New York: Besides restoring the pre-pregnancy shape of the abdomen, abdominoplasty or “tummy tuck” — a surgical operation involving the removal of excess flesh from the abdomen — can improve back pain and urinary incontinence after childbearing, a study says. Many women seek tummy tuck surgery to restore the shapeRead More

London Kids born to pregnant women who consume metformin—a medication used for the treatment of gestational diabetes or a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)—are at higher risk of developing obesity, researchers have claimed. The study found that metformin has the potential to cross the placenta and gets passed downRead More

New Delhi, February 28 A green body has slammed an advertisement highlighting that no antibiotics are used in chicken as an “eye wash” and alleged that the use of antibiotics in poultry sector is “rampant”. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday slammed the All-India Poultry Development andRead More

London Scientists have successfully grown mini versions of patients’ tumours in a lab—and tested them against dozens of drugs to find the best possible treatment. In the study published in the journal Science, researchers treated the lab-grown ‘mini tumours’ with a range of drugs. They then looked to see howRead More

Toronto Manageable levels of anxiety can actually help you remember more details of an event, a study claims. The study of 80 undergraduate students also found that when anxiety levels got too high or descended into fear, it could lead to the colouring of memories where people begin to associateRead More

NEW YORK: People who eat vegetables, fruits and whole grains to reduce hypertension may also have lower rates of depression over time, a new study suggests. The study found that people whose diets adhered more closely to the “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension” (DASH) diet were less likely to developRead More

London Excessive use of phones and tablets is preventing children’s finger muscles from developing sufficiently, making it increasingly hard for them to hold pens and pencils, UK doctors say. “Children are not coming into school with the hand strength and dexterity they had 10 years ago,” said Sally Payne, theRead More

New York Ketamine, a widely used anesthetic agent, could produce an anti-depressant response in two hours rather than weeks compared to other medications, offering a wholly new approach to treating severe depression, researchers say. Current treatments for major depressive disorder and bipolar depression have major limitations with many patients doRead More

Toronto The type of snacks your child chooses may be determined by the genes, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada investigated whether genetic variants in taste receptors related to sweet, fat and bitter tastes influence the snacks preschoolers choose. They found that nearly 80Read More

New Delhi The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its latest set of guidelines for combating tuberculosis, has recommended scaling up access to testing and treatment for the disease, especially among groups who are at risk, such as children and people with HIV. The recommendations also include two new shorter treatmentRead More