Health News

New blood sugar tests can better detect pre-diabetes

Two blood sugar tests rather than a single test would improve detection of pre-diabetes.

Dec 1, 2015

Demand for IVF option set to rise in China as one-child policy is relaxed

Chinese rules have pushed patients to go overseas or seek treatment in unregulated clinics.

Dec 1, 2015

In a first, retinal nerve cells are grown in laboratory

Human stem cells were turned into retinal nerve cells that transmit visual signals.

Dec 1, 2015

Deaths of teenagers from AIDS nearly quadruples in South Asia

Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled over the last 15 years; 26 new infections every hour.

Dec 1, 2015

Roche drops project on antibiotic for treating 'superbugs'

Roche had agreed in 2013 to pay privately held partner Polyphor up to 500 million Swiss Francs for rights to the product.

Nov 30, 2015

'Made in China' drugs may provide tough competition to MNCs

China is focusing its industrial might to the challenge of making more of its own drugs for a vast and aging population.

Nov 30, 2015

AIDS related adolescent deaths tripled over the last 15 years: UNICEF

AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa.

Nov 28, 2015

Elementary school children with ADHD not getting medication, therapy: Study

Impact on the family and the child's age are the biggest determinants of whether parents tap into available services.

Nov 27, 2015

Interactive web system plus smartphone can help control BP: Study

Scientists developed an interactive web system, that along with the smartphone helped the participants in controling their blood pressure.

Nov 27, 2015

Japan: HIV-inhibiting protein in humans identified

The virus in the cells with the protein, known as MARCH8, did not affect the healthy cells.

Nov 26, 2015

Designers developing high-tech tattoos to track human bodies

The tattoo can easily be washed off just like a normal, temporary fashionable tattoo.

Nov 24, 2015

Genetically-modified mosquitoes may help stop spread of malaria

Introduction of the modified insects into normal mosquito populations curb transmission of malaria.

Nov 24, 2015

Padma awards 2016: 13 Kerala nominees; Mohanlal, Boby Chemmanur not on list

The names of the recipients of the top civilian awards are announced every year on Republic Day.

Nov 24, 2015

Robust mini-intestine grown in lab for nutritional research

A nutrient solution in a test tube stimulated stem cells to develop into an organ-like structure.

Nov 23, 2015

Global health experts blame WHO for 'egregious failure' on Ebola

A panel of global health experts makes 10 key reform proposals aimed at preventing such catastrophes further.

Nov 23, 2015