New Delhi, August 2 (IANS) Digital games, like those on smartphones, may help in relieving stress after a day's work more effectively than a fidget-spinner toy, a new study suggests. "Far from feeling guilty

Rome, Aug 1 (IANS) Almost 822 million people suffered from chronic malnutrition and about 2,000 million had food insecurity in 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has said in a report. New

New York, Aug 1 (IANS) Researchers have found that people who intake high levels of Vitamin A were 17 per cent less at risk of getting a skin cancer as compared to those who ate modest amounts of foods and supp

Chennai, July 31 (IANS) Radiation from mobile phone towers could be a reason for increasing oral problems in people, said a doctor at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital here on Wednesday.   "The en

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday that most cancers can be prevented and also cured if diagnosed early.   Responding to a short duration dis

London, July 29 (IANS) Researchers have identified a link between exposure to high levels of oestrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism.   Published in the journal Mol

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that students who use their smartphones five or more hours a day are prone to higher risk of obesity and likely to have other lifestyle habits that increases the

New York, July 28 (IANS) In a good news for wine lovers, researchers have found a compound present in red wine which can treat depression and anxiety.   The plant compound resveratrol displays anti-s

Geneva, July 28 (IANS) Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, but the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest tobacco report shows more could be done to help people qu

Dr. Nepuni Athikho MBBS, DNB (Family Medicine), National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine,Family Medicine, Palliative & Home based Care Unit,CIHS, Dimapur, Nagaland   Pain is a common and distr

National Vector Borne Disease Control Program (NVBDCP) Chief Medical Officer’s Office, Dimapur   Dengue is a viral disease caused by Aedes Mosquito which bites in day time only. It breeds in any t

Issued for public information by National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme  (NVBDCP) Directorate of Health and Family Welfare WHAT IS DENGUE? • Dengue is a viral disease. • De

Bendangtemsula HICC (Hospital Infection Control Committee) Nurse, CIHSR   “Every year 5,000 patients in hospitals in Britain die from an infection acquired after they were admitted. Up to 100,000