Health News

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

Eradicated polio strain found in vaccines made in India

About 50,000 containers are under the scanner. An FIR has been filed against Biomed by the central drug regulator and the managing director of the firm has been arrested.

Sep 29, 2018

Healthy recipes from MasterChef Australia to relish on World Heart Day

Celebrate World Heart Day with these healthy recipes from MasterChef Australia. Catch the show on Monday-Friday at 9 pm on Star World.

Sep 28, 2018

Women better at multitasking than men? No, both equally bad - finds new study

"It is fair to conclude that the evidence for the stereotype that women are better multitaskers is, so far, fairly weak," say researchers.

Sep 28, 2018

Researchers identify possible cause for Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injuries

According to researchers from Rutgers University, the causes of Alzheimer's is unknown. But a popular theory suggests a protein known as amyloid-beta slowly builds up a plaque in the brains of people with the disease.

Sep 28, 2018