Health News

Over 1.4 billon adults globally at risk of disease from lack of exercise, reveals WHO study

The study has also found that gender exercise gap is highest in Bangladesh, Eritrea, India, Iraq and the Philippines, with women lagging behind men.

Sep 5, 2018

Delhi: Patient to get Rs 15 lakh compensation after doctor couple botch up eye surgery

The patient suffered heavy bleeding from the operated area, alleging that the doctors did not follow the necessary procedure before conducting the surgery.

Sep 3, 2018

Superhuman vision and cure for blindness could be here with this bionic eye

The new bionic eye is still far from human trial or even usage, but the technology is promising and new materials are being developed.

Sep 2, 2018

Even low exposure to toxic chemicals increases health risks, reveals study

Exposure to chemicals like lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium cause very serious health risks, especially to the heart.

Aug 31, 2018

Windows to the soul? Scientists explain how people judge character based on facial features

Such impressions are reliable, but also often highly inaccurate and have real-world consequences that stretch from voting to dating.

Aug 28, 2018

Forehead wrinkles could be a sign of early death

The wrinkles could be a link to the cardiovascular health of the person

Aug 26, 2018

Scrub typhus claims 6 lives in Kota; city health department on high alert

Tsutsugamushi bacteria, which is generally found in the saliva of mosquitoes causes scrub typhus. The symptoms of the disease aren't easily visible.

Aug 26, 2018

'Hybrid technique' used to remove 9-month foetus-sized tumour from woman's womb

The 47-year-old woman had a giant, four-kilogram tumour. The surgery lasted close to three hours.

Aug 25, 2018

What is donovanosis? UK woman first in country to contract flesh-eating STD

A woman in the UK has become the first to be diagnosed with a rare STD that eats away flesh, starting with on, in or around the genitals. Read to know more.

Aug 24, 2018

Harvard professor calls coconut oil 'pure poison'; Ayurveda may differ

The video of a speech by Harvard professor Dr Karin Michels referring coconut oil as poison has gone viral, nearing 800,000 views on YouTube.

Aug 23, 2018

These 'Nano Sensors' implanted inside body work like GPS to track tumors, dispense drug

ReMix can be used to pinpoint the exact location of ingestible implants inside the body, it makes use of low-power wireless signals to look through the body.

Aug 21, 2018

Fatty liver can be treated with diabetes drug?

A group of patients was given a drug called empagliflozin along with the standard treatment for 20 weeks, which showed a significant reduction of around four percent in their liver fat.

Aug 19, 2018

Checking email after work hours? Employers could be harming your family's health, reveals study

'Flexible work boundaries' more often than not turn into 'work without boundaries,' and it compromises employee's and their family's health.

Aug 17, 2018

Ancient 2,500 years old beer residue found and scientists now want to brew it again

There was a need for beer at a time because fermentation was one way to keep barley safe to consume later, for longer and even made it more nutritional. Also, beer is fun to drink.

Aug 16, 2018

This is how your 'dog lick' can actually kill you; all you need to know about Capnocytophaga

Capnocytophaga is a bacteria commonly found in the mouths of dogs and cats. Here's everything that you need to know about the capnocytophaga — the bacteria that can actually kill you.

Aug 15, 2018