Science & Health

Bariatric surgery may halve heart disease risk in obese teenagers: Study

Teenagers with severe obesity are at high risk for having a premature cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack, stroke, heart failure and others by the time they are 50.

Mar 24, 2018

By IANS

MIT team develops Sofi Robofish to swim unnoticed under sea

Scientists at the Massachusetts University have developed a robofish named SoFi to explore depths of the ocean

Mar 24, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Spanish woman dies after undergoing bee sting therapy

A woman who underwent bee sting therapy has died raising concerns about the dangers associated apitherapy

Mar 24, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Singapore: MOH says fewer new tuberculosis cases in 2017

Tuberculosis is an air-borne disease, which is transmitted through close and prolonged exposure to an infectious individual suffering from untreated and active pulmonary TB.

Mar 23, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Lifestyle change can prevent thousands of cancer cases, says study

The other major preventable lifestyle behaviours include drinking alcohol, reducing exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation, air pollution and eating good amount of fibre.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

A man lifts weight as part of his training during a six-week programme in an exercise room at the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing August 26, 2011. Participants at the Bodyworks weight loss campus come from across China, paying 30,000 yuan ($4,696)

Weight-loss surgery may prevent kidney disease, failure: Study

Obesity is a dangerous condition and goes hand in hand with elevated blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases and Type-2 diabetes.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

A drug user consumes crack in the old center of Salvador da Bahia March 19, 2012. Many Brazilian cities now have their own "cracklands," areas of the city where swarms of crack users have converted entire neighborhoods into nocturnal encampments doubling

Drug laced with bug spray makes people react like Zombies in Indianapolis

New drug KD, laced with a bug spray and is a combination of either marijuana, tobacco or spice doused in heavy-duty bug spray such as Raid.

Mar 23, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Why men hit harder by flu virus than women?

In humans it's males who are stronger, as it is in many mammals and birds, but in insects and the water flea it's females, says expert.

Mar 23, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Lower back pain: Old treatment methods useless, harmful, say Australian researchers

With more than 540 million people affected globally, the stifling impact from low back pain has doubled in the last 25 years. Around 25% of Australians suffer from low back pain on any day.

Mar 23, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

High Court awards widow S$1.2 mln in compensation against doctor, medical lab

Carol Ann Armstrong, the widow of the cancer patient Peter Traynor claimed that Quest Laboratories and Dr Tan Hong Wui failed to spot cancer in 2009.

Mar 23, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Russian homage to Hawking: Name newly discovered black hole after him

Russian scientists have discovered a new black hole on March 16, 2018, and they have dedicated it to legendary physicist Stephen Hawking

Mar 22, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

World Water Day: Time to mobilise humanity to save rivers, says Sadhguru

Rivers in India have been depleted by 60 per cent and around the world by 35 per cent, said Sadhguru

Mar 22, 2018

By Arul Louis

Beetroot compound may prevent Alzheimer's

Beta-amyloid is a sticky protein fragment, or peptide, that accumulates in the brain, disrupting communication between brain cells called neurons.

Mar 21, 2018

By IANS

Dinosaurs evolved frills and horns to attract mates: Study

A previous research paper from the same university found that the frill in one ceratopsian species, Protoceratops, may have evolved under sexual selection.

Mar 21, 2018

By IANS