5 Vaccines to look forward to in 2017 and beyond Meghna Singhania2 Jan 2017 12:51 PM ISTPrevention in better than cure. Holding the age old words true, doctors stress on prevention of diseases through various ways. One of the major and...
Molecular mechanism that may cause autoimmune diseases discovered supriya kashyap kashyap1 Jan 2017 9:34 AM ISTTokyo : In an important step towards treating autoimmune diseases, researchers in Japan have discovered a new molecular mechanism that could explain...
2 in 5 Chandigarh women suffer from obesity : National Family Health Survey Noha31 Dec 2016 12:10 PM ISTNational Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) has come out with data that points to Chandigarh women being the fattest across 26 states and Union...
More individuals may have masked hypertension than is evident : AHA supriya kashyap kashyap31 Dec 2016 9:50 AM ISTA new study shows that around the clock monitoring of blood pressure during daily activity revealed masked, or undetected, high blood pressure in a...
Dementia in older women tied to 20-year rate of weight loss supriya kashyap kashyap29 Dec 2016 9:56 AM ISTFor women surviving into late life, the rate of weight loss over 20 years is associated with development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or...
Effects of blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: meta-analysis Noha28 Dec 2016 11:30 AM ISTRecent hypertension guidelines have reversed previous recommendations for lower blood pressure targets in high-risk patients, such as those with...
New cure for the male andropause: scientists use stem cells to restore testosterone supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 10:41 AM ISTBeijing : Chinese researchers have developed a potential new and safe approach for treating male hypogonadism, popularly known as male andropause, by...
2016 in Retrospect : World of medicine supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi : The rapid rise of the Zika infections across many parts of the world had a large section of the population mightily worried till its...
New treatment could fast-track elephantiasis elimination :The Lancet supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTLondon : If a recently proposed combination of three particular drugs is used, the devastating elephantiasis disease can be prevented or treated...
Prevention of cirrhosis in hepatitis C with use of direct-acting anti-virals Noha27 Dec 2016 3:28 PM IST The new direct-acting anti-virals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection offer higher cure rates, but at a much higher cost than the standard...
15 percent of Delhi's males infertile: IVF experts supriya kashyap kashyap27 Dec 2016 12:46 PM ISTNew Delhi : Over 15 per cent of Delhi's male population is infertile and there has been a 30 per cent reduction in the capital's sex life, IVF...
Older kidney transplant recipients more at risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTRisks of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are higher in older kidney transplant recipients than in older adults in the general population. Among...
