Use of social media apps linked to feeling of isolation during COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 16:45 IST
Singapore, January 31 (ANI): According to a recent study, the use of online messaging and social media apps among Singapore residents has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).
Three in four respondents (75 per cent) said that their use of WhatsApp during the pandemic increased. This was followed by Telegram (60.3 per cent), Facebook (60.2 per cent) and Instagram (59.7 per cent).
Accompanying this spike is videoconferencing fatigue, found the NTU Singapore study, which surveyed 1,606 Singapore residents from December 17 to 31 last year. Nearly one in two Singapore residents (44 per cent) said they felt drained from videoconferencing activities, which became more frequent during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Here s how chia seeds may provide options for nutritional foods, capsules ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 18:54 IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): New options for nutritional foods, medicine capsules, and anti-ageing products may be formed with an improved extraction method that involves chia suggest the findings of new research.
A Purdue University team has developed and patented the method to separate mucilage from chia seeds, yielding a protein-rich chia seed flour with improved bioactivity and functionality compared with conventional methods.
This work was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch Act formula funds project 1019794.
Mucilage is a thick and gluey substance that surrounds chia seeds and can make processing the seeds for food or pharmaceutical uses much more difficult or nearly impossible.
Worse heart health noticed in fat people, even in those who exercise ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 14:47 IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], December 23 (ANI): While some people may believe that physical activity can help mitigate the effects of excess body weight, a new study, however, counters it. The study advocates that physical activity does not undo the negative effects of excess body weight on heart health.
The study was published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). One cannot be fat but healthy , said study author Dr Alejandro Lucia of the European University, Madrid, Spain. This was the first nationwide analysis to show that being regularly active is not likely to eliminate the detrimental health effects of excess body fat. Our findings refute the notion that a physically active lifestyle can completely negate the deleterious effects of overweight and obesity.
Study pinpoints head trauma from intimate partner violence largely unrecognised ANI | Updated: Jan 17, 2021 20:44 IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): A recent study has pinpointed on the scarce data, reports about concussions and head and neck injuries sustained due to intimate partner violence.
Carrie Esopenko, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences in the Rutgers School of Health Professions says that the World Health Organization estimates that one in three women will experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in her lifetime, and studies suggest that anywhere between 30% to 90% of women who experience physical abuse at the hands of an intimate partner experienced head trauma.