Canberra, July 24 (IANS) Three children in Australia are suspected to have fallen ill from using Pakistan-made Hashmi brand eyeliner contaminated with lead, authorities said. The New South Wales state government issued a public health…
New York, July 24 (IANS) Virtual Reality (VR) simulations with models of real-life patients can help students experience dementia first-hand and gain better understanding of progressive cognitive diseases, including Alzheimer’s, say researchers. By experiencing aspects…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Karnataka will bring back a 40-year-old Mysuru woman under treatment at a rehab hospital in Shimla, an official statement said on Monday. “Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on being alerted about the…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Fortis Healthcare is organising a psychology quiz competition open to all students across India with a top prize money of Rs one lakh. Students can get themselves registered online for…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Monday inspected the leprosy complex here after receiving complaints of its degrading condition asked officials to ensure that problems of sewage, water,…
New York, July 23 (IANS) Royal jelly — a natural bee product — long known for its mysterious growth effects on future queen honey bees, while hailed by some as an anti-ageing, cholesterol-lowering super supplement,…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A bill that provides for supersession of the Central Council of Homeopathy and constituting a Board of Governors was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The Homoeopathy Central Council…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) An institute, set up with the support of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has started an initiative to train rag-pickers how to segregate garbage and to get the best…
New York, July 23 (IANS) Researchers have discovered neural circuits in the brains of rhesus macaque monkeys that could represent a common origin for social communication, including human speech. The findings showed that these circuits…
Beijing, July 23 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for an immediate investigation into the sale of 250,000 faulty rabies vaccines as panic grows over product safety. Outrage swept Chinese social media on Monday…
London, July 23 (IANS) Talking therapy is likely to have no benefit for improving quality of life and reducing distress in people diagnosed with schizophrenia, says a study. The findings, published in the journal BMC…
New York, July 23 (IANS) A drug currently in clinical trials for treating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may someday help treat patients with heart failure, a research suggests. Human heart failure is a chronic condition…
New York, July 23 (IANS) Does your child act finicky, even for small things? Beware, that perfectionism and excessive self-control behaviour could be a predictor of the risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in teenage,…
Toronto, July 23 (IANS) Scientists have developed a novel online health calculator using Big Data, that can help people determine their risk of heart disease as well as their heart age. The calculator allows individuals…
Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) Jailed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who has fallen ill and was suffering from heart and kidney ailments, has been asked to be shifted to a hospital by a medical team,…
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Actress-producer Anushka Sharma, who turned vegetarian over three years ago, says it is one of the best decisions she has made. She stars in a new campaign for People for the…
Washington, July 23 (IANS) US space agency NASA is preparing to launch a probe in August to study the Sun closer than any human-made object ever has, revealing multiple mysteries behind the star. The car-sized…
Seoul, July 22 (IANS) Women, take note. Your history of pregnancy may affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease decades later, a new study has found. The study, published in journal Neurology, found that women who…
Toronto, July 22 (IANS) Positive messaging through social media could be a powerful tool to help people overcome non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Digital Health, suggested…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Women politicians, cutting across party lines, have welcomed the government’s decision on scrapping GST on sanitary napkins. Reactions flowed in from many women politicians after Finance minister Piyush Goyal announced…