Amanda, Author at The Westside Story

Researchers discover a natural compound present in Chocolate and Red Wine can cure Alzheimer’s disease

Sep 14, 2015

Researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring compound present in red wine, as well as dark chocolate, might slow down Alzheimer's disease's progress. Alzheimer's disease is the most frequently occurri...

Google Hangouts now a Standalone App and has its own website

Amanda

Aug 18, 2015

Innovation

Just like Facebook messenger, Google Hangouts is now a standalone app. The internet giant which has been hogging the headlines after a major rejig in its top order and basic structure last week has built Hangou...

Romantic feelings stronger among women after a full meal, says new study

Amanda

Aug 18, 2015

Health

The findings of a new study published in Appetite suggest that romantic feelings are stronger among women after they have eaten properly than when they are not fully sated. They are more likely to respond to ro...

Overweight diabetics could outlive underweight ones, points new study

Amanda

May 8, 2015

Health

Researchers at University of Hull in Britain working under the guidance of Drs. Stephen Atkin and Pierluigi Costanzo have arrived at yet another confusing set of conclusions regarding type 2 diabetes patients. ...

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Global spending on cancer medicines touches $100 billion in 2014

Amanda

May 8, 2015

Health

Figures released by IMS Health's Global Oncology Trend Report on Tuesday suggest that better and more expensive treatments are today contributing to the increased expenditure on oncology. The global spending on...

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Depression and Bipolar Disorder seen to affect brain activity of affected people

Amanda

May 8, 2015

Health

A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan’s Medical School and Depression Center has now proved that the thinking ability of those affected by depression or bipolar disorder does inde...

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Facebook begins to roll out ‘Instant Articles’ feature to host other publishers’ content

Amanda

May 4, 2015

Innovation

Facebook, the king of all social networking sites, is now rolling out a new feature called ‘Instant Articles’ which will allow users to read content and watch videos from other sites directly. With this feature...

Breastfeeding history lowers risk of breast cancer recurrence in women

Amanda

Apr 29, 2015

Health

The findings of a new Kaiser Permanente study now confirms that women suffering from breast cancer who had breast fed earlier have a 30% lower chance of the recurrence of the problem after an effective treatmen...

Childhood bullying does more harm than parental abuse: New study

Amanda

Apr 29, 2015

Health

Findings of a new study conducted by researchers at the Duke University together with psychology experts in the UK now suggest that bullying among children is severely detrimental for their long term mental wel...

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Hepatitis C virus could put affected people at greater risk of cancer: Study

Amanda

Apr 27, 2015

Health

Scientists have now suggested that people infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at a greater chance of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and cancers of the kidney, liver and prostate. Cancer rates in HCV patients were...

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