HEALTH/MEDICINE

New York, June 24 Researchers have developed a drug that, in laboratory cultures and animal models, has shown to significantly

New York, June 24 New declassified intelligence report by the US government on the origins of Covid-19 has not confirmed

Washington, June 23 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced the approval of Elevidys — the first

New York, June 23 US researchers including one of Indian origin have found malaria-fighting properties in cancer drugs. Caused by

New York, June 23 More than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide, affecting men, women, and children

New Delhi, June 22 Researchers have said that space travel might alter gene expression in white blood cells (WBC) and

Tokyo, June 21 People with an apple-shaped body, meaning an increase in abdominal obesity, are more likely to be at

New Delhi, June 21 Embracing yoga as a holistic approach can help prevent cancer, boost heart health as well as

London, June 21 There has been a large rise in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm episodes among teenage girls in

New Delhi, June 20 Mumbai-based INVEX Health is soon set to launch India’s first oral HIV self-test, the company announced

New Delhi, June 19 Detecting Alzheimer’s may soon be as easy as spotting changes in cells of the retina of

New York, June 19 People who tend to preserve immune resilience or the capacity to resist or recover from infections

New Delhi, June 19 Implementing comprehensive screening programmes, increasing awareness on stem cell therapy can help patients with sickle cell

London, June 19 In yet another scientific breakthrough a team of scientists in the UK have created a human embryo

New Delhi, June 19 Think Change Forum (TCF), an independent think tank dedicated to generating new ideas and finding solutions

New York, June 19 Oral administration of a commercially available probiotic bacterial strain was found to improve dry eye disease

New Delhi, June 19 People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) show the same or even more levels of fine motor

New York, June 18 Those who maintained healthy sexual and intimate lives early in the pandemic used sex as a

New York, June 17 Cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of a chemical linked to a higher risk

Tokyo, June 17 Japanese researchers have found that endometriosis, a gynaecological disorder which affects one in 10 women between the

New Delhi, June 17 Painless and non-invasive radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) has shown promise against prostate cancer — one

New York, June 17 Testosterone-replacement therapy is safe only for men with hypogonadism, also known as low testosterone, and not

New York, June 17 HIV can lie dormant in the brain, and discontinuation of treatment can reignite the progression of

Washington, June 17 The US is soon likely to see a shortage of antibiotics after Pfizer warned doctors that it

New Delhi, June 16 With advancements in medical technology, novel diagnostic tools are emerging to facilitate early and accurate detection

New York, June 16 US scientists have developed universal donor stem cells that could one day provide lifesaving therapy to

New York, June 16 The number of children diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes continued to rise in the year after the

Lucknow, June 15 The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here has launched a voluntary donors’ registry booklet to help patients

Lucknow, June 15 The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here has launched a voluntary donors’ registry booklet to help patients

Pune, June 14 Indian biotech firm Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday announced the launch of a strip-based, rapid point of

New Delhi, June 14 Almost 61 per cent of people aged between 15-30 in India who have never used electronic

Sydney, June 14 Microplastics, containing toxic pollutants and chemicals, are increasingly getting deposited in our human respiratory tract, and can

Sydney, June 14 Microplastics, containing toxic pollutants and chemicals, are increasingly getting deposited in our human respiratory tract, and can

Sydney, June 14 Researchers have used heart and lung stem cells infected with the virus that causes Covid-19 to better

New York, June 13 An overactive inflammatory response could be at the root of many long Covid cases, according to

Lucknow, June 13 Prolonged use of ear buds by the young generation is causing severe ear infection. Prof Virendra Verma,

Abu Dhabi, June 12 A team of researchers have identified why some people with Covid-19 fare well, while the others

New Delhi, June 12 German drug company BioNTech is facing hundreds of lawsuits, worth one million euros, in the country

New York, June 12 Heavy alcohol consumption may cause permanent dysregulation of neurons, or brain cells, in adolescents, according to

London, June 11 When faced with a choice — lower prices or healthier foods — people are more likely to

New Delhi, June 11 A deficiency of taurine — a nutrient produced in the body and found in many foods

Lucknow, June 11 Doctors in Lucknow have successfully operated upon a woman suffering from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) — a

New Delhi, June 9 A number of factors like sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet and stress are driving a significant and

New Delhi, June 9 A whopping 315 million people in India suffer from hypertension, 101 million with diabetes, according to

Lucknow, June 9 The CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has come up with an indigenous innovative rapid haemoglobin detection

New York, June 8 The recently approved antiviral Letermovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus infections (CMV) has also shown promise

New Delhi, June 8 While alcohol is known to damage the liver, less activity coupled with high intake of carb

Bengaluru, June 8 World Brain Tumour Day is an international commemoration day observed annually on June 8 with an aimsto

London, June 7 Drinking beetroot juice every day for six months after having a stent fitted reduced the chance of

London, June 7 Drinking beetroot juice every day for six months after having a stent fitted reduced the chance of

New York, June 7 Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms can outperform the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk

New York, June 7 Scientists have successfully conducted a long-term experiment with live hogs — a domesticated swine — that

Sydney, June 6 Indulging in moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity like gardening, dancing, cycling could lower the risk of Type-2 diabetes,

New York, June 6 Patients infected with Beta and Delta Covid-19 variants, and those who required hospital stays for the

Jerusalem, June 5 Switching to a green Mediterranean diet, with daily intake of walnuts, green tea and lower red/processed meat,

New York, June 5 The first clinical trial analysing a targeted therapy drug specifically developed to treat deadly brain cancer

London, June 5 Fatal heart attacks are more likely to happen at the start of the working week than at

New York, June 5 While kids were the least affected by the Covid-19 disease, a study suggests that 70.4 per

New York, June 4 Adding a novel drug to hormone therapy can help block the return of the most common

Moscow, June 4 Men who are married are less likely to feel burnout at the workplace, suggests a study. Workplace

New Delhi, June 1 Savitri Devi, 51, suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the last nine years, has been given a

London, June 1 A novel dialysis device developed for treating severe liver failure has shown to be safe and effective,

New Delhi, May 31 Doctors at a private hospital here have restored hearing ability of an 18-year-old boy who lost

London, May 31 The theory that Covid-19 is the result of a lab-leak should not be discounted, a top Chinese

New Delhi, May 30 If you are planning to embrace parenthood, first stop smoking, said experts ahead of the World

New Delhi, May 30 Smoking tobacco, associated with a number of diseases like cancer, heart and lung disease, can have

New York, May 30 A team of researchers have identified a blood biomarker that can predict if a cognitively healthy