Kuala Lumpur, Feb 3 (IANS) If you’re aiming to reduce your salt intake, fish sauce can provide an effective alternative. New research has found that this condiment may be used as a partial substitute ingredient…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher is developing a low-cost, portable device to detect tainted medicines and food supplements that otherwise can make their way to consumers. “There is a big problem with…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) By studying stroke victims who have lost the ability to spell, researchers have identified the parts of the brain that control how we write words. Shedding new light on the…
London, Feb 3 (IANS) Due to dietary factors, humans are taller now — but taller people are more prone to the risk of cancer, warns a recent study. The taller people, though have a lower…
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is developing world’s first vaccine for Zika virus, which has been declared as a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation. The vaccines and biotherapeutic manufacturer on…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) A breakfast high in protein – like eggs – keeps children fuller longer than cereal or oatmeal, causing them to eat fewer calories at lunch, says a new study. “It…
By Dr. Dinesh Pendharkar “How can I have cancer, Doctor? I dont smoke, I exercise every day, I eat the right food and I get annual health check-ups. Bewildered and shocked patients, often say this…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Weeks after several faculty members of AIIMS protested a doctor’s removal for allegedly misbehaving with a patient in 2015, its administration on Wednesday said several other complaints, including of harassment,…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Being diagnosed with cancer at a prime age with flying dreams and a family to look after can be earth-shattering for most people. But when it comes…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s enunciation of an “alternate point of view” that a foetus be tracked from conception to save the girl child has been welcomed by many experts while…
By Prachi Salve & Sanjana Pandit The first part of this three-part series on the eight northeastern states analysed economic indicators, and the second part physical infrastructure. The third part looks at social indicators, such…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) At a time when the world is bracing itself against the growing Zika virus, social networking giant Facebook has partnered with Brazil’s non-profit Abrasco Divulga to help combat the disease…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives to meet critically ill veteran Left leader and Forward Bloc party Chief Ashok Ghosh at a Kolkata Hospital on Feb 2, 2016. Also seen West Bengal ministers…
(160202) — PANAMA CITY, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) — A Panama’s Health Ministry worker fumigates a street during a campaign to fight the mosquito Aedes Aegypty, vector of the Zika virus, in Panama City, capital…
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the US has been reported in a county in Texas, the county’s health department said. Dallas County Health and Human Services on…
United Nations, Feb 3 (IANS) The United Nations Children’ s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for immediate action to help stop the spread of Zika virus which is the suspected underlying cause of soaring cases…
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Researchers at the Harvard University including an Indian-origin scientist have replicated a folding human brain in 3D, revealing for the first time a simple mechanical framework for how it folds. Understanding…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Positive fantasies about how future events will turn out in one’s life can boost the mood for the immediate period, but it may actually lead to increased depressive symptoms, in…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Women with a history of any category of hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDP) are at increased risk of early mortality. HDP that can complicate pregnancies is a group of diseases…
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Loved ones of cancer patients search the internet to know more about the disease but are less inclined to seek emotional support from social media fora, researchers report. It is…