Health News

Too short, long sleep linked to incurable lung disease: Study

Our internal body clocks regulate nearly every cell in the human body, driving 24-hour cycles in many processes such as sleeping, hormone secretion and metabolism.

Dec 31, 2019

Study Links Increased Screen Time With Delayed Child Development

MRI may predict intelligence level in children: Study reveals

MRI is a common technique used to obtain images of human internal organs and tissues.

Dec 31, 2019

Why sisters may be the key to understanding autism risk

Autism symptoms' severity varies greatly among twins

The findings suggest that identifying the causes of this variability may inform the treatment of ASD-related symptoms.

Dec 31, 2019

Brain knows how to integrate natural, artificial vision

Located inside the eye the retina contains light receptors (photoreceptors) which absorb light. Information is then processed and transmitted to the brain.

Dec 28, 2019

Physical activity may lower risk of certain types of cancers: Study

The study analysed data from more than 750,000 adults in the US, Europe and Australia and found that recommended amounts of physical activity correlated with lower risks of seven types of cancer.

Dec 28, 2019

Moms' obesity in pregnancy linked to lag in sons' development

The study used different age-appropriate developmental assessments, we found these associations in both early and middle childhood, meaning these effects persist over time.

Dec 27, 2019

'Distinct' stomach cancer identified in younger patients

Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early-onset form often grows and spreads more quickly, has a worse prognosis, and is more resistant to traditional chemotherapy treatments, said the study published in the journal Surgery.

Dec 26, 2019

New 'molecular switch' allows control of gene therapy doses

The feat, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, offers gene therapy designers what may be the first viable technique for adjusting the activity levels of their therapeutic genes.

Dec 26, 2019

New device to capture and identify viruses developed

This device, called a VIRRION, has a wide range of possible uses. For farmers, for example, early detection of a virus in the field can save an entire crop.

Dec 25, 2019

People with restricted diets more likely to feel lonely

Across seven studies and controlled experiments, the findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that food restrictions predicted loneliness among both children and adults.

Dec 25, 2019

IIT-M finds link between tissue-remodelling enzyme, hypertension

Hypertension, a common disease in India, is associated with remodelling of heart tissues.

Dec 25, 2019

Caffeine may offset health risks of diets high in fat, sugar

Caffeine may offset some of the negative effects of an obesogenic diet by reducing the storage of lipids in fat cells and limiting weight gain and the production of triglycerides, researchers have found.

Dec 24, 2019