Health & Medicine
Bariatric surgery linked to higher suicide risk
12 Oct 2015
Elephants provide vital clue to prevent human cancer
10 Oct 2015
A study on African elephants has found that they almost never get cancer because they have as many as 20 copies of the cancer-fighting gene TP53, while humans have only one. The finding could lead to breakthrough new treatments
Mild exercise can greatly help asthma patients
10 Oct 2015
Doctors reattach toddler’s head after internal de-capitation in 6-hour operation
09 Oct 2015
A 16-month-old Australian boy is recovering, smiling, eating, and walking, only two weeks after his spine was separated from his skull in a head-on car collision
Medical breakthrough as kidney grown in lab dish
08 Oct 2015
Although the kidneys cannot perform the functions of a fully formed adult kidney, the researchers hope the achievement will someday lead to new ways to treat people suffering from kidney failure
3D needle developed for painless drug injections
06 Oct 2015
Youyou Tu's herbal therapy for malaria wins Nobel for medicine
06 Oct 2015
Youyou Tu of China, who discovered `artemisinin’, a novel herbal therapy for malaria, shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology with William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura who discovered new therapies for infections caused by roundworm parasites
Can that cola: soft drinks hazardous to health
01 Oct 2015
Drugs disguised as human platelets target cancer
01 Oct 2015
The statins controversy: does it lead to faster ageing?
29 Sep 2015
While a study linking cholesterol-busting statin drugs to faster physical and mental deterioration has been widely published, some say these reports are needlessly alarmist
Diabetes drug can help treat alcoholism
29 Sep 2015
Mayo Clinic to set up cancer institute in Odisha
29 Sep 2015
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