The rate of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men could drop by up to a third over the next decade if enough eligible men take a drug that pro...
Medicine
Zika outbreak to end in two to three years, scientists predict
The Zika outbreak rampaging through Latin America will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop im...
Drug-use may damage ability to choose right from wrong
New York : Regular drug users can have difficulty choosing between right and wrong, perhaps because the specific parts of their brains used for moral ...
Manipulating gut microbes may reverse the negative effect of a high fat
Did you know that your gut sends neural messages to the brain to tell it when it is full? Researchers at the University of Georgia, Binghamton Univers...
Excess smoking, narcotics use cause infertility: Doctors
New Delhi : Excess smoking and use of other narcotic substances, including marijuana, can cause infertility in both males and females, doctors have sa...
Research on tuberculosis a national priority: Experts
Mumbai : Tuberculosis (TB) is not just a medical problem but also has several social ramifications as many families get broken due to the disease, say...
Study: Despite medical advances, HIV epidemic continues for gay men across the globe
The findings, to be published in The Lancet, follow up on a 2012 call to action from the same group of researchers. Back then, they laid out anambitio...
Is it safe for GP to prescribe lesser antibiotics? BMJ Study
A new study has found that reducing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections such as coughs, colds, sore throats and ear infections is ...
AIIMS to conduct survey to ascertain the number of drug addicts
New Delhi : After a hiatus of 15 years, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with the National Drug Dependence Treatment C...
Too Much Or Too Little Sleep May Up Inflammatory Disease Risk
New York : Sleep disturbances and longer sleep duration are associated with increases in markers of inflammation, finds a new study. Insufficient slee...
