200 Million Indians Suffer From High Blood Pressure: Global Study supriya kashyap kashyap18 Nov 2016 1:38 PM ISTLondon : The number of people with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 40 years to over 1.1 billion worldwide, scientists said, with the burden...
Mexico: The most obese man in the world starts treatment supriya kashyap kashyap18 Nov 2016 10:45 AM ISTMexico : The world's most obese man in Mexico began medical treatment to lose weight.Juan Pedro Franco, 32, weighing 500 kg, was transported night by...
Study Links Mothers with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Kids with Epilepsy supriya kashyap kashyap17 Nov 2016 9:00 AM ISTA new study shows a link between mothers with rheumatoid arthritis and children with epilepsy. The study is published in the online issue of...
MDR infection spreading globally among cystic fibrosis patients: Study supriya kashyap kashyap14 Nov 2016 10:24 AM ISTA multi-drug resistant infection that can cause life-threatening illness in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and can spread from patient to patient...
Scientists develop new type of HIV test on a USB stick supriya kashyap kashyap12 Nov 2016 10:09 AM ISTLondon : Scientists in Britain have developed a type of HIV test using a USB stick that can give a fast and highly accurate reading of how much virus...
Blood test may help identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorders supriya kashyap kashyap11 Nov 2016 12:10 PM ISTResearchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine and the Omni-Net Birth Defects Prevention...
Could an iron grabbing molecule help prevent UTIs? New vaccine shows promise in mice supriya kashyap kashyap10 Nov 2016 10:06 AM ISTFor most invading bacteria, the bladder is not a friendly place.But for those that have figured out how to scavenge iron from their hosts, it's a fine...
US begins testing of inactivated Zika vaccine in humans supriya kashyap kashyap8 Nov 2016 2:42 PM ISTWashington : A US military lab began the first of five early stage clinical trials to test the safety and ability of an investigational Zika purified...
Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout: ACP latest guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap8 Nov 2016 9:43 AM ISTGout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint. Pain typically comes on rapidly...
US: New drug resistant fungal infection kills 13 people supriya kashyap kashyap7 Nov 2016 12:47 PM ISTWashington : Thirteen individuals have become ill from a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection previously unseen in the United States, the...
Raising good cholesterol not as effective as lowering bad cholesterol supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 10:04 AM ISTLow and very high levels of HDL, or "good cholesterol" are associated with a higher risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes,...
Senescent cells, atherosclerosis progression appear to be linked supriya kashyap kashyap31 Oct 2016 11:33 AM ISTAtherosclerosis is a disease in which arteries narrow due to plaques. That narrowing can lead to heart attacks and strokes both of which are leading...
