Health

  • Cancer patients at doubled risk of dying from stroke: Study
    New York, November 24 (IANS) People living with cancer are more than twice as likely to die of a stroke, compared to the general population say researchers, adding that the risk increases with time. Cancers
  • AI to determine if immunotherapy is working in lung cancer
    New York, November 23 (IANS) Scientists who have pioneered the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict whether chemotherapy will be successful, can now determine which lung-cancer patients will benefit f
  • Why poor people are more prone to heart disease
    Bern, November 22 (IANS) Insufficient sleep is one reason why poor people are more prone to heart disease, researchers have warned. People with lower socioeconomic status sleep less for a variety of reasons:
  • How sleep deprivation affects your performance
    New York, November 22 (IANS) Sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested, say researchers, adding that it impacts placekeeping - or, the ability to complete a series of steps witho
  • Air pollution can trigger Alzheimer's in aged women
    New York, November 22 (IANS) Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution experienced greater declines in memory and more Alzheimer's-like brain atrophy than their counterparts
  • New diarrhoea vaccine found safe in clinical trial
    London, November 21 (IANS) An oral, inactivated vaccine candidate against enterotoxigenic E. coli diarrohea has been found safe for infants and children in a clinical trial conducted in Bangladesh. Enterotox
  • Chewing sugar-free gum may prevent dental cavity
    London, November 20 (IANS): To prevent your teeths from rotting, start chewing sugar-free gums, as researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found some evidence that sugar-free gum could help reduc
  • 30% rise in skin problems due to pollution
    New Delhi, November 20 (IANS): With the air quality worsening in the Delhi-NCR region, health experts on Wednesday revealed that doctors have observed 30 per cent jump in skin related problems here. Tox
  • Healthy diet can lower risk of hearing loss: Study
    New York, November 20 (IANS) Researchers have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss. Using longitudinal data collected in the Nurses' Health Study II Conservation of H
  • Soups can save you from malaria: Study
    London, November 20 (IANS) To fight against malaria, home made soups might help as researchers have found that some of the soup recipes have anti-malarial properties. "Malaria kills more than 400,000 people
  • Well-paid wife is injurious to hubby's mental health
    London, November 19 (IANS) If your wife earns more than you, especially after marriage, and you are facing some sort of mental stress for quite some time, there is a definite link between the two. An interes
  • Radiation from CT scans increases thyroid cancer risk
    New Delhi, November 19 (IANS) Researchers have found that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated with higher risks of developing thyroid cancer and leukemia, but according to health experts here, the
  • 40% parents struggle to see depression signs in kids
    New York, November 18 (IANS) Telling the difference between a teen's normal ups and downs or something bigger is among the top challenges parents face while identifying depression among the youth, says a new st
  • Intermittent fasting may lead to longer, healthier life
    New York, November 17 (IANS): Intermittent fasting may sound like another diet fad but researcher have conclusively found that the practice of routinely not eating and drinking for short periods of time resulte
  • Intermittent fasting may lead to longer, healthier life
    New York, November 17 (IANS) Intermittent fasting may sound like another diet fad but researcher have conclusively found that the practice of routinely not eating and drinking for short periods of time resulted
  • Diabetes-related stress more harmful for young adults
    New York, November 16 (IANS) Young people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes experience high psychological distress, resulting in worse health outcomes and poor blood sugar control, find researchers from Carnegie M
  • Increased fitness linked to lower dementia risk: Study
    London, November 16 (IANS) Researchers have found that improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly linked to lower dementia risk. "It is important to say that it is never too late to begin exercisin
  • Bacteria in the gut may alter ageing process: Study
    Singapore, November 16 (IANS) Researchers have found that microorganisms living in the gut may alter the ageing process, which could lead to the development of food-based treatment to slow it down. All livin
  • India 2nd-highest in child pneumonia deaths
    New Delhi, November 15 (PTI): India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable disease that claimed the life of one child every
  • Right 'doses' of yoga can reduce depression, anxiety
    New York, November 15 (IANS) If applied in right "doses", yoga and breathing exercises can improve symptoms of depression and anxiety in both short and long terms, reveal new research. Published in the Journ
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