Health News

Can burnt toast give you cancer?

A harmful chemical compound called acrylamide (C3H5NO), known to be cancerous, is formed when starch gets burnt.

Jan 30, 2017

Tamil Nadu: Fake anti-vaccination messages circulated widely on WhatsApp and Facebook, fuelling fears that polio might return

The messages seem to be based on a study that has been disproved and its author barred from practising medicine in the United Kingdom.

Jan 28, 2017

Miracle Medicine: This woman lived without her lungs for 6 days!

Melissa Benoit, a young mother aged 32, hailing from Canada underwent a unique procedure, which was never carried out before.

Jan 27, 2017

Scientists discover new 'medicine' to prevent fake news!

Inoculation helps in stopping people from spreading wrong information by providing them with the ability to correctly detect science.

Jan 25, 2017

Exoplanet Wolf 1061c might be more like Venus and lethal to humans!

Two years ago, the exoplanet Wolf 1061c, which orbits the star, Wolf 1061, was discovered and reported to fall within the habitable zone, also known as the "Goldilocks zone"

Jan 24, 2017

Sperm fertility test made simpler with smartphones

YO sperm kit makes it easy to test your fertility using smartphones without going to clinics.

Jan 21, 2017

In Australia, horses found to be deadlier than other poisonous creatures

The statistics showed that over a span of 13 years, ranging from 2000 to 2013, 74 deaths were caused by horses, whereas other creatures such as snakes and stinging insects caused 27 deaths

Jan 19, 2017

Air pollution caused 80,665 premature deaths in Delhi and Mumbai in 2015

Air pollution cost both cities around 0.71 percent of India's gross domestic product, which is approximately Rs 70,000 crores, in 2015.

Jan 19, 2017

Here's why killer whales go through menopause too!

So far only three species are known to go through menopause, humans, killer whales and short-finned pilot whales.

Jan 17, 2017

Practo raises $55M in fresh funding: Aims to invest in international ops, integrated platform

The series D funding was led by China's Tencent.

Jan 17, 2017

In US, you can pay $8,000 and be infused with young people's blood

The study aims to observe the effect of young plasma on 100 biomarkers in older people.

Jan 16, 2017

US conservatives take judicial way to get Obamacare repealed after most other ways failed

The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to take the first steps that would lead to the repealing of Obamacare.

Jan 14, 2017

Superbug, Antibiotics, Antibiotic-resistant drugs

US woman dies after picking up 'nightmare' superbug in India that no American antibiotic could kill

The woman's infection was resistant to every single type of antibiotics available to doctors in the US, and has alarmed the Centre for Disease Control

Jan 13, 2017

HIV/AIDS: Spike in new HIV cases in Russia has WHO calling for urgent action across Europe

It's alarming to note that Europe's new HIV cases made up 60% of the total number of cases recorded in 2015.

Jan 12, 2017

Mental Health: Mediterranean plants' extract can keep Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease at bay

According to the finding, the prickly pear and brown seaweed- two Mediterranean plants- can fight off incurable neurodegenerative diseases.

Jan 11, 2017

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