Monthly Archives: January 2019
Living under social media glare can depress teens, especially girls
Social media linked to higher risk of depression in teen girlsTeen girls are likely to show depressive symptoms linked to social media use twice...
Artificial intelligence poses new threat to privacy of health data
Study says current laws need strengthening in order to keep up with artificial intelligence
Advances in artificial intelligence have created new threats to the privacy...
UK smokers have poor knowledge of harms of e-cigarettes
Fewer than 6 out of 10 smokers and ex-smokers in the UK accurately believe that e-cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes.
Research from King's...
No evidence of sweeteners being good for health: BMJ
Review says little scientific basis for popularity of non sugar sweeteners
There is no compelling evidence to indicate important health benefits of non-sugar sweeteners, and...
Indian pharma company recalls blood pressure, heart drugs in the US
Aurobindo Pharma is recalling its blood pressure medication over concerns that the tablets could contain trace amounts of an ingredient that may cause cancer
Indian...
Ministry to have no role in world’s largest health insurance scheme
New body will take management of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY) completely out of the health ministry's remit
As the Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya...
Beat incontinence with a small device in the bladder
Scientists develop a tiny implantable device to solve bladder problems
A team of neuroscientists and engineers has developed a tiny, implantable device that has potential...
How’s your heart beating? A device can now keep a tab
The device closely monitors beating heart cells without affecting their behaviorScientists have developed an electronic device to closely monitor beating heart cells, or cardiomyocytes,...
Brain pacemaker from UC Berkeley can treat Parkinson’s, epilepsy
Engineers at UC Berkeley have developed a brain pacemaker that sends electric impulses thus stimulating areas of the brain affected in Parkinson's
A brain pacemaker...
Artificial intelligence helps predict cancer symptoms, plan treatment
New artificial intelligence developed by University of Surrey can help in predicting cancer symptoms in individual patients; treatment can be planned accordingly
Doctors could get...
