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Tuberculosis is considered to be the worlds deadliest infectious disease. (Photo: Pexels)

Millions with high blood sugar face tuberculosis risk

Tuberculosis, a severe infection caused by bacteria in the lungs, kills almost as many people each year as HIV/AIDS and...

27 Oct 2018 9:46 AM IST

She voted with the liberal-leaning justices to defend the right to have an abortion. (Photo: AP)

US 1st female SC justice O'Connor has dementia, pointers on disease

Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the court by Republican President Ronald Reagan and she took her seat in September...

24 Oct 2018 8:51 AM IST

Located at Kala Ghoda, Poetry by Love & Cheesecake has started a new initiative called #TheCoffeExchange.

Here's why coffee is good for your skin

According to study, those who drink multiple servings of coffee, decrease odds of having the inflammatory skin disease...

22 Oct 2018 9:55 AM IST

Days after the government launched the MR vaccine, it is busy dispelling myths about the medicine.

Scientists develop anthrax, plague vaccine amid bioterror attack...

Tests on animals showed the vaccine worked, even if they were infected with a deadly dose of either of the two killer...

17 Oct 2018 1:24 PM IST

A significant amount of work needs to be done before prenatal gene editing can be translated to the clinic (Photo: AFP)

Gene editing could treat lethal disease before birth

Researchers in US reduced cholesterol levels in healthy mice treated in utero by targeting a gene that regulates those...

10 Oct 2018 3:24 PM IST

The world is on the verge of eradicating polio. From 3,50,000 cases across 125 countries in 1988, it dropped to two dozen cases last year. The new strategy against the scourge is sewage surveillance, which offers a window to fight other infectious diseases too.

Fight disease, enter the sewage: A sample that can save millions

There is no scope for complacency in the campaign against the polio virus. Recurrence is possible as infections remain...

4 Nov 2018 12:45 AM IST

Industries that profit from treating diseases shun prevention, which has proved to be the most inexpensive .

Prevention better than cure if not for profits

Prevention is not better than cure when your profits depend upon people getting sick.

4 Nov 2018 12:44 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Meditation as medication for stress

As we perfect our medications, we can maintain a calm state of mind in the midst of turmoil and strife.

9 Jan 2018 12:46 AM IST

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Vampire bat's blood-only diet 'a big evolutionary win'

Recent research has shown that D. rotundus can recognise individual humans by their breathing sounds.

20 Feb 2018 6:56 PM IST

The device comes with a price tag of Rs 3,195 and is available on Initos website and Amazon.

Inito launches portable diagnostic device

The report highlights that this affordable device uses a patent-pending imaging technology

15 Feb 2018 3:53 PM IST

E-cigarettes or vaping is considered a one-way bridge to increasing the number of smokers to smoke regular cigarettes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study shows vaping may boost pneumonia risk

Researchers notice sharp increase in the amount of bacteria sticking to airway cells after e-cigarette exposure.

8 Feb 2018 9:36 AM IST

Classified under the family of berries, grapes come in different varieties as well as colours.

Grape-derived compounds may help treat depression, says study

According to experts, grape-derived compounds might be developed as therapeutic agents for the treatment of depression.

5 Feb 2018 8:38 AM IST