there are several studies that are published daily but there are some that have caught our attention for either their wackiness or the genuine options they offer either way they are worth a read and some come with a warning about your heart health and depressionstudy get a pet protect your heart if there was any doubt about the benefits of sharing your home with a pet here is something to mull over scientists claim that the presence of a pet greatly reduces the risk of heart disease pet ownership particularly dog ownership is probably associated with a decreased risk of heart disease said glenn n levine md professor at baylor college of medicine in houston texas that does not imply you ditch the healthy diet and lifestyle no amount of pets you have will negate your risk of heart disease but you can make it a team work where you and your pet workout and have a healthy diet then its a winwin situationstudy fatty foods can hinder alertness scientists have shown that consuming fatty foods can affect alertness and result in fatigue says a study results show that higher fat consumption is associated with increased objective daytime sleepiness while higher carbohydrate intake is associated with increased alertness there is no relationship between protein consumption and sleepiness or alertness it is a common problem we face after lunch and rarely question it if you consume high caloric and heartstopping foods avoid computer screens and use of heavy machinery you may either doze off or your heart may doze off have light meals with less fat or caloriesstudy kids hardly get to spend one hour with parents busy schedules of parents are increasingly depriving their children of their company and hence they are growing up cocooned in their own world a study by assocham ladies league all shows that over 65 per cent of youngsters between the age of eight and 24 get to spend less than one hour with their parents this leads to a situation where youngsters become aloof introverted impatient and intolerant says the study this is a dilemma alright work pressure and responsibilities have increased work hours plus indians are one of the hardest working individuals who spend 486 minutes a day at workstudy key protein can offer fresh cure for depression research at kings college london has revealed how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells a process considered to be linked to depression depression and successful antidepressant treatment is associated with changes in a process called neurogenesis the ability of the adult brain to continue to produce new brain cells christoph anacker of the kings college institute of psychiatry and coauthor of the paper said because a reduction of neurogenesis is considered part of the process leading to depression targeting the molecular pathways that regulate this process may be a promising therapeutic strategy in india a study in 2011 found that around nine per cent of people reported having