e-cigarettes can harm lungs in asthmatic young smokers
London, April 12 (IANS) e-cigarette smoking is increasingly promoted as a safer alternative to cigarette smoking but a team of researchers has found that...
Weight loss surgery may increase fracture risk
Weight loss surgery may increase fracture risk
London, July 28 (IANS) Severely obese patients undergoing weight loss surgery are more likely to have increased fracture...
China sacks four officials for gypsum mine collapse
Beijing, Dec 29 (IANS) Four officials were sacked on Tuesday for their responsibility for the collapse of a gypsum mine that left one miner...
Increased brain activity could also impair memory, attention
Increased brain activity could also impair memory, attention
London, Aug 24 (IANS) While traditionally, memory impairments have mainly been associated with reduced brain activity in...
Breast cancer patients can now freeze their eggs
Breast cancer patients can now freeze their eggs
San Francisco, Sep 11 (IANS) Women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis can take time to freeze...
Diet designed to lower BP improves gout blood marker too
Diet designed to lower BP improves gout blood marker too
New York, Aug 15 (IANS) A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products and...
Two vector-borne diseases that pass from mother to child
New York, Jan 31 (IANS) The US researchers have identified two life-threatening vector-borne diseases that can be passed from mother to child through the...
Gestational diabetes may increase risk of kidney damage
Gestational diabetes may increase risk of kidney damage
New York, May 22 (IANS) Gestational diabetes -- high blood sugar condition during pregnancy -- may cause...
Pharmacy selling cancer drugs at heavy discount opened
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Sunday inaugurated India's first retail facility at AIIMS to provide drugs for cancer...
Unique tooth gave T Rex that bone-crunching bite
Toronto, July 29 (IANS) The killer machine T Rex and its fellow theropod dinosaurs were successful predators partly due to a unique, deeply serrated...
