Gurgaon, Dec 18 (IANS) A private hospital here on Friday refused to hand over the body of a child, who had fallen off a building, to her mother, a domestic help, until she paid Rs.4.5…
London, Dec 18 (IANS) A researcher from George Washington University is exploring the possibility of using a new technique for human reproduction and its ethical and practical implications. The method can create the possibility…
Rome, Dec 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy could benefit from cooperation with India in the field of heart surgery, according to a top doctor who performed a pioneering operation in Rome to fit a patient with the…
Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS) A diet high on fat but very low on carbohydrates which is generally favoured by bodybuilders may be effective in treating schizophrenia, new research has found. Schizophrenia is a devastating, chronic…
London, Dec 18 (IANS) A drug currently used to treat patients with osteoporosis can protect stem cells from ageing, a breakthrough study has found. Scientists from the University of Sheffield discovered the drug zoledronate is…
Tokyo, Dec 18 (IANS) Fish oil may burn fat faster than those fat-burning pills leading to an efficient weight loss in overweight or obese people in their 30s and 40s, Kyoto University researchers report. Fish…
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) India’s first non-governmental medical college, R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, which turns 100 next year, will celebrate its achievements with a formal function on December 19, organisers said on Thursday….
New York, Dec 17 (IANS) There is a popular belief in the US that the English have terrible teeth, much worse than Americans. Contrary to this belief, new research has found that oral health of…
New York, Dec 17 (IANS) Heart disease and stroke were the number one and number two killers worldwide in 2013, reveals a new report. While 31 percent of all deaths were from cardiovascular disease, with…
New York, Dec 17 (IANS) Training your kids to chew food slowly can be an inexpensive and easy way to help them stay in shape, suggests new research. Waiting 30 seconds in between bites of…
London, Dec 17 (IANS) The appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin could be used to treat an advanced form of peripheral artery disease characterised by pain at rest, nonhealing ulcers, and gangrene, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin….
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Harold d’Souza, an Indian-American activist from Vadodara, to the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. “I am honoured that these talented…
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) A leading US robotic surgeon, Dr. Chris Holsinger from Stanford, will visit India this week to train head and neck surgeons on minimally invasive methods such as robotic surgery for treating…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) An Indian-origin professor has created a ‘super condom’ that can help combat the deadly virus that cause AIDS and also enhance sexual pleasure. Made of an elastic polymer called hydrogel,…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Although using soap and water has remained the standard practice of wound cleaning before surgery, this method is actually less effective than just using saline water, say researchers, including one…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Women who have high levels of both testosterone and estrogen in midlife may face a greater risk of developing benign tumors on the uterus called uterine fibroids than women with…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) For the first time, a consensus panel of expert neuropathologists has confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE as a unique disease that can be definitively diagnosed by neuropathological examination of…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) When 36-year-old Latha could not any more take the embarrassment of daily episodes of forgetfulness – recalling where she kept her money or forgot to pick up children from school…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Both active and passive smoking are linked to infertility problems and a hastening of the natural menopause before the age of 50, warns a new study. High levels of tobacco…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) A paraplegic patient who had given up hope of fathering a child found the happiness of becoming a parent after doctors at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) here successfully…