How the brain maps visual targets
Toronto, Jan 16 (IANS) York university researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have discovered how a map in the mid-brain region remembers the location of...
Handy shortcuts to cut sugar in festive season
Handy shortcuts to cut sugar in festive season
New Delhi: High calorie food in the festive season may be unavoidable, but you can outsmart the...
Diabetes, high BP in midlife may up dementia risk later
Diabetes, high BP in midlife may up dementia risk later
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Middle-aged persons who have cardiovascular health risk factors, such as...
Regular exercise may cut depression post-heart attack
London, Feb 29 (IANS) People who exercise regularly over several years were less than half as likely to become depressed after a heart attack...
Chile confirms first sexually transmitted Zika virus case
Santiago, March 27 (IANS) The Chilean health ministry has confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the country, the media reported...
Suffering from diabetes? Stick to these fruits
Suffering from diabetes? Stick to these fruits
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Diabetes has come to be one of the most dreaded offshoots of modern...
Brain injury ups cognitive impairment risk
New York (IANS) Traumatic brain injury may be related to both increased risk and earlier onset of mild cognitive impairment, which typically occurs later...
‘Light’ cigarette use may up lung cancer risk
'Light' cigarette use may up lung cancer risk
New York, May 22 (IANS) If you are a smoker using the so-called "light" cigarettes, for their...
New bacterial species that causes Lyme disease discovered
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Researchers in the US have discovered a new bacterial species that causes the infectious Lyme disease in people.
The new...
98% Indians unaware of life-saving technique during heart attack
98% Indians unaware of life-saving technique during heart attack
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Around 98 per cent Indians are not trained in basic life-saving...
