Monthly Archives: January 2018
e-cigarettes make smokers quit, but can push youth on smoking path
Whether e-cigarettes have an overall positive or negative impact on public health is currently unknown, the report says
A new report sponsored by the US...
Clinical care guidelines in India don’t pass BMJ scrutiny
India's model of regulating the private sector is heavily dependent on standardised guidelines. Report may further impact poor uptake of Clinical Establishment Act
India’s complex...
Babies having trouble synchronising sights and sounds could be at autism risk
Watching your child's responses to audiovisual stimuli could hold clues about his/her future chances of developing autism, suggests a new study
It suggests that infants...
Marijuana use does not affect chances of getting pregnant
The first shoots of a movement for the legalisation of marijuana appeared in Delhi when a bunch of young people assembled in Connuaght Place...
Polio-like illness in US, Australia could be because of Enterovirus D68
A mysterious polio like illness that has left children in US, Canada and Europe paralysed, is caused by a virus called Enterovirus D68 reveal...
79% women, 78% men want a daughter shows analysis of NFHS data
Attitudes towards girls are changing, reveal data from the National Family Health Survey 4 that shows that 79% women and 78% men want at...
Will write to all heads of state on universal health coverage: WHO DG
WHO director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus told the 142nd session of the WHO Executive Board on Monday that he would soon write to all heads...
Epilepsy changes thickness, volume of different parts of the brain
Epilepsy is associated with changes in thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research led by UCL...
Drinking among teenagers could predispose to liver ailments
Drinking during adolescence could be the first step towards liver disease in adulthood
Drinking during adolescence could be the first step towards liver disease in...
Babies’ babbling may indicate future language skills, finds study
Babbling gives rise to a feedback loop in which mothers respond better to directed babbling and that further structures the apparent gobbledygook that the...
