Removing old cells from joints can delay onset of osteoarthritis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jun 2017 12:27 PM ISTGood news, a study has found that selective removal of old cells, senescent cells (SnCs) from joints can significantly delay the onset of...
Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jun 2017 11:54 AM ISTSeventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious implications for people who rely...
New techniques successful in surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection: Annals of Thoracic Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jun 2017 10:36 AM ISTCardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection -- one of the highest risk operations in...
Diabetes and the Indian Poor: Lancet study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jun 2017 12:36 PM ISTIndia — the world's diabetes capital — has to combat what health experts call a new and worrying trend: that poorer sections of people are...
Macular degeneration: Drusen a promising biomarker for progression of the disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jun 2017 11:31 AM ISTAge-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a common disease of the centre of the retina, primarily affecting those aged over 50. The first signs of the...
Pain increases Chance of Dying by 29 percent: Arthritis Care and Research study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jun 2017 10:48 AM ISTPain that interferes with daily life, rather than pain per se, was associated with an increased risk of early death in a recent analysis.Individuals...
Inherited, rare skin disease helps find potential treatment of male pattern baldness: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jun 2017 9:29 AM ISTIt is almost axiomatic in medicine that the study of rare disorders informs the understanding of more common, widespread ailments. Researchers from...
Premature Babies prone to more lung diseases in childhood and adulthood Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jun 2017 2:17 PM ISTWashington:): A study has found that babies born before 37 weeks may respond worse to flu and other lung diseases later in life due to absence of...
Consuming three servings of low-fat milk daily ups Parkinson's risk: Harvard Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jun 2017 2:16 PM ISTWashington D.C.: Consuming at least three servings of low fat or skimmed milk, yogurt or cottage cheese daily have 34 percent greater risk of...
A new genetic weapon in fight against bowel cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jun 2017 9:53 AM ISTWashington D.C : A team of researchers has identified the 'genetic signatures' in bowel cancer cells that can help identify the best treatments for...
Paralysed pregnant woman successfully delivers baby at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jun 2017 9:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: In an super exemplary case of treating a woman rendered paralyzed in a road accident in the eighth month of pregnancy, the doctors at...
Researchers identify gene that may play a central role in heart disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jun 2017 9:45 AM ISTHeart disease kills more than 600,000 Americans every year, which translates to more than one in every four deaths. Although lifestyle choices...
