London, Dec 14 (IANS) A single treatment with a gene therapy drug has shown promise in curing patients with haemophilia — a disorder in which blood does not clot normally, results of a clinical trial…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Bollywood’s multi-faceted talent Neeraj Vora, an actor, writer and director known for his humorous streak on and off screen, died here early on Thursday, months after being comatose, his family member…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Producer Firoz Nadiadwala, who had been looking after the ailing Neeraj Vora for over a year, on Thursday mourned the demise of his “brother and friend”. Vora,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 14 (IANS) The UN has warned about the health and environmental dangers from the processing of e-waste — the discarded electronic and electrical material — by the informal sector…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh-located Max Super Speciality Hospital on Wednesday said they have appealed to the authorities concerned to revoke cancellation of their licence. The appeal comes nearly a week after…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday felicitated the top 20 winners of the 11th Edition of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) Programme – 2017-18 at Pathani Samanta Planetarium here….
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) Over 15,000 diabetes patients of Mumbai have signed a petition seeking a reduction in the cost of glucostrips across the country. The petition, which was signed at the city’s Gadge Diabetes…
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) One-year-old twins, conjoined at the abdomen, have been separated at a hospital here, hospital authorities said on Wednesday. Love and Prince were born with a common liver, intestine and urinary bladder…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee to put a cap on the profit on medicines and consumables in the city’s private hospitals and nursing homes, Health Minister…
Dr. Shabnam Bashir & Dr. Sudhir Borgonha Cancer is a terrifying disorder which has touched almost everyone in some way or the other. With incidents of cancer rising across the globe, scientists have been frantically…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) Far from being a dead world, the dwarf planet Ceres is an active and evolving world, indicate hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned,…
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) The fifth edition of ‘Route 55’, a 10 km walkathon event in the city, aimed at raising funds for the impoverished in the society, would be held on December 24, organisers…
Toronto, Dec 13 (IANS) Giving some credence to the view that life could well have originated in space, a new study has shown that a number of small organic molecules can form in a cold,…
Shimla, Dec 13 (IANS) Shoolini University in Solan town of Himachal Pradesh has been accorded sanction to set up a 100-bed naturopathy and yoga hospital with a grant of Rs 80 lakh by the central…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee which will work to cap the profit percentage on medicines and consumables in the city’s private hospitals, Health Minister Satyendar Jain…
Beijing, Dec 13 (IANS) Chinese authorities are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints and other biometric data of millions of people in the country’s far western Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on…
Sydney, Dec 13 (IANS) A giant species of penguins, which had the size of an adult human, inhabited New Zealand between 55 and 60 million years ago, scientific researchers revealed on Wednesday. A group of…
London, Dec 13 (IANS) People suffer from major depressive disorders because of alterations in the activity and connectivity of brain systems underlying reward and memory, suggests new research. The findings, published in the journal Biological…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) The next flyby target of NASA’s New Horizons mission which is an icy world billion kilometres past Pluto might have a small moon as orbital company, new data suggests. The New…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Try spices at home to ward off cough and cold. They not only emit tantalizing aromas and make your meals delicious, but also protect you from infections. Star anise can…