Tagged: death

House-cleaning, walking to work, staves off death: study

One in 12 global deaths over a five-year period can be prevented through 30 minutes of physical activity — which can include house-cleaning or walking to work — five days a week, researchers said...

Editors Pick / Health / Relationships & Sex

6 Apr, 2016

Broken hearts can be potentially life-threatening: study

The death of a life partner may trigger an irregular heartbeat, itself potentially life-threatening, said new research Wednesday into the risk of dying from a broken heart. A trawl of data on nearly a...

Health risk of loneliness has physiological basis: study

Loneliness can increase the risk of premature death by 14 percent in older adults, according to a study published Monday that posits a physiological basis for the phenomenon. The dangers of social isolation have...

Man found dead in Demi Moore’s swimming pool: reports

A 21-year-old man drowned in the swimming pool of the Beverly Hills home of actress Demi Moore, news reports said Sunday. Police arrived at the scene in the early hours and found a man...

Vegas police deny probe into B.B. King poison claims

Las Vegas police denied they are probing claims that B.B. King was poisoned, after coroners said they were investigating but had no evidence so far of foul play. King died aged 89 on May...

#Travel: Now you can experience death with this 4D simulator

Now you can experience death with this 4D simulator A new amusement park ride that simulates a crematorium has been bombarded with crowds wanting to experience the afterlife experience. The 4D Death Simulator situated...

Health

2 Oct, 2014

Failing sense of smell strong predictor of death, study tells

A declining sense of smell in older people is a strong predictor of death within just five years, according to new research. Thirty-nine percent of study subjects who failed a simple smelling test died...

Health

14 Aug, 2014

Too much salt is linked to 1.65 million deaths per year

People around the world eat twice as much salt as they should, and this behavior translates into 1.65 million heart-related deaths per year, researchers said Wednesday. Excess salt can cause high blood pressure, which...

Health

23 Jul, 2014

Stress Epidemic proves fatal: Workers dying at desks in China

(Bloomberg) — Chinese banking regulator Li Jianhua literally worked himself to death. After 26 years of “always putting the cause of the party and the people” first, his employer said this month, the 48-year-old...

Entertainment / Features

28 Jun, 2014

American soul legend Bobby Womack dies at 70

Legendary US soul musician Bobby Womack died Friday at the age of 70, his publicist said. Womack, who wrote R&B hits such as “It’s all Over Now” for The Rolling Stones and “Lookin’ for...