Health

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) A four-year-old paralytic Nigerian girl got a new lease of life in India after undergoing stem cell therapy, her mother said. “We went places but could not get any help but…

London, Feb 18 (IANS) While Body Mass Index (BMI) is found to be rising across both sexes and within all social groups, there has been a significantly larger increase in those who already have the…

Sydney, Feb 18 (IANS) Nearly five billion people, that is about half the world’s population, are poised to become myopic or short-sighted by the end of 2050, indicates a study. Also called nearsightedness, myopia is…

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) Traces of cadmium, a chemical found in car batteries and used in the nuclear fission processes, are showing up in edible saltwater oysters in Goa, a tourism-oriented coastal…

New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Researchers have identified autoantibodies – immune proteins found in the blood that fight one’s own proteins – that can potentially detect lung cancer early by distinguishing between smokers with or…

New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Offering a target for developing new therapies to address sleep disorders, researchers have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of this gene called neuromedin U (Nmu),…

London, Feb 18 (IANS) More than 352,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Britain each year, which is a 12 percent increase in the rate since the mid-1990s, according to the figures released on Wednesday…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A new non-surgical, painless medical procedure which reduces fat from the body within a day or two was launched here on Wednesday. According to doctors, under the procedure termed BTL…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid all the rush to find a balanced diet that can keep one healthy, prevent from early ageing and kiss lifestyle-induced diseases a goodbye, modern calorie-counters in India have discovered…

London, Feb 17 (IANS) Males under the age of 25 diagnosed with cancer are less likely to have children than those without the disease. There is also less likelihood that cancer survivors get married than…

United Nations, Feb 17 (IANS) Thirty-four countries have reported the Zika virus, mostly in the Americas and Caribbean, and seven reported an increase in cases of microcephaly, a senior official from the World Health Organisation…

New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Results of a recent clinical study have shown that an anti-cancer drug that triggers cell death in various tumour types may have clinical potential for some blood cancers including mantel…

Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) A compound in green tea may offer a potential new approach to combating the joint pain, inflammation and tissue damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers confirmed their findings in a…

New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Oral bacteria may be involved in several kinds of stroke, including brain hemorrhages and strokes that lead to dementia, says a new study. Strokes are characterized as either ischemic strokes,…

  Don’t let the high blood pressure that you have been diagnosed with scare you out of your wits. It is not exactly a disease, but only a warning sign that the food you have…

Toronto, Feb 16 (IANS) Paving the way for new depression treatments, researchers have discovered the first-ever connection between vulnerability to depression and a type of brain cells called noradrenergic neurons. Noradrenergic neurons are located in…

New York, Feb 16 (IANS) Setting the stage to expand the use of a patient’s genetic make-up to tailor chemotherapy, an international research team has found how inherited gene variations lead to severe drug toxicity…

New York, Feb 16 (IANS) Just nine weekly sessions of personalised acupuncture for 20 minutes each may lessen perceived pain intensity in people suffering from chronic pain condition called fibromyalgia, says a study. Fibromyalgia affects…