Melbourne Scientists have developed an app that uses a simulated digital nurse to teach patients how to recognise symptoms of heart attack and call emergency. Patients using the SAVE app are more likely to call an ambulance when they had symptoms, and had fewer hospital admissions, researchers said. “Most deathsRead More

New Delhi: A daily yoga routine significantly improve sperm quality, according to a study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The study, which was published in Nature Review Urology, an international medical journal, early this year, was conducted by experts in the Department of Anatomy atRead More

New York: Middle-aged individuals who smoke could be at far greater risk of developing heart failure than those who never smoked, or those who quit, according to new research. Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart does not pump blood properly. “Previous research has focused on smokingRead More

New York: Maternal overweight and hyperglycemia or high blood sugar are linked to the earlier onset of puberty in girls, which can lead to multiple adverse health developments in adulthood, finds a study. The results showed that maternal obesity (body mass index of 30 or more) and overweight (body massRead More

Washington, Negative experiences on social media are strongly associated with higher depressive symptoms among young adults, according to a study. The finding, published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, may be useful for designing interventions and clinical recommendations to reduce the risk of depression. “We found that positive experiences on socialRead More

Tokyo If you are planning to start motherhood, quit smoking, say researchers. Exposing your baby to tobacco smoke during pregnancy or after the birth may cause hearing impairment in them. According to the researchers, babies who were exposed to smoking during pregnancy had a 68 per cent increased relative riskRead More

New York Finding it hard to make your team together? A cup of coffee may work as magic and help people remain more alert as well as work together as a team, say researchers including one of an Indian-origin. According to the research, people who drank coffee beforehand, gave moreRead More

London, Having a stressful job may increase the risk of developing a rapid and irregular heart rate, called atrial fibrillation, which can lead to strokes and premature death, according to a study. The most stressful jobs are psychologically demanding but give employees little control over the work situation — for example,Read More

Tokyo Scientists have developed a powerful and convenient model to analyse human cancer, an advance that could lead to individualised therapy for the deadly disease. The researchers from Kyoto University in Japan developed a chicken egg tumour model in which cultured ovarian cancer cells are transplanted on top of theRead More

Los Angeles, A billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood screams out a stark warning: “drug-resistant gonorrhea alert!” The words are set against a black background and accompanied by a microscope shot of the gonococcus bacteria, which causes the illness now running rampant in California. Sexually transmitted diseases have made an alarmingRead More