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Bitter compounds in Cucumber may help treat Cancer, Diabetes

New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI) : A new study has found that the compounds, which are responsible for the bitter taste in cucumbers, may be able to treat cancer and diabetes. According to the researchers of University of California the bitter flavor in wild cucurbits-the family that includes cucumber, pumpkin, melon, watermelon and squash-is due to compounds called cucurbitacins.The fruit and leaves of wild cucurbits have been used in Indian and Chinese medicine for thousands of years, as emetics and purgatives and to treat liver disease. More recently, researchers have shown that cucurbitacins could kill or suppress growth of cancer cells.

Nov 29, 2014

International Space Station Gets its First Coffee Machine (Representational Image) [sh0dan/Flickr]

Coffee and Memory: the Popular Beverage may Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers analysed previous studies and found that intake of three to five cups of coffee everyday provided about 20 percent protection against Alzheimer's.

Nov 29, 2014

Polish vampires buried with sickle across ther neck died of cholera

Not Cross, Not Garlic; Polish Vampires Died of Cholera, Claims Study

Bodies buried with sickles across their neck at the Drawsko cemetery were that of first cholera patients.

Nov 28, 2014

US Inches Closer to Ebola Vaccine Breakthrough

A team of researchers from NIAID announced on Wednesday that their experimental Ebola vaccine had succeeded in producing promising results in humans.

Nov 28, 2014

Kerala Bird Flu Outbreak: How Dangerous is H5N1 Virus? Know Symptoms

The state has been put on a high alert and authorities from the IMA (Indian Medical Association) Kerala have issued a warning over the potential risk posed by the virus.

Nov 28, 2014

Bird Flu: H5N1 Strain can be Transmitted to Humans

More than 200,000 birds were culled after thousands of dead ducks infected by a highly contagious bird flu virus were found in Kerala

Nov 28, 2014

Delhi Doctors Separate Conjoined Twin Girls Sharing Common Liver

The two-month-old conjoined twins from Srinagar, have surprised the medical team for surviving the complex surgery that lasted for over six hours.

Nov 27, 2014

Cancer Cure: Broccoli, Garlic Compound Highly Promising

Selenium, a trace mineral naturally found in plant foods, facilitated this by repairing the over activated immune system caused by different types of cancers.

Nov 27, 2014

Ebola Deaths: Indian Man, Mohammed Amir, Dies in Liberia

The man was working in a pharmacy in Liberia when he contracted the disease.

Nov 27, 2014

Bird Flu Identified as H5N1: Kerala Burns 1 Lakh Ducks

The govt has put the three affected Kerala districts on red alert. Public not allowed to visit zoos.

Nov 27, 2014

Obesity-Related Cancers on Rise: WHO Report

A study conducted by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer agency of WHO located at Lyon in France, has amassed solid evidence to label obesity as a major risk factor for cancer as the half a million new cases of the deadly disease (481,000) reported in 2012 was caused by a high body mass index (BMI).

Nov 27, 2014