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Sunday scaries & Monday blues: Why the week feels hard before it begins
As weekend calm fades into workweek pressure, experts explain why the Sunday dip happens and share simple ways to ease anxiety, restore balance, and start Monday on a better note
Bacterial meningitis 'deadly', can also have life-altering effects: Study
Bacterial meningitis is well known as an acute, deadly illness. The World Health Organisation estimates about one in six infected people will die - even with prompt medical care
Updated On: Mar 22 2026 | 9:45 AM ISTAir India to introduce crew fitness policy; lapses may lead to pay loss
As per the policy, to be effective from May 1, a reading of 30 or above is 'obese' and not an acceptable range
Updated On: Mar 21 2026 | 9:24 PM ISTDr Reddy's enters semaglutide market, launches diabetes generic drug
Drugmaker expects to receive regulatory approval for weightloss sema generic in a few months
Updated On: Mar 21 2026 | 3:48 PM ISTLatest Updates on Health with BS
At 35,000 feet above the ground, time seems to slow down, and so does the body. Hours spent in a confined seat can leave even the most seasoned traveller feeling stiff, fatigued, and mentally drained. Addressing this travel challenge, a simple yet powerful solution is taking flight: Yoga for Air Travel a thoughtfully designed 5-minute in-flight wellness protocol. Launched during the Yoga Mahotsav 2026 recently by Union Health Minister Prataprao Jadhav, this innovative initiative brings the timeless knowledge of yoga into the cabin, transforming your seat into a space for rejuvenation. Developed by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, the protocol is tailored for today's frequent flyers offering a quick, safe, and effective way to stay refreshed mid-air. Highlighting the vision behind the initiative, Jadhav said, "Yoga is a powerful tool for preventive health and well-being. This in-flight yoga protocol reflects our commitment to making yoga accessible in every setting e
Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why some people develop depression in chronic pain, while others do not, according to a study. "Our findings suggest that the hippocampus acts as a control centre that helps the brain regulate emotional responses to long-term pain. Depression is not inevitable -- it depends on how this system responds over time," co-lead author Jianfeng Feng, professor of computer science at the UK's University of Warwick, said. The study, published in the journal Science, analysed brain scans from population cohorts, including data from the UK Biobank, and a rodent model. People living with chronic pain but without depression tended to show a slightly larger volume of and an increased activity in the hippocampus. The changes were accompanied by an improved performance in learning and memory tasks, suggesting that the brain may initially mount a compensatory response to persistent
A study has found a new biomarker of schizophrenia, which could also serve as a drug target for treating cognitive symptoms such as disorganised thinking or executive function. Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder marked by an impaired ability to perceive and interpret reality and can involve delusions and disorganised thinking, or cognitive symptoms. Researchers from the US' Northwestern University said that schizophrenia medications treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but do little for cognitive symptoms. "A lot of people with schizophrenia cannot integrate well into society because of these cognitive deficits," author Peter Penzes, professor of neuroscience, pharmacology and psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University's school of medicine, said. "Our discovery could solve these challenges by establishing the basis of a revolutionary and completely novel treatment strategy through a tandem biomarker-peptide therapeutic approach," Penzes ...