A British couple who struggled to have a baby for six months were stunned when doctors said their laptop was to blame. Scott Reed, the 30-year-old electrician, was told that using his computer on his lap caused heat damage to his sperm. After he went through an examination from the hospital, he started using his laptop on a table instead and three months later his wife became pregnant with the couple’s daughter. “When the doctors told us it was a real shock. Scott would use his laptop in the eve

Creating a persona in the virtual world can influence a person’s actual life, according to a new study by U.S. researchers.Making an avatar in the online world allows an individual to easily try on new appearances and characteristics and may potentially push the person toward a more positive direction, claimed lead researcher Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, assistant professor at the University of Missouri, who specializes in communications. “That alter-ego can then have a positive influence on a perso

Amid growing concerns students are using medications such as Ritalin to boost performance, some British schools say they might consider drug tests before exams.Discussions have been held on how to detect students using drugs that allegedly give them an advantage by helping them remain alert and focused, Cambridge University Professor Barbara Sahakian said.Drugs meant to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder are becoming increasingly popular with healthy people looking for an extra edge,

A British news report said women aged between 24 and 34 are more stressed than anyone else in the U.K., citing a new study.According to the report, women at that age are usually climbing the career ladder at work, caring for young kids at home and paying a mortgage.Sixty-seven percent of the people in the U.K. suffer from stress every week and on average, British people get stressed 208 times a year, according to the study by herbal stress remedy company Kalms which was conducted on 2,000 adults

From around six months infants sleep better if one of the parents sits next to the side of its cot, according to the association of German pediatricians.This "camping out" by one of the parents helps to calm the infant and should continue until the baby falls asleep. Then the parent may quietly leave the room.Another method is referred to as "controlled comforting," according to Monika Niehaus, a German pediatrician. In this case, parents react to a crying baby, but at increasing time intervals.

U.S. researchers have found that people’s reactions to daily stressors determine their heath consequences 10 years in the future. “Our research shows that how you react to what happens in your life today predicts your chronic health conditions and 10 years in the future and your future stress,” said David Almeida, a professor of human development and family studies. Almeida and his colleagues surveyed by phone 2,000 individuals every night for eight consecutive nights regarding what had happened

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Several organs in our body affect the blood pressure. Among these organs, the kidneys are said to be the most important in blood pressure. People with poor kidney function can have hypertension, and conversely, untreated chronic hypertension can lead to poor kidney function. Therefore, the kidneys and blood pressure are like a needle and a thread. Those with poor kidney function must regulate their blood pressure carefully. This is because hypertension can lead to further decline in kidney funct

Japanese scientists claimed that they have found a way to decipher dreams, according to a report in science journal Nature.By analyzing activity in certain brain regions of a person who is dreaming, it is possible to predict the contents of the dream, according to Yukiyasu Kamitani of ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan.“We built a model to predict whether each category of content was present in the dreams,” said Kamitami. His study was presented earlier this month, at th

Two-thirds of Australia‘s adult population are overweight or obese, a key study found Monday, with rates continuing to climb despite a drop in smoking and drinking.The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said people were continuing to pile on the kilos despite other findings indicating a switch to healthier habits.The study found 63.4 percent of the population are now classified as overweight or obese -- an increase of more than two percent from four years ago.Australia is ranked fifth among a