You Must Know About Paracetamol

Rediff.com23 Dec 2025

Taking paracetamol is something that deserves careful attention and should not be done too casually or too often.

'Grave concerns' about Trump's mental stability: Harvard doctors

'Grave concerns' about Trump's mental stability: Harvard doctors

Rediff.com20 Dec 2016

In the letter addressed to the US president, the doctors -- one from the Harvard Medical School and two others who have been associated with top US varsities over the years - have urged him to order a "full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation" before the President-elect takes office on January 20.

Diabetes Drug Linked To Vision Loss?

Diabetes Drug Linked To Vision Loss?

Rediff.com16 Jul 2024

Study suggested that constant use of Semaglutide may be linked to development of a condition called non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy.

Caste Is Missing In Prohibition Debates

Caste Is Missing In Prohibition Debates

Rediff.com5 Feb 2024

The point made by sociologist M N Srinivas, that it represented a Sanskritic act that was linked to caste, is never raised in Indian debates and the disapproval of drink is almost universal, notes Aakar Patel.

15 simple tips to keep your heart healthy

15 simple tips to keep your heart healthy

Rediff.com30 Sep 2020

Avoid oily foods, processed foods and artificial sugars, suggests nutritionist Anju Katara.

5 tips to improve your mental health in 2020

5 tips to improve your mental health in 2020

Rediff.com12 Jan 2020

Studies have shown that placing others ' well-being ahead of ourselves without expectations or altruistic behaviour, stimulates brain reward centres.

Type 1 Diabetes On Rise In India

Type 1 Diabetes On Rise In India

Rediff.com3 Oct 2022

India on average lost 44.85 years of a lifetime due to Type 1 diabetes in 2021.

'My wife is dating a married man. What do I do?'

'My wife is dating a married man. What do I do?'

Rediff.com29 Nov 2023

rediffGURU Kanchan Rai, founder Let Us Talk, offers advice on how to navigate problems in a relationship.

COVID risk in planes, restaurants can't be compared: Scientists

COVID risk in planes, restaurants can't be compared: Scientists

Rediff.com1 Nov 2020

While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made without knowing if mask-wearing and social distancing norms are properly followed in each of these scenarios.

COVID Deaths: Why India, WHO Are At Loggerheads

COVID Deaths: Why India, WHO Are At Loggerheads

Rediff.com26 Apr 2022

'If deaths had been properly reported, it would have helped contain the pandemic.'

Artificial sweeteners may not help you lose weight

Artificial sweeteners may not help you lose weight

Rediff.com6 Jan 2019

A new study has suggested that non-sugar sweeteners may not necessarily aid you to lose weight.

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to empirical economics'.

5 habits to give up for a healthy life

5 habits to give up for a healthy life

Rediff.com19 Jan 2020

Women who practiced all five habits gained over 10 years of disease-free life, and men who did so gained almost eight years.

SARS-CoV-2 alters lung cell metabolism: IIT Kharagpur

SARS-CoV-2 alters lung cell metabolism: IIT Kharagpur

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

The research would lead to a better understanding of metabolic reprogramming and aid the development of better therapeutics to deal with the viral pandemics, an institute spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Report indicates Wuhan scientists got sick with Covid before outbreak

Report indicates Wuhan scientists got sick with Covid before outbreak

Rediff.com24 May 2021

Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a United States media report said, citing a previously undisclosed American intelligence document that could add weight to growing calls for a full scale probe of whether the coronavirus may have escaped from China's top bio lab.

Sleepless nights put women at diabetes risk

Sleepless nights put women at diabetes risk

Rediff.com29 Jan 2016

Lack of sleep in women, a study has observed, is linked to diabetes.

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

Rediff.com24 Jun 2023

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.

Rajat Gupta pens inside story of his rise and fall

Rajat Gupta pens inside story of his rise and fall

Rediff.com12 Apr 2016

The memoir tells the story of his meteoric rise and equally dramatic fall.

This simple trick could help you add 10 years to your life

This simple trick could help you add 10 years to your life

Rediff.com15 May 2018

It is simpler than you think!

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

Rediff.com10 Jan 2023

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them.

Eat fruits to reduce erectile dysfunction risk!

Eat fruits to reduce erectile dysfunction risk!

Rediff.com14 Jan 2016

Did you know berries can help improve your sexual health?

Leaders Need Strong Sense Of Who They Are

Leaders Need Strong Sense Of Who They Are

Rediff.com10 Feb 2022

'I have always believed that life doesn't get easier or more forgiving; we only get stronger and more resilient.'

13 cities in India among world's most polluted

13 cities in India among world's most polluted

Rediff.com21 Feb 2015

Pollution is impacting the lifespan of Indians.

COVID-19: 'We will be dealing with it for 2 years at least'

COVID-19: 'We will be dealing with it for 2 years at least'

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

'The most intriguing thing (about COVID-19) is the range of the illness -- from asymptomatic or less symptoms to death and quite severe manifestations.' 'The vaccine will be at least another year away from having any effect.'

Is COVID-19 lethal for your heart?

Is COVID-19 lethal for your heart?

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially people who have a history of heart disease to begin with, and then experience a more severe form of the infection with COVID-19, because of the existing risk factor.'

'Zika not a reason to cancel Olympics'

'Zika not a reason to cancel Olympics'

Rediff.com27 May 2016

Zika virus outbreak in Brazil does not pose enough of a threat to warrant cancelling or putting off the Olympic Games set to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, a leading US health official said.

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

Few people know Ratan Tata as well as R K Krishna Kumar does. Widely perceived to be among the managers closest to Tata, Krishna Kumar assesses Ratan Tata, the man and business leader, in this exclusive interview to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.