Health & Medicine

Indian hospital in tests to bring dead back to life

05 May 2016

American biotech firm Bioquark Inc has won regulatory permission to test whether brains of technically dead people can be regenerated – and the first stage will take place at Anupam Hospital in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand

A super stretchy, self-healing material could lead to artificial muscle

03 May 2016

Researchers create a polymer that can stretch to 100 times its original length — and even repair itself if punctured

Stiffening of arteries detected in young adults

03 May 2016

Health sensing tool measures lung function over a phone call, from anywhere in the world

03 May 2016

An innovation allows people to dial a 1-800 number from any type of phone -- smartphones, ordinary cell phones, landlines and pay phones — blow into the phone and use the telephone network to test their lung function

Radiotherapy for lung cancer patients is linked to increased risk of non-cancer deaths

02 May 2016

Breast milk linked to significant early brain growth in preemies

02 May 2016

Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk

New development in immunotherapy holds promise of novel treatments for cancer

02 May 2016

Scientists create human sperm from skin cells

02 May 2016

Google applies to patent injectable device to replace natural lens in eye

30 Apr 2016

Meaning of brain scans for ‘pain’ called into question

30 Apr 2016

Smartphones, wearable devices could revolutionise medical care for those with brain disorders

29 Apr 2016

Just 1 minute of intense exercise produces health benefits

28 Apr 2016

Diabetes may lead to hearing loss, finds study

28 Apr 2016

Hearts zoom across time and space to give new life

28 Apr 2016

Demonstrating that India’s organ transplant network now works with considerable efficiency, two hearts were transplanted on Tuesday – one from a Surat donor to a Mumbai patient, and the other from a Pune donor to a recipient in Delhi. By Jagdeep Worah

Kids face higher lead exposure playing in urban gardens

28 Apr 2016

Study links rice cereal fed to babies to high levels of inorganic arsenic in urine

27 Apr 2016

Scientists take big step in better understanding Type 1 diabetes

27 Apr 2016

Laundry detergent packs poisonous for kids

26 Apr 2016

Data from the National Poison Data System on over 62,000 children under age six who were exposed to laundry and dishwasher detergents in 2013 and 2014, showed more than half the exposures involved packets

Breakthrough allows drug delivery for brain diseases, cancers

23 Apr 2016

Inspirational managers may harm workers’ health

23 Apr 2016

A new study suggests that a transformational leader who encourages their group to make an extra effort at work may exacerbate sickness absence, as high levels of presenteeism may result in reduced opportunities for recovery