New York, June 29 (IANS) Posts with hashtags, such as #hookah or #shisha, on social media platforms may portray its use in an overwhelmingly positive manner despite its serious health risks, a new study suggests….
Bangkok, June 29 (IANS) Activists and doctors on Friday urged Thai authorities to legalise abortion to avoid maternal deaths or cases of women who suffer health complications after seeking terminations in illegal clinics. “The society…
Gurugram, June 29 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl from Iraq with extremely complicated case of Kyphoscoliosis successfully underwent a rare spinal surgery in a Gurugram hospital, a doctor said on Friday. The surgery that went on…
New York, June 29 (IANS) Did you know which part of your brain helped you sing or change your voice pitch? Scientists have now identified the part of the brain which governs the “music” of…
New York, June 29 (IANS) There is no fixed limit to the human lifespan, says scientists who found that the chances to be a supercentenarian — to live upto and above the age of 110…
New York, June 29 (IANS) Scientists have developed a drug that could partially restore hearing in patients with an inherited form of progressive deafness. “We were able to partially restore hearing, especially at lower frequencies,…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) is planning to rope in Nasscom for further improving its ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ nutrition scheme, an official said here on Friday. “We have…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to enquire about his health. Vajpayee, 93, was…
Tokyo, June 29 (IANS) A powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s Osaka region has damaged a microscope with the highest resolution in the world, an official said on Friday. The high voltage tank of the Ultra-high…
New York, June 29 (IANS) Worsening vision in older adults may be adversely associated with future cognitive functioning, a new study suggests. The findings suggested that maintaining good vision through the prevention and treatment of…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed his government has proposed and approved more numbers of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the past four years than there…
Canberra, June 29 (IANS) Australia has won a major trade dispute over its pioneering plain packaging for cigarettes, in a decision handed down by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the government announced on Friday. Australia…
Bengaluru, June 28 (IANS) Expressing apprehension that disruptive technology would hasten extinction of humankind, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday warned companies against excessive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). “Technology will expedite our extinction on…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday chaired the third meeting to review preparedness and status of measures taken to combat vector-borne diseases and seasonal influenza and ordered the hospitals…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Terming astrophysicist Meghnad Saha’s introduction of innovative initiatives like the pre-PhD course as “impressive”, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said only recently the University Grants Commission (UGC) has realised…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) West Bengal, which buys nearly one crore eggs daily from other states, is aiming to become self-sufficient in three years by increasing production, an official said on Thursday. There is a…
Washington, June 28 (IANS) The mysterious interstellar rock ‘Oumuamua could actually be a comet, not an asteroid as earlier believed, suggests new research. The cigar-shaped object has perplexed scientists since it was first spotted whipping…
Geneva, June 28 (IANS) A novel formulation of drug carbetocin could be safe and effective in preventing excessive bleeding following childbirth and can save thousands of women’s lives, showed results of a clinical trial by…
Bengaluru, June 28 (IANS) Concerned over the spread of cancer at an alarming rate due to changing lifestyles, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called for setting up of more cancer treatment units in…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is soon going to have a centre for elderly, whose foundations will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. An…