New Delhi: At a time of growing distrust and general indifference to human suffering, doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here on Thursday noted how prompt action of office colleague in one instance and of a spouse in another case helped give two brain stroke patients a new lease of life.Read More

New Delhi: A new research has found that a certain gene mutation causes ‘dripping candle wax’ bone disease. The new study, led by National Institute of Health, offered potential treatment targets for the rare disease, providing important clues about bone development. The findings might lead to insights about fracture healingRead More

Houston: Scientists have identified a hormone that acts on the brain to stimulate thirst in response to sugar and alcohol, thereby preventing dehydration. In the study, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, they found that the liver hormone or fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) acts via the brain’s reward pathwayRead More

Washington: Turns out, babies sleep better and suffer fewer serious sleep problems if they are introduced to solid foods early. Referred as ‘Safe to sleep’, the method also urges parents to put babies to sleep on their backs, not on their stomach until a certain age. A research at King’sRead More

More than 80 percent of a dengue fever-spreading mosquito has been wiped out in an Australian town during a landmark trial scientists said Tuesday offered hope for combating the dangerous pest globally. Researchers from Australia’s national science body CSIRO bred millions of non-biting male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in laboratory conditionsRead More

London: A gene mutation, known to reduce tolerance to the ill effects of shift work in working age population, may also increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in the elderly, a study has found. Alzheimer’s disease is a memory disorder that causes the brain to deteriorate. One of its riskRead More

Washington: Now one can get medicines sans the side effects, which has affected patients for years. A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the way for safer medicines that are free of side effects. Researcher J. Julius Zhu and his colleagues have developed a way toRead More

London: Syringes declared unsafe for use by the UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) found their way to India and are likely to have been used in some hospitals in the country, a media report said here today. According to The Sunday Times’, banned Graseby syringe drivers were given toRead More

Exposing children to secondhand tobacco smoke increases their risk of developing habitual snoring, according to an analysis of existing research. The results, from 24 studies including nearly 88,000 kids, may create a “teachable moment” for parents to consider quitting smoking, the authors write in the Journal of Epidemiology & CommunityRead More

Being overweight or obese was strongly associated with several chronic health conditions, including high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetes. A study has now found another problem that stems out of obesity. Researchers at Wolters Kluwer Health reported that being obese or overweight poses a health risk in the yearsRead More