Health News

What is Candida auris? Here's why India faces threat from this deadly fungal infection

Candida auris is causing concern because it's immune to the current anti-fungal treatment. C. auris can cause dangerous infections once it gets into the bloodstream of a person.

Apr 8, 2019

Gym is not a trend but a need, says Mr India Dev Paimal

Dev Paimal said that going to gym is important for every individual to be healthy and fit. It is just not limited to models and actors.

Mar 9, 2019

Food items with genetically modified content over 1% must be labelled: FSSAI chief

The scientific committee of the food regulator has green-signaled labelling of GM food items for manufacture, sale and distribution in India with a threshold value of one per cent.

Feb 3, 2019

Bill Gates praises Narendra Modi for flagship health scheme Ayushman Bharat

Dubbed as 'Modicare', Ayushman Bharat is the world's largest public healthcare scheme.

Jan 17, 2019

Hormone-eating macrophages behind high blood pressure, finds new study

The specialised white blood cells called macrophages are key to the body's immune system and they 'eat' molecules of a powerful hormone known as endothelin, which in turn leads to hypertension, found scientists.

Jan 17, 2019

Modi govt's clean air drive targets to cut pollution in 102 worst affected cities by 2024

Sunil Dahiya, a senior campaigner with environmental group Greenpeace, welcomed the launch of the program but said it lacked focus and ambition.

Jan 11, 2019

New device to make glucose monitoring 'painless' for diabetics

Continuous monitoring is a way to safely and reliably lower blood glucose - giving the user a full picture of their glucose levels throughout the day and helping them avoid severe hypoglycemia.

Jan 6, 2019

Cerebral palsy patients at high risk of depression, anxiety: Study

For the study, published in the journal JAMA Neurology, the team examined 1,700 adults aged 18 or older with cerebral palsy, and 5,115 adults who did not have the condition.

Jan 3, 2019

Study shows that breast cancer drugs could help treat drug-resistant lung tumours

A study showed that lung tumours in mice caused by mutations in a gene called EGFR shrunk significantly when a protein called p110a was blocked by the drugs.

Dec 27, 2018

New vaccine created to fight Chikungunya

The vaccine is injected into the muscle and triggers the production of antibodies in the lymphatic system.

Dec 25, 2018

Bellandur Lake: Here's how careless human intervention destroyed Bengaluru's largest lake

The wastes that are dumped into Bellandur Lake tend to have toxic substances which leads to the lake catching fire.

Dec 22, 2018

Hazelnut turns out to be new wonder nut for elderly people

32 people aged 55 and older participated and they were given about 57 grams of hazelnuts - 2 ounces or about one-third cup - daily for 16 weeks.

Dec 17, 2018

Finnish scientists claim Machine Learning can help predict infection risk from hospital bug

Machine Learning has come out with a mechanism to predict the risk of developing a life-threatening infection from hospital bug.

Dec 17, 2018

Rude colleagues in office may ruin your day and night too, says new study

If your office colleagues are rude, it may haunt you not only the entire day but also in the night, says a new study.

Dec 17, 2018

New drug offers hope for bone marrow cancer patients

In a clinical trial by researchers at Newcastle University in Britain, patients with newly diagnosed myeloma were treated with a drug called lenalidomide.

Dec 16, 2018