Health News

Tuberculosis ranks alongside HIV as leading killer worldwide: WHO report

The report highlighted the need to close detection and treatment gaps, fill funding shortfalls, and develop new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines.

Oct 29, 2015

Afghanistan: Bad weather hinders rescuers from reaching survivors

Survivors are complaining about being forced to sit in the rain.

Oct 28, 2015

New drug-device combo may help treat stroke patients

The combination dissolves model clots similar to those in humans.

Oct 28, 2015

New study points to potential therapy for most destructive form of breast cancer

Of all breast cancers, triple-negative breast cancer caters to the most number of disproportionate deaths.

Oct 28, 2015

12 more swine flu cases reported in Rajasthan

The Rajasthan government has launched an awareness campaign on swine flu in a big way.

Oct 28, 2015

This microscope helps capture entire organisms

Each cell appears as a distinct structure under its lens.

Oct 27, 2015

India pressurises pharma firms to fight codeine-based cough syrup abuse

The firms have not fully complied with directives more than a year old.

Oct 27, 2015

New research points to 3D-printed alernatives to heart transplants

The research team 3D printed collagens and fibrins inside a "support bath material".

Oct 27, 2015

Processed meat can lead to bowel cancer, red meat dangerous: WHO

Red meat, under which the IARC includes beef, lamb and pork, was classified as a "probable" carcinogen.

Oct 26, 2015

Dramatic drop in cases gives UNICEF hope of a zero-polio world

Globally, wild polio cases dropped from 242 cases in 2014 to 51 cases in 2015.

Oct 24, 2015

Now, a single blood test can tell if you will die a premature death!

The test can say whether an apparently healthy person is likely to die of pneumonia or sepsis within the next 14 years.

Oct 23, 2015

US sees two-fold increase in marijuana use in 10 years

Marijuana use disorder was attributed to the increase in the prevalence of marijuana users.

Oct 22, 2015

Moles on right arm could indicate risk of skin cancer for women

Women having more moles on the right arm risk developing skin cancer.

Oct 20, 2015

Organ donations hit a record high in China

The record comes after the use of executed prisoners' organs was banned.

Oct 20, 2015

Plastic skin that can feel sensations created by Stanford scientists

For people living with prosthetics, such a system could one day allow them to feel sensation in their artificial limbs.

Oct 16, 2015