Washington DC, November 12 According to a new research, child obesity is linked to multiple factors such as mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep. All three issues appear to be important factors in predicting whether a child will become overweightRead More

Adult women in Puerto Rico were significantly more likely to develop Zika than men, researchers said on Thursday, raising new questions about the potential role of sexual transmission of the virus from males to females. The study, published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report onRead More

Some older people who get what’s known as white coat hypertension – a spike in blood pressure at the doctors’ office – may have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a study suggests. White coat hypertension is pretty common – lots of people get stressed out around doctorsRead More

Washington: Despite advances that have made treatments safer and more effective, childhood cancer survivors don’t appear to have experienced gains in long-term health outcomes, a new study suggests. Their survival odds are better, but as adults they may have chronic medical problems linked to cancer and tumor treatments, the studyRead More

Washington D.C.: A new research says that almost 17 percent women, which is one in six women, diagnosed with breast cancer go to their doctor with a symptom other than a lump. On the same note, lump is the most commonly reported breast cancer symptom. Breast symptoms, other than aRead More

Berlin, November 7 Scientists have used a combination of cells to make grafts of heart tissue and used them to fix failing hearts in guinea pigs. The advance may lead to heart muscle grafts that could help heal the organ in human patients with heart failure, the researchers said. ResearchersRead More

London, November 7 Deficiency of vitamin B12 in mothers during pregnancy may put their child at greater risk of metabolic problems such as type-2 diabetes, scientists including those of Indian origin have warned. Researchers at University of Warwick in the UK believe that these findings could lead to a reviewRead More

Los Angeles: The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said. The steady seven-year rise in middle school suicides, from anRead More

London: Increased intake of food and drinks with added sugar may raise the risk of heart attack or myocardial infarction by about a third in some people, a new study has warned. Sucrose occurs naturally in fruits and vegetables, but the majority of our consumption is through added sucrose, researchersRead More

Toronto,  India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, according to a new Lancet study which showed that causes of death are registered in just 9 per cent and 4 per cent of cases respectively. The number of women diagnosed withRead More