Rs.2,200 drug can treat hepatitis B patient
London, April 23 (IANS) A drug for treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be mass-produced at a fraction of its current price - for...
Young smokers prone to peripheral artery diseases
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Smoking among youngsters followed by health issues like numbness, pain in the legs, hands and blackening of toes is...
TV porn may spur teenagers to share sexual selfies on media
New York, Dec 2 (IANS) Teenagers who watch porn and other explicit material on television may be at a risk of sharing sexual images...
Diet pill that tricks body into losing weight
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Researchers from the California-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed an entirely new type of pill that tricks the...
Insomnia hampers productivity of night shift workers
New York, April 28 (IANS) Treating insomnia in night shift workers may improve their work productivity and safety, says a new research.
The researchers found...
Breathless: How blood-oxygen levels regulate air intake
New York, April 22 (IANS) Researchers have unravelled the elusive process by which clusters of sensory cells in the carotid arteries detect oxygen levels...
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...
Salty food doesn’t cause thirst: Study
London, July 18 (IANS) Contradicting the popular assumption of salt causing thirst, it has been found that eating salty food does not necessarily make...
Malaria puts kids at deadly blood cancer risk
New York, Aug 14 (IANS) Children infected with the malaria parasite are likely to experience DNA damage that can lead to Burkitt's lymphoma, a...
Why we get less sleep now than our ancestors did
Washington, June 21 (IANS) Access to artificial light and electricity has shortened the hours of sleep humans get each night, says a study that...
