New Delhi According to the WHO, liver disease is the 10th most common cause of deaths in India. Gone are the days when liver disease was only associated with the consumption of alcohol. With the increased prevalence of obesity and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver, which leadsRead More

Los Angeles Scientists have developed glow-in-the-dark contact lenses that can painlessly fight blindness caused by diabetes. Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy, that comes with the disease in its more advanced stages. Existing treatments, though effective,Read More

Washington, April 26 People who skip breakfast are more likely to gain weight and have larger waists, according to a study. Researchers from Mayo Clinic in the US found that 26.7 per cent of people who skipped breakfast were obese, compared with 10.9 per cent of those who ate itRead More

Boston Older people should drink more water to reap the full cognitive benefits of exercise, a study suggests. The study presented at the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting in San Diego, US explores the association between hydration status before exercising and exercise-enhanced cognition in older adults. Dehydration has beenRead More

Houston Scientists, who tested over 200,000 chemical compounds, have identified 170 candidates that can be potentially used for developing new drug therapies for lung cancer. The five-year project set out to identify new therapeutic targets for non-small cell lung cancer as well as potential drugs for these targets – aRead More

Boston Older people should drink more water to reap the full cognitive benefits of exercise, a study suggests. The study presented at the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting in San Diego, US explores the association between hydration status before exercising and exercise-enhanced cognition in older adults. Dehydration has beenRead More

Sydney Researchers have found an increase in medication use by the patients who have been newly-diagnosed with dementia and they may consume unnecessary or inappropriate medicines that increase the risk of side effects. “Our study found that following a diagnosis of dementia in older people, medication use increased by 11Read More

Houston Scientists, who tested over 200,000 chemical compounds, have identified 170 candidates that can be potentially used for developing new drug therapies for lung cancer. The five-year project set out to identify new therapeutic targets for non-small cell lung cancer as well as potential drugs for these targets – aRead More

LONDON: Debunking the ‘myth’ that strenuous exercise increases infection risk by suppressing the immune system, a new study says that competing in endurance sports like marathon running may actually be beneficial for upping immunity. “It is increasingly clear that changes happening to your immune system after a strenuous bout ofRead More

WASHINGTON: Belly fat, even in people who are not otherwise overweight, is bad for the heart, a recent study revealed. “See your doctor if your waist is bigger than your hips,” said study author Dr Jose Medina-Inojosa from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Body mass index (BMI), which is weightRead More