Inexpensive one-step test for hepatitis C infection
New York, Nov 16 (IANS) Researchers have developed a cost-effective one-step test that can screen, detect and confirm hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections from...
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...
Smartphone can be your fitness tracker
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) Uncomfortable with your wristband fitness tracker? Now you can bury it somewhere in your closet as your smartphone would...
Are your afraid of Friday the 13th?
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Do you have an irrational fear of third Friday the 13th? If yes, then you are not alone. Thousands of...
Breathe slowly to smell food better, shows 3D model
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) Do you wonder how your body directs the smell of food into the nasal cavity and not in the...
Bangladesh distributes Vitamin A capsules to children
Dhaka, Nov 15 (IANS) Bangladesh has distributed Vitamin A capsules to millions of children between six months and five years of age in an...
AIIMS to conduct research on Type 2 diabetes
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The AIIMS has collaborated with the George Institute for Global Health, Australia, to research if lifestyle modification programme can...
First swine flu death in Himachal
Shimla, Nov 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Friday reported the first swine flu death in the state this winter, a health official here said.
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Lack of sleep causes diabetes: Experts
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Staying up late and not getting six hours of sleep puts one at high risk of becoming a Type-II...
HIV spread peaks before violent conflict breaks out
New York, Nov 13 (IANS) The rate of new HIV infections rises significantly in the five years leading up to violent conflict in a...
