Health

Enzyme that could stop Ebola infection identified

The enzyme takes away the virus' ability to copy itself and thus produce more virus particles and more infection.

Dec 31, 2017

By IANS

Doctor found guilty of reusing anal catheters on dozens of patients for a year

A surgeon from New Jersey has been accused of reusing anal catheters on multiple patients for more than a year.

Dec 30, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

New substance may help combat tuberculosis

Researchers have discovered a substance that may help combat the bacterium that causes life-threatening tuberculosis (TB) infections.

Dec 30, 2017

By IANS

Epilepsy drug in pregnancy ups oral cleft risk in baby: Study

Women taking a common anti-epileptic drug during early pregnancy may have a greater chance of giving birth to a baby with an oral cleft, warns a new study.

Dec 30, 2017

By IANS

New skin patch may help reduce body fat

Researchers have developed a new type of skin patch that may reduce body fat and obesity by turning energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat.

Dec 30, 2017

By IANS

Why antidepressants don't work for all patients? Answer might be in your genes

According to reserchers the main reson behind the effect of the medication lies within the genome of the patient.

Dec 29, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Exercising twice a week can keep symptoms of MIC at bay, says study

Exercising twice a week may improve the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to new guidelines released by the American Academy of Neurology.

Dec 29, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Playing outdoor games can improve eyesight in children, says study

Myopia, affecting children staring at computer screens for a long time, causes an image, usually a distant object that one sees, to be out of focus.

Dec 29, 2017

By Bikash Rai

How much alcohol can you drink in a week? Read to know expert recommendations

Dietary Guidelines for Americans insist that women should not have no more than one drink in a day, and men no more than two

Dec 29, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Sperm-cutting contraceptive gel to go on trial after 10 years of research

Aside from condoms and a vasectomy, men could soon have a new birth control option in a form of a gel.

Dec 29, 2017

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

Nutritionists slam water diet as 'most dangerous'

A new diet which bans everything but water, tea and coffee is 'most dangerous', say nutritionists.

Dec 28, 2017

By IANS

Protein linked to postpartum depression identified

Researchers have found that a protein regulating a system in the brain that mediates physiological response to stress may be responsible for depression that some women experience during and after pregnancy.

Dec 28, 2017

By IANS

Depression

Why boys are not as emotional as girls? It's in brain, says study

Boys tend to be callous and display unemotional traits because of difference in brain structure, finds a research.

Dec 28, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Diabetes Resource Centre opens in Nee Soon to raise awareness among residents

Pain-free skin patch to control sugar levels of diabetics

There is good news for diabetics as researchers have developed a pain-free skin patch containing dissolvable compounds that respond to blood chemistry to manage glucose automatically.

Dec 28, 2017

By IANS

Diabetes

This nanowire device can detect cancer with a urine test

A novel nanowire device that is able to non-invasively detect microscopic levels of cancer markers in the urine, has been developed by Japanese researchers and could aid in improving diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease.

Dec 28, 2017

By IANS