Health & Medicine

Inflammatory response to ceramic scaffolds promotes bone regeneration

01 Aug 2016

“Health supplements” could adversely affect health: report

30 Jul 2016

Study finds robots as good as human surgeons

28 Jul 2016

The first randomised controlled trial for direct comparison has found that robotic and human surgery achieved much the same results in terms of key quality of life indicators

Study finds binge TV watching hazardous to health

27 Jul 2016

Heart-stopping: Kochi docs perform rare cancer surgery

26 Jul 2016

New microneedle drug monitoring system tests drug levels in blood painlessly

26 Jul 2016

New remote-controlled microrobots for medical operations

25 Jul 2016

Drug targeting BRAF mutation slow thyroid cancer, too

25 Jul 2016

Damaged heart tissue can be regenerated: Study suggests

25 Jul 2016

Researchers invent “smart” thread that collects diagnostic data when sutured into tissue

23 Jul 2016

The researchers used a variety of conductive threads that were dipped in physical and chemical sensing compounds and connected to wireless electronic circuitry to create a flexible platform

Zika epidemic likely to end within three years

23 Jul 2016

Drinking causes 7 types of cancer; health benefits overrated: study

23 Jul 2016

A new survey has found that even moderate drinking can lead to cancer, while the supposed benefits – like the belief that a little red wine is good for the heart – are disingenuous or irrelevant

In a first, Chinese scientists to use stem cell tech on cancer patients

23 Jul 2016

Sound waves may hold potential to treat twin pregnancy complications

23 Jul 2016

New research suggests hearing loss may be reversible

22 Jul 2016

Brisk walking better than jogging for diabetes control

21 Jul 2016

‘Smart sutures’ can give feedback on vital parameters

21 Jul 2016

'ATM' in Puducherry dispenses human milk!

21 Jul 2016

To protect yourself from malaria sleep with a chicken next to your bed

21 Jul 2016

Eating oily fish once a week could up survival rates in bowel cancer patients: Study

20 Jul 2016

Study points to highest risk for mortality for African-American men below poverty line

20 Jul 2016

New HIV vaccine to undergo trials in South Africa

20 Jul 2016

Study links fracking wells to increased asthma attacks

20 Jul 2016

Corneal transplants: men and women don’t see eye to eye

19 Jul 2016

A new study of patients undergoing corneal transplants indicates that subtle differences between men and women may lead to poorer outcomes for a woman who has received a cornea from a male donor