Price of tobacco products are cheaper than essential food items’
HLive|New Delhi, Feb 17 Price of Tobacco products are cheaper than essential food items in India, said a new study.
The study conducted by the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) and Public...
Exercise counters brain shrinkage in Parkinson’s disease
New York| By protecting the brain from shrinkage, aerobic exercise may slow the progression of Parkinsons disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, says a neurologist.
In an editorial published online in the journal...
Indians suffer highest financial loss during Heart disease
New Delhi|HLive
Indians and Chinese suffer the maximum financial damage among Asians during acute coronary diseases, reveals a study published by the WHO.
The study says 60 percent un-insured and 20 percent insured...
Earlier dinner may lower risk of many cancers, study says
HL|People who eat dinner before 9 p.m. -- or at least two hours before going to sleep -- have a 20% lower risk of breast and prostate cancer than those who eat after 10...
Vitamin B with UV minimize risk of malaria infection following blood transfusion
London| A team of researchers has come up with a new blood treatment technology that could make blood transfusions in high risk malaria zones safer.
The new trial suggests that treating donated blood with a...
Scientists discover new class of small-molecule drug of pain reliver
New York|HL
Researchers from Duke University have discovered a potential new class of small-molecule drugs that simultaneously block key targets in the treatment of pain.
The findings could lead to the development of a...
Hackathon 2018; NCR students present model to fight pollution at SIRI Pilani
New Delhi| Health Live
Students, showcasing their talents, developed new technologies while improving upon the existing ones to ease work processes at a hackathon organised at the CISR-SIRI, Pilani.
The theme of this hackathon is "smart...
Antibodies could have therapeutic potential,for Type-1 and Psoriasis
London|HL
Researchers from King's College London, analysed samples taken from 81 people with a rare autoimmune disorder called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APECED)
They found that injecting the mice with autoantibodies from the APECED patients...
Stepping Up Awareness on Mental Health- Survey covers 12 States
27 December 2015 (Source ‘The Hindu’)
A team of nearly 60 experts from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), which is leading the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) with support from the...
Study shows highest BMI had almost twice the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
Washington D.C. : According to a recent study, women who are overweight or obese have up to twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer before age 50 in contrast to women who have what is considered...
