Health News

Uttar Pradesh on high alert for Zika virus; AAI to monitor passengers showing symptoms

The authorities have been told to pay special attention to passengers complaining of fever, maculopapular rash, eye redness and other symptoms of the virus.

Oct 22, 2018

Smoking marijuana may increase stroke risk, study says

The findings, presented at the World Stroke Congress in Montreal, showed a rise in stroke incidence among marijuana users from 2010-14 while overall stroke prevalence remained stable.

Oct 20, 2018

Swine flu in Hyderabad: Five people succumb to virus in 15 days; city on high alert

Ramesh Reddy, Director of Medical Education of Telangana, said that cases of swine flu are increasing in Hyderabad.

Oct 17, 2018

Being less affectionate can make your child anti-social, reveals study

The findings suggest that less parental warmth and more harshness in the home environment affect how aggressive children become and whether they lack empathy and a moral compass -- a set of characteristics known as callous-unemotional (CU) traits.

Oct 15, 2018

Swine flu in Karnataka: H1N1 virus claims another life; death toll goes up to 6

56-year-old Shivananjegouda, the most recent victim, hailed from Arakalagadu region.

Oct 14, 2018

Human retina grown from scratch in a lab for the first time ever

Human eyes are among the most advanced and well-developed in all of the animals in the world.

Oct 14, 2018

Diabetes linked to deaths from alcohol, accidents and suicide: Study

Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes are highly prevalent global diseases, causing millions of deaths every year.

Oct 14, 2018

Open heart surgery linked to cognitive decline in older people

Researchers from the University of Rochester in the US examined whether surgeries on two types of heart valves -- the mitral or the aortic -- were associated with better or worse outcomes.

Oct 14, 2018

Zika virus outbreak sets off alarm bells in India; 50 cases detected in Jaipur

The Zika virus is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which bites during the day time. It causes skin rashes, fever, conjunctivitis, malaise or a headache, muscle and joint pain, which lasts for two to seven days.

Oct 13, 2018

Karnataka: 4 die of swine flu, over 400 confirmed cases; health dept not aware of deaths?

Around 46 cases of Swine flu have been reported in Bengaluru in the past one week.

Oct 10, 2018

Are polio vaccines contaminated or safe? Here is what the Health Ministry says

The Union Health Ministry has issued a statement in response to a viral social media message that urged people to not vaccinate their children because the vaccine had been tainted. Read to know what the government said.

Oct 5, 2018

A glass of wine a day? It could kill you 20 percent early, finds new study

But do you really want to live a wineless existence?

Oct 4, 2018

Contaminated polio vaccine given to kids in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

The health ministry and the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) have initiated preventive measures to keep a check on the impact.

Oct 2, 2018

First case of rat hepatitis in humans recorded in Hong Kong

The disease was found in a 56-year-old male patient who had undergone a liver transplant and then persistently showed abnormal liver function tests.

Sep 30, 2018

Novel tool may improve quality of life for epilepsy patients

Researchers have developed a new tool that may help neurologists screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in people with epilepsy -- a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.

Sep 30, 2018