Kolkata, Oct 19 (IANS) A senior Indian scientist has claimed that the malaria cure artemisinin, whose discovery fetched a Chinese scientist the Nobel prize in medicine this year, has roots in India. Hyderabad-based Sunil Kumar…
Paris, Oct 18 (IANS/EFE) The European project Venomics has succeeded in creating the largest database of toxins in history after analyzing 203 species of poisonous animals, which will in turn help develop new medicines. The…
Los Angeles, Oct 17 (IANS) Basketball star Lamar Odom, who was put on life support following a drug overdose at a Nevada brothel, has awoken from his coma and is now breathing on his own….
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Practicing yoga, which can improve physical and mental health, may also help men become better fathers, suggests new research. The three-year study with 14 different groups of male inmates took place…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), in collaboration with Australia’s Melbourne University, will design light, environment friendly helmets, an official said on Thursday. The helmets will be designed…
New York, Oct 14 (IANS) Culture shocks that result from migrating to a different country or accepting a refugee from other countries, can actually make us better thinkers, says an interesting study. People are more…
New York, Oct 13 (IANS) Using an avatar-like system integrating a real muscle and tendon along with a computer-controlled nerve stimulator acting as the avatar’s spinal cord, researchers have taken a giant leap to understand…
Sydney, Oct 11 (IANS) Scientists are now better able to predict how quickly the HIV virus will return after individuals stop treatment, thanks to the discovery of new immune system biomarkers by researchers at the…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in as many states. The new AIIMS would be set up…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Former cricket and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital here after suffering from acute deep vein thrombosis, a deep clot in the blood vessel….
The corporate logo of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is shown in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 4, 2009. U.S. health officials unveiled plans to fight avoidable injuries from medication errors or misuse, a…
William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu were announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. Credit Jonathan Nackstrand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Stockholm, Oct 5 (IANS) Irish-born William…
Marking a potentially huge advancement in trauma care, researchers have for the first time created self-propelled particles in the form of a powder that can stop severe bleeding in such cases as post-partum haemorrhage or…
London, Oct 4 (IANS): If you are married and find that the interest in sex is on the decline, don’t be surprised. According to a new study, frequent arguments and domestic fights — and not…
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Indrani Mukerjea, one of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case who was admitted to a hospital here in an unconscious state on Friday, has regained consciousness and…
Apollo Hospitals will open four more hospitals in four to five months, taking its total bed strength to over 10,000, Apollo Hospitals chairman C. Prathap Reddy said on Saturday. The hospitals at Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam, Mumbai…
Mumbai, Oct 3 Indrani Mukerjea – one of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case – who was admitted to a hospital here in an unconscious state on Friday, has lapsed into…
SYDNEY: What if you can pop an “exercise” pill daily which mimics the health benefits of running, weight training or endurance exercise to keep you fit and disease-free? It does not seem a far-fetched idea…