London, Apr 26 (ANI): Fasting twice a week could be the key to a longer life by slashing the risk of a host of killer diseases, a new study has revealed.

Melbourne, Mar 12 (ANI): Starving yourself every other day could be the key to losing weight and lowering your risk of cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's, scientists have claimed.

Washington, October 16 (ANI): Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) found signs of cognitive impairment in rats similar to that seen in established alcoholism after the animals had only a few months of intermittent access to alcohol.

London. August 30 (ANI): The regime of chomping away to your heart's content one day, and virtually starving yourself the next is the latest diet craze known as "intermittent fasting" or "alternate-day dieting", and devotees insist the pounds just drop off.

Melbourne, August 19 (ANI): Doctors have given the unruly behaviour of naughty kids a medical name - oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).

London, July 3 (ANI): One in 12 adolescents have such a short temper that they could be suffering from IED - intermittent explosive disorder, according to psychologists.

Washington, June 4 (ANI): Many men with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer live longer on continuous androgen-deprivation therapy, also known as hormone therapy, than on intermittent therapy, a 17-year study has revealed.

Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): Malaria infections among infants can be reduced by up to 30 per cent when antimalarial drugs are given intermittently over a 12-month period, a new study has revealed.

New Delhi, Feb.5 (ANI): Two-year-old baby Falak, who has been battling for life at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, has been put on ventilator support intermittently since Saturday night.

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Exercise, continuous or intermittent, improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes, experts say.

Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): An intermittent low-carbohydrate diet spur weight loss and lower blood levels of insulin, a cancer-promoting hormone, more efficiently than standard dieting, a new study has suggested.

Washington, November 16 (ANI): 'Melrose Place' actors Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner have called off their engagement after years of intermittent dating.

Islamabad, August 11 (ANI): Intermittent have wrecked havoc in Pakistan's Sindh province leaving over 114000 households damaged.