Monthly Archives: January 2019
Young people with high blood pressure may suffer brain shrinkage
Study shows even when blood pressure is below the levels considered as hypertension, it affects the brain
Young people with elevated blood pressure even when...
Smokers recovering from drug/alcohol habit quit tobacco too
Those entering de-addiction quit smoking better, shows study
Smoking rates among people recovering from an alcohol or drug disorder are more than double that of...
Physical activity prevents depression; exercise your blues away
Genetic data suggests higher levels of physical activity can protect against the risk of depression
A new research by a team of researchers from Massachusetts...
Lead exposure in kids can lead to low IQ, poor social skills
Study on people who grew up in era of leaded gasoline shows how lead affects mental development
Lead exposure in childhood appears to have long-lasting...
Allopathic pharmacies can now sell homoeopathy drugs too
Inaugurating the World Integrated Medicine Forum in Goa, Ayush minister announces changes in drug laws
Allopathy pharmacies can now stock homoeopathy medicines without any separate...
Dengue infection may protect kids from getting Zika
Researchers find prior dengue exposure protect kids from Zika
Prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection.
A study by an international...
Oversleeping while pregnant can lead to delay or stillbirth
Research shows that interrupted sleep in pregnant women may have some protective function for the foetus
Sleeping more than nine hours per night during pregnancy...
Evidence or not, parents rely on home remedies for colds
Home and folk remedies are often favoured by parents whose children have a cold
Vitamin C to keep the germs away. Never go outside with...
With 31 deaths, Rajasthan is the worst hit by swine flu this year
Delhi has reported 168 swine flu cases this year while Gujarat reported 210 cases; neither state saw any deaths
BJP president Amit Shah may have...
Measles outbreak in the US is a vaccine hesitancy red flag
Measles outbreak reported in Clark County, Washington with 22 confirmed cases and 3 suspected cases
The news of outbreak of measles in the US comes...
