'Yoga can stop the progression of dementia'

'Yoga can increase the volume of hippocampus and improve memory.' Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters   "In India, the population of the elderly will double in the next 30 years. Even now, the......

How yoga can help the elderly

'They were less stressed.''Their sleep quality improved as did their social interactions.' Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters By 2050, there will be more people above the age of 60 than those below the......

Alzheimer victims may thank Kiran Bhaskar soon

Rediff.com Senior Contributor P Rajendran reports from New York on how the Indian-American researcher's pioneering work may wipe out the visible effect of Alzheimer's disease. Photograph: Kind......

Sheena Bora Trial: The tricks memory plays

When it came to his cross examination by Sanjeev Khanna's lawyer Niranjan Mundargi, Imtiaz Shaikh appeared to be afflicted by that peculiar gap-in-one's-memory or Choosy Memory Syndrome with his......

Now, a computer that can read your mind!

British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality. According to them, the computer is able to......

Multimedia, 3G phones at Rs 1,800

To provide original equipment manufacturers the capability to introduce low-cost multimedia-rich feature phones at such affordable prices, Texas Instruments - a designer and supplier of digital......