Roshni Mahesh

Articles by Roshni Mahesh

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Coffee with or without Caffeine Provides Equal Benefits to Liver

Researchers found that certain chemical compounds in coffee, helped to lower abnormal liver enzymes.

Oct 10, 2014

Ebola Scare: Queensland Nurse, Texas Sheriff's Deputy Test Negative

Health officials said that they will release the Queensland nurse after another one day of observation.

Oct 10, 2014

Study Links Pre-Pregnancy Fried Food Consumption to Gestational Diabetes

Results showed that consumption of fried food items seven times a week more than doubled the risk of gestational diabetes in women.

Oct 9, 2014

Ebola in Australia? Nurse Hospitalised with Symptoms

The woman Sue Ellen Kovack, after her one month of service to Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, reached home on Tuesday. Considering her work profile, she had been kept in home isolation since then.

Oct 9, 2014

Universal Cure for Ebola: American Scientists Identify Drug Target Common to All Strains

The new research is highly promising as it is this particular region in the Ebola protein which plays a huge role in the entry of the virus into a human host cell and initiates infection.

Oct 8, 2014

US Develops Ebola Killing Robot 'Little Moe'

Xenex's "Little Moe" uses flashes of ultraviolet rays to destroy all dangerous pathogens, including Ebola, present in a hospital room.

Oct 8, 2014

Chicken, Fish Lower Liver Cancer Risk

Including more fish and chicken to the daily diet can protect you from liver cancer.

Oct 7, 2014

Ebola in India? Japanese Tourist with Suspected Symptoms Quarantined in Imphal

The woman named Kawakubo Yuko, reached India after visiting countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar.

Oct 7, 2014

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2014: 3 Scientists Share Award for Discovering Brain's Inner GPS System

Three scientists shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovering the "inner GPS" system in the brain which helps it to identify places and navigate.

Oct 6, 2014

Ebola in America: Victim Thomas Eric Duncan Critical; Yet to Receive Experimental Drugs

The 42-year-old man is "fighting for life" after he went from serious to critical on Saturday evening.

Oct 6, 2014

World to have 11 Billion People by 2100: Report

Africa is expected to have the highest population explosion- from the current one billion to 4 billion – by 2100.

Sep 19, 2014

Drinking Milk Daily Protects the Heart: Study

The risk of high blood pressure declined with an increase in the consumption of total or low-fat dairy products and milk.

Sep 19, 2014

Chokeberry with Chemotherapy Drug can Kill Pancreatic Cancer Cells: Study

A study found out that an extract of chokeberry, when used along with gemcitabine was highly effective in killing pancreatic cancer cells.

Sep 18, 2014

Migraines Double the Risk of Parkinson's Disease: Study

In the study, suffering from migraines with aura nearly doubled Parkinson's risk.

Sep 18, 2014

Urine Based HPV Test Accurate and Easy: Study

Results confirmed that urine test can diagnose HPV accurately and easily.

Sep 17, 2014

Long Work Hours may Harm Your Heart

Researchers found that working hours influenced certain factors that pose risk to the heart including cholesterol levels, blood pressure, diabetes and smoking.

Sep 17, 2014

New Study Links Balding to Prostate Cancer

In the study, men with moderate baldness at the front and crown of the head at age 45, had 40 percent increased risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer than men without the hair loss condition.

Sep 16, 2014

Building Positive Attitude Improves Immunity, Life Span

Immune system of people who scored high in recollecting positive images were stronger than those who remembered negative images.

Sep 16, 2014

Genetic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer on the Way

Possessing certain common genetic variants together can increase the risk of developing prostate cancer, new research shows.

Sep 15, 2014

Walking, Cycling to Work Lowers Stress, Improves Concentration

Overall well-being of people considerably improved after they changed their mode of travel to the workplace- from self-driving to walking or cycling.