It is common knowledge that tobacco consumed in any form is extremely detrimental to one’s health. In fact, statistics have shown that millions in India itself die each year from tobacco-related deaths. Governments and health services try their best to persuade smokers to give up the ‘cancer stick’ by resorting to public messages and […]
Scientists have found a new way to lose weight. They have discovered new fat-burner drugs. The highlight of this discovery is that these drugs increase the metabolism of fat in the body and also reduce the risk of getting diabetes.
Researchers in Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered that there is an enzyme called Angiotensin […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the removal or changes within the TFAP2A gene (Activating Enhancer-Binding Protein) have resulted in the unique clefting disorder Branchio-Oculo-Facial syndrome (BOFS).
The disorder is different basically due to its skin anomalies which entails the neck and behind the ear portion. The other skin abnormalities […]
Younger women afflicted with epilepsy are at a greater risk of developing osteoporosis if they are treating themselves with the epilepsy drug Dilantin. New York’s Columbia University has put forth a study which says that women under the medication of Dilantin for a year were most likely to lose out their bone density.
The researchers […]
Scientists are manipulating hormones and enzymes with the help of drugs to aid weight-loss, in Australia. Meanwhile a pioneering surgery sans incisions and scars to the body has been performed in San Francisco. The one of its kind surgery is meant for people who have already gone under the knife for weight loss and […]
The culprits behind the common problem of heart disease and kidney problems have been identified by researchers. No, this time they are not the high calorie foods or bacteria or viruses but our very own genes.
According to a study published in the journal Natural Genetics, a gene called Osteoglycin (Ogn) that causes the heart […]
China has been the birth place of acupuncture, acupressure and other traditional Chinese medicines like the Chinese herbs. Now China has also found a remedy for diseases like arthritis, hepatitis, bacterial infections and others and it is none other than the very humble Chinese ants.
The Chinese experts claim to have found that the […]
Ooof! This sunny day makes everyone feel so exhausted. What would help is beat this summer’s sunburn? To resist heat in summer season there is a simple and effective solution found to fight these sunburns and other problems of wretched wrinkles and skin cancer. To fight against the sunburn you just have to include the […]
A newly conducted study has found a link between vitamins and micronutrient supplements which lower the risk of recurrence of TB during TB chemotherapy. This study has been published online in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Eduardo Villamor, MD, DrPH, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Tanzania carried […]
Most women do not exactly know as to when they would precisely reach the menopausal stage. However, the good news is that it may now be possible, as suggested by researchers in the Netherlands, who will now find out the menopause age of a woman through the levels of a hormone called anti-Mullerian hormone […]
