Health

Eating salads daily may keep your brain 11 years younger

Eating one to two servings of salad with spinach, lettuce and kale daily may keep your brain 11 years younger as well as prevent dementia, according to a study.

Dec 22, 2017

By IANS

Conjoined girl twins in India hospital die

Ganga and Jamuna, conjoined girl twins of Odisha's Nayagarh district who shared a single heart and liver, died at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack situated in the eastern part of India.

Dec 22, 2017

By IANS

What are antibiotic resistant bacteria?

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are "sleeper cells" which can survive doses of antibiotics and lie resting in a dormant state, but have the ability to "wake up" and re-infect, research has found.

Dec 22, 2017

By IANS

Artificial womb to gene therapy, top advances made in health sector in 2017

Advancement in technologies including gene therapy, gene editing technology, development of artificial wombs and digital pills in 2017 are capable of making significant changes in the health sector.

Dec 21, 2017

By IANS

Tobacco product retailers seek roll back of 85% pictorial warnings

Over 1,000 retailers of tobacco products on Thursday protested outside the Union Health Ministry office here, demanding reduction in the size of the graphical health warnings on cigarette packets.

Dec 21, 2017

By IANS

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

Social isolation might lead to diabetes: Study

Men and women who are not active socially and remain isolated can be affected by diabetes than individuals with larger social networks, a study has found.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Diabetes

14 patients infected with HIV, hepatitis B in China hospital due to negligence, authorities punish hospital staff

Gold nanoparticles could help combat all deadly viruses

Researchers have developed gold nanoparticles that can potentially "trick" viruses into thinking they are invading a human cell and then destroy them.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

First gene therapy for rare blindness gets US FDA nod

In a first, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a novel gene therapy to treat children and adult patients with an inherited form of vision loss that may result in blindness.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Arthritis drug may be helpful in treating skin cancer

Common anti-rheumatic drug can be helpful in treating skin cancer, new research has shown.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

US woman gives birth to healthy child from 24-year-old frozen embryo

A couple gave birth to a girl child born from a 24-year-old frozen embryo.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Helping strangers can improve self-esteem, boost confidence in teenagers: study

Lending a helping hand to people who weren't close could help teenagers improve their self-esteem and confidence, claimed new research.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Why women above 80 years suddenly turn happy?

According to the NHS study, women are more unhappy than men after their mid-80s, while men who are usually happy until they reach 80s tend to turn unhappy later.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Depression

Sperm is the future of cancer treatment: Researchers

Researchers said that the sperm cells were fitted with iron "hats" to help control the medicine through magnetism.

Dec 19, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Toxic tampon nearly killed model, who survived with amputated leg [PHOTOS]

The model did not lose hope after the amputation and has started a campaign to warn girls about Toxic shock syndrome (TSS), a life-threatening bacterial infection.

Dec 18, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder