Lifestyle
Taking hot water bath 90 minutes before bedtime helps one sleep better: Study
Dhaka, July 23 (UNB) - A new research has suggested that one can fall asleep quicker and experience better quality sleep if a hot water birth is taken 90 minutes before bedtime. Biomedical engineers at University of Texas-Austin reached this conclusion after analysing thousands of studies linking water-based passive body heating, or bathing and showering with warm/hot water, with improved sleep quality, reports The Indian Express.
From chocolates to yogurt: Does ‘sugar-free’ mean ‘no sugar’
Dhaka, Jul 23 (UNB)- While most of us happily consume anything that says “sugar-free”, assuming that it doesn’t have sugar at all, what we don’t realise is that “sugar-free” doesn’t mean ‘no sugar’. Like we add white table sugar or brown sugar to our cakes, coffee, cookies and even fruits, food manufacturers are also known to add artificial sweeteners, a form of sugar, or typically high-fructose corn syrup to foods and beverages including crackers, tomato sauce and salad dressing. Even low-fat foods like flavoured yogurt are considered to be high on sugar reports the Indian Express.
Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health
Washington, Jul 23 (AP/UNB) — Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday.
Titanic survivor's light-up cane goes for $62,500 at auction
Providence, Jul 23 (AP/UNB) — A Titanic survivor's walking stick, with an electric light she used to signal for help from a lifeboat, sold for $62,500 at an auction of maritime items, the auction house said Monday.
Teen climate activist gets Normandy's first Freedom Prize
Paris, Jul 21 (AP/UNB) — Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has received the first Freedom Prize awarded by France's Normandy region, which last month commemorated the 75th D-Day anniversary.
Florida woman accused of assault over pizza slice
St. Augustine, Jul 21 (AP/UN) — Authorities have arrested a woman in Florida who they say tried to attack another woman with a knife when she was denied a slice of pizza.
Seminar on Bengali language, culture held in Japan
Dhaka, July 20 (UNB) – The Bangladeshi Embassy in Japan organised a seminar on Bengali language and culture at Bangabandhu auditorium of the embassy in Japan on Friday.
Oral health in crisis due to sugary foods, experts warn
Sydney, July 19 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Tooth decay and other oral diseases present a major global public health crisis with sugar as the main culprit, according to a Series on oral health published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday.
Learning new skills can make older people's brains 30 years younger
Washington, July 19 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Learning new things can make older people's brains 30 years younger in just six weeks, according to a new research from University of California Riverside (UCR).
Australian finds message in a bottle written 50 years ago
Canberra, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) — A fisherman said on Wednesday he was looking for the author of a message in a bottle found off the southern Australian coast 50 years after it was written.