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Moderate Physical Activity Downs Time Spent in Hospital

Middle aged men and women are at lower risk of hospital admissions if they do moderate exercise, a new study suggests. Inactive participants in the




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Awesome Family Staycation Ideas You can Use This Summer

Coronavirus pandemic has crushed travel plans and large group gatherings this year, but it doesn't mean you can't mentally escape for some fun with your family.




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Mindfulness can Reduce Procrastinating While Working from Home

Practicing mindfulness, or the conscious awareness of emotions and sensations can lower rates of procrastination and distress, reports a new study. The




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Having a New Baby at Home can Spark Jealousy in Anxious Partners

Getting attached to a new baby can trigger feelings of jealousy among anxious couples, reports a new study. The findings of study are published in the iJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.




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New Study Reveals People of Different Generations are Equally Lonely

Researchers have said that people of different generations are equally lonely, but for different reasons. London, March 12 People of different generations




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Stay-at-home Orders may Increase Loneliness and Depression

Governing bodies of cities and states across the country are ordering people to stay home to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But a new study




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New Drug may Reduce the Side Effects of Medication Against Severe Depression

New substances discovered could ease the severe side effects of the medication or the drugs taken by patients for treating severe depression, reports a new study.




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Psychiatric Disorders After First Birth Decrease Likelihood of Subsequent Children

Women with incident postpartum psychiatric disorders are less likely to go on to have further kids, reports a new study. The findings of the study are




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Telehealth can Help Mental Health Care Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic

Telehealth provides a useful method for starting and continuing essential mental health treatment without the risk of spreading COVID-19 infection, reports a new study.




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Transgender Teens Have High Rates of Depression, Suicidal Thoughts: Study

Two-thirds of transgender teenagers are at an increased risk of depression, suicidal thoughts and self-injuring behavior, revealed research accepted for




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Magnetic Brain Stimulation can Relieve Severe Depression

High doses of magnetic brain stimulation, delivered on an accelerated timeline, and targeted to individual neurocircuitry, effectively treated 90 percent




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DNA Variants Linked to Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Gene expression levels vary across the developmental stage, cell type, and region in the brain. Genomic variants also contribute to the variation in expression,




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Depressive Disorders Are Less Recognized, Treated In HIV Patients

HIV patients are at increased risk of depressive disorders. But they often go unrecognized or untreated, according to a literature review in the iHarvard Review of Psychiatry/i.




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COVID-19: Nonmedical Healthcare Personnel at Highest Psychological Distress Risk

In Singapore, nonmedical healthcare personnel who were caring for patients with COVID-19 are at an increased risk for psychological distress related to the pandemic.




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Self-worth on Money can Lead to Social Isolation

People who base their self-worth on their financial success were found to feel lonely, stated new study by the University at Buffalo and Harvard Business




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Anxiety, Depression may be Side Effects as Nation Battles with COVID-19

Several people may experience emotional distress and be at higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic, reports a new study.




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Nearly Half of All Postpartum Psychosis are Isolated Cases: Study

Out of each thousand mothers, one or two are likely to suffer a postpartum psychosis, but the psychological vulnerability in connection with childbirth




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Antibodies Could Effectively Treat OCD

OCD patients have increased levels of Immuno-moodulin (Imood) protein in their lymphocytes. Antibody that neutralized Imood, can reduce the level of anxiety,




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Natural Mood Regulation Low or Even Absent in People With Depression: Study

In people with depression, natural mood regulation is low or even absent, revealed research published today in JAMA Psychiatry, from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.




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How to Navigate Newfound Togetherness During COVID-19?

Cooped-Up Couples: Therapists have outlined how to navigate the newfound togetherness during the coronavirus pandemic. Of the many ways the coronavirus




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Work-related Post Traumatic Stress Among Nurses

New analysis focused on the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among nurses and factors associated with it. The reported prevalence varied





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WaterPartnership.org.au: AWP and IWMI to collaborate on water management across the Asia-Pacific

Strengthening DFAT and AWP’s partnership with IWMI provides the opportunity for working more closely together on critical water challenges facing the region








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FAO.org: Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world’s water

New report paints a worrying picture, provides recommendations on what can be done.







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MongaBay.com: Restoring tank irrigation can strengthen rural climate resilience

Less than 10 percent of defunct tanks have been restored over the past two decades according to researchers.





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EurekAlert.org: Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion

Soil erosion can have a devastating impact on traditional farming landscapes in developing countries. But its effects can only be fully addressed through significant advances in interdisciplinary scientific and societal approaches, according to new research.








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International Women’s Day

Translating research evidence into change for gender equality.




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SundayTimes.lk: Better waste management options explored at NIBM workshop

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) was a valued partner in conceptualising the workshop content and was well represented at the workshop with the participation of its senior officials.




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Food for thought from Sri Lanka on World Water Day 2019

How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation.





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Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 El Niño weather event replenished groundwater very differently in southern Africa and in East Africa just below the equator.





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Reuters: More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns

New report suggests national leaders make water security a priority now, link water policy to other national policies, from agriculture to trade, and put in place water-sharing institutions early.





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Simulating trade-offs in the water-energy-food nexus

In the Omo-Turkana and Zambezi basins in Africa, complex relationships emerge from the balances struck among hydropower generation, irrigated agriculture, water quality and environmental flows.




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COVID-19 in India: No Fresh Corona Cases in Northeastern States

No new coronavirus positive cases were reported from any of the eight northeastern states in the past 24 hours even as several people, who had earlier




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COVID-19 in India: 11 Cities in Rajasthan, WB, MP and Maharashtra Under Serious Situation

The COVID-19 situation is especially serious in 11 cities in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal, stated sources. The Ministry




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Online Data Pool of Human Resource to Combat COVID-19 Launched

The Centre has launched online data pool of human resource, comprising details of doctors, other healthcare professionals and auxiliary help, to fight against COVID-19.