Two cheap generic drugs can cut breast cancer deaths
London, July 24 (IANS) Two different classes of inexpensive generic drugs can each improve survival prospects for post-menopausal women with early breast cancer, researchers...
Novel blood test to predict Type 2 diabetes risk
Novel blood test to predict Type 2 diabetes risk in women after delivery
New York, June 24 (IANS) An international team of researchers has discovered...
Loss of smell could warn of Alzheimer’s disease
Loss of smell could warn of Alzheimer's disease
Toronto, Aug 17 (IANS) Inability to distinguish between the smell of a lemon and petrol could point...
Middle-aged people heavy into booze before sex: Study
Wellington, Aug 14 (IANS) Turned 40 and cannot think of sex without booze? Well, you are not alone. According to a recent study, having...
Impulsive in nature? Parents to be blamed
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) If your child is impulsive, do not blame him or her. It is something that may have been inherited from...
Genetically engineered bacteria can treat cancer
Washington, April 15 (IANS) A bacterium that causes severe food poisoning and leads to sepsis and death in humans can be genetically modified to...
Starvation helps baby bees become stronger as adults
New York, April 1 (IANS) The stress of short-term nutritional deprivation as larvae actually makes honeybees -- critical to the world's food supply --...
Stress during pregnancy linked to low birth weight of babies
New York, March 20 (IANS) Even before a woman becomes pregnant, her stress physiology may predict a lower-birth weight of baby -- less than...
Over 100 dengue deaths in Taiwan
Taipei, Oct 14 (IANS) A total of 106 people have died because of dengue in Taiwan, while 23,821 have been infected since May this...
New compound heals diabetic wound faster
New York, Nov 24 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a compound that accelerates diabetic wound healing, which may open the door to new treatment strategies.
Non-healing...
