A herbal medicine that is extracted from seeds of the Silybum marianum (silimarin), which is better known as milk thistle, may help sugar-control in people with type II diabetes. Research shows that this extract can help people significantly lower the amount of sugar bound to haemoglobin in blood, as well as reducing fasting blood […]
The prestigious Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award has been conferred upon the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in recognition of its community service and polio-eradication programme.
This is the first time that this award has been given to a non-American University.
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Foundation recognises ”the innovative ideas of the AMU […]
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Centre have begun a new clinical study using a vaccine strain of the measles virus to attack recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, a largely untreatable brain tumor. The researchers say that glioblastoma cells overexpress a specific protein called CD46, which allows tumor cells to evade destruction by the immune system. They […]
Women whose close relatives suffer from breast cancer and do not have the main genetic mutations linked to the illness still have a higher than average risk of developing the disease, doctors have said.
Even if they test negative for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 faults, they are three times more likely to be diagnosed with […]
A new study was released on Monday by Israeli scientists, who said that depression could lead to brittle bones. The study also suggested anti-depressant drugs could be used to treat osteoporosis.
The scientists at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said mice that were given drugs to induce behavior similar to human depression, suffered from a loss of […]
For the beauty conscious in Jaipur, flower therapy is becoming the most sought-after treatment for skin ailments.
Helping people enhance their beauty are parlours and clinics that are offering these therapies.
Be it acne problems or under eye dark circles, flower therapy seems to be the perfect solution.
“We get seven to 10 customers every day,” […]
A set of simply designed exercises tat was originally designed for astronauts could cure dyslexia, experts say. This revolutionary treatment transformed the reading and writing skills of kids with dyslexia, even allowing them to beat classmates with no learning difficulties in literacy tests.
The exercises have been designed to stimulate co-ordination and include walking downstairs […]
Everyone is addicted to their morning cup of coffee, but a new study may just make you think twice before drinking up. A new study has revealed that coffee, which is everybody’s favorite brew, may reduce one’s ability to father normal children.
Bradford University and California University studied males with no fertility problems aged 22-80.
Drinking […]
Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a key enzyme responsible for a number of allergic reactions, according to new study findings of which have been published online in Nature Immunology.
These findings will surely help to set the stage for development of target therapies to control allergic diseases.
Allergic diseases such as asthma and […]
Accidents that involve bicycles or scooters often lead to infection of the pancreas in children, according to a study published in the German medical journal Aerzte Zeitung.
The study was carried out by the University of Dresden and found that two-thirds of all cases of an abdomen trauma result in infection of the pancreas in […]
