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Women told to lose weight, men advised to take statins to avoid cardiovascular disease

Women are generally told to lose weight, exercise and improve their diet to prevent heart disease while men are advised to take statins, new research revealed on Saturday.

Dec 3, 2022

Pandemic stress has physically aged teens' brains: Study

The pandemic-related stress has physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic, a new study has revealed.

Dec 2, 2022

Measles outbreak: Mumbai reports with 303 cases, over 700 in Maha; everything you need to know

Mostly seen among children aged six months to three years, the disease is called 'khasra' and is one of the leading causes of death and disability among young children. Read on.

Nov 30, 2022

Chemotherapy may lead to inheritance of disease risk in children, grandchildren of childhood cancer survivors

A Washington State University-led study has found that the offspring and grand-offspring of adolescent cancer patients treated with the drug ifosfamide may have a greater incidence of disease.

Nov 28, 2022

Even low alcohol drinking during pregnancy can expose baby to 'fetal alcohol spectrum disorders' [Details]

Consumption of alcohol, even in low to moderate amounts during pregnancy, can change the baby's brain structure and delay brain development, a new MRI-based study has warned.

Nov 26, 2022

Health Byte: Woman diagnosed with brain tumour after hallucinations tell her to have CT scan

A woman has been diagnosed with a brain tumour after she claimed that voices in her head told her to have a CT scan.

Nov 25, 2022

25 Percent of Former Olympians Suffer from Osteoarthritis; Endure Pain Across Several Joints [Study]

The multi-institutional study is the first to examine the consequences of pain and osteoarthritis in different joints among retired Olympic athletes across over 50 sports.

Nov 25, 2022

Vaccinated people now make majority of Covid deaths in US: Report

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, a majority of Americans dying from Covid were at least partially vaccinated.

Nov 24, 2022

Gene that naturally protects people against COVID discovered; benefits people aged above 90, too [details]

A team of Brazilian researchers has discovered that a gene can protect people, even those aged 90 and above, from the deadly Covid disease.

Nov 22, 2022

Scientists Identify Drugs that Could Prevent Alcoholism In People With PTSD; Shows Promise for Development of New Therapies [Study]

Through a new multi-institutional study, researchers have demonstrated that two drugs–benztropine and SAFit2–can decrease alcohol consumption arising from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Nov 21, 2022

Doctors at Hyderabad hospital remove football-sized kidney tumour weighing 10 kg

Doctors at the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) in Hyderabad have successfully removed a football-sized kidney tumour weighing 10 ks to save the life of a 53-year-old man.

Nov 17, 2022

Scientists Develop New Method to Make Mice Blood 'Glow' for Several Months; Can Provide Insights In Brain Diseases [Study]

In a new study, researchers have described a technique that utilises a fluorescent protein, that is delivered through a viral vector, and can trick the liver into producing more of it.

Nov 16, 2022

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Health News

Women told to lose weight, men advised to take statins to avoid cardiovascular disease

Pandemic stress has physically aged teens' brains: Study

Measles outbreak: Mumbai reports with 303 cases, over 700 in Maha; everything you need to know

Chemotherapy may lead to inheritance of disease risk in children, grandchildren of childhood cancer survivors

Even low alcohol drinking during pregnancy can expose baby to 'fetal alcohol spectrum disorders' [Details]

Health Byte: Woman diagnosed with brain tumour after hallucinations tell her to have CT scan

25 Percent of Former Olympians Suffer from Osteoarthritis; Endure Pain Across Several Joints [Study]

Vaccinated people now make majority of Covid deaths in US: Report

Gene that naturally protects people against COVID discovered; benefits people aged above 90, too [details]

Scientists Identify Drugs that Could Prevent Alcoholism In People With PTSD; Shows Promise for Development of New Therapies [Study]

Doctors at Hyderabad hospital remove football-sized kidney tumour weighing 10 kg

Scientists Develop New Method to Make Mice Blood 'Glow' for Several Months; Can Provide Insights In Brain Diseases [Study]

How Does COVID-19 Harm Brain? Scientists Find Mechanisms Associated With Neurological Damage [Study]

Health Byte: Popular vitamin B3 supplements like NR may up cancer risk, brain metastasis

Health department on alert after fivefold increase in Conjunctivitis or Madras Eye cases in Chennai

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]