Health News

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

Neck, back pain? Seek physical therapy to avoid opioid abuse

According to researchers from the Stanford University in the US, physical therapy can be a useful, non-pharmacologic approach for managing severe musculoskeletal pain.

Dec 16, 2018

Experimental HIV vaccine found effective in monkeys: Study

In the study, rhesus macaque monkeys produced neutralising antibodies against one strain of HIV that resembles the resilient viral form that most commonly infects people, called a Tier 2 virus.

Dec 15, 2018

Chinese scientists design new self-powered sensor to monitor heart failure

The sensor is 1.5 cm long, 1 cm wide and 0.1 cm high. It has been experimented on pig models and integrated with a surgical catheter for minimally invasive implantation.

Dec 2, 2018

First-ever gene-edited human babies might resist HIV, claims Chinese scientist

The target of this gene-editing research was not preventing a risk of transmission from parent to child, rather giving the child a way to prevent future contraction of the deadly virus.

Nov 26, 2018

Sperm count 50% lower in men whose fathers smoke: Study

Independently of nicotine exposure from the mother, socioeconomic factors, and their own smoking, men with fathers who smoked had a 41 per cent lower sperm concentration and 51 per cent fewer sperm count than those with non-smoking fathers.

Nov 25, 2018

Cannabis-based drugs help alleviate side-effects of cancer treatment: Study

Cannabis leaves have been found effective in alleviating pain and other symptoms in cancer patients post chemotherapy and radiotherapy, according to a study conducted by an autonomous body under the ministry of AYUSH.

Nov 25, 2018

Over 50,000 children die every year in India due to antibiotic resistance

The antibiotic resistance is the ability of disease-causing bacteria and micro-organisms to resist the antibiotics or medicine due to adaptation.

Nov 19, 2018

New shoe insole could treat diabetic foot ulcers

Researchers have developed a shoe insole that could help make the healing process more portable for people who develop ulcers as a result of diabetes. Diabetic ulcers commonly result from high blood sugar damaging nerves, which takes away feeling from the toes or feet.

Nov 19, 2018

Slow reading speed linked to dry eyes, reveals study

The chronic dry eye is a common disease in which natural tears fail to adequately lubricate the eyes, thus drastically affecting its functioning.

Nov 19, 2018

People will require more food due to increase in height: Study

An average adult in 2014 was 14 percent heavier, about 1.3 percent taller, 6.2 percent older, and needed 6.1 percent more energy than in 1975. The researchers expect this trend to continue for most countries.

Nov 11, 2018

Early risers have lower risk of breast cancer, study says

Researchers also found some evidence for a causal effect of increased sleep duration and sleep fragmentation on breast cancer.

Nov 7, 2018

Childhood violence may spur puberty and depression, reveals study

The results indicated that accelerated ageing following exposure to violence early in life can already be detected in children as young as eight years old.

Nov 4, 2018

Researchers unravel network of more than 200 genes linked to autism

Best known for its effects on social behaviour, autism is thought to be caused by mishaps in brain wiring laid down during embryo development.

Nov 4, 2018

Increasing protein intake can reduce disability risk in elderly, reveals study

The results showed that those who ate more protein were less likely to become disabled when compared to people who ate less protein.

Nov 4, 2018