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Dengue: A continuing global threat

Here's all you need to know about the disease.

11 Sept 2018 1:02 PM IST

Loneliness is a feeling associated with our relationships with people while depression is a general sense of feeling about everything. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Here's why loneliness is so dangerous for your health

Harvard doctor explains what loneliness does to the brain and hormonal system and why people need to spend time...

21 Sept 2018 9:08 AM IST

The number of cases of rheumatic heart disease in India was 13.17 million followed by China with 7.07 million (Photo: Pixabay)

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India recorded highest rheumatic heart disease deaths in 2015, reveals...

Nation was among five countries with largest numbers deaths in rheumatic heart disease in 2015, accounting for 73 per...

25 Aug 2017 9:08 AM IST

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Risk of lung cancer higher for men taking vitamin B supplements

Here's what a new study found.

23 Aug 2017 1:59 PM IST

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Educational degree keeps away heart attacks, says study

Educated people are less likely to smoke and do more exercise and subsequently have better heart health.

31 Aug 2017 4:42 PM IST

Alzheimers disease causes abnormal deposits of amyloid beta protein and tau protein in the brain, as well as swarms of activated immune cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Alzheimer's may be blocked at earliest stages, say scientists

According to researchers, preventing certain structures from forming in human brain cells will leave people more...

30 Aug 2017 1:29 PM IST

According to the study, most airlines board by zones starting with first class and then moving on to other sections until the plane is full. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Being the first to board a plane is a bad idea, says study

Priority boarding dramatically increases the risk of infection if a passenger is sick.

28 Aug 2017 3:04 PM IST

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New method to track HIV infection developed

This could help scientists what the virus needs to do to infect a cell.

21 Aug 2017 1:12 PM IST

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50 tumours removed from Indian woman's uterus

The team of doctors carried out the surgery at Rama Krishna Mission Hospital.

20 Aug 2017 10:14 AM IST

Swine flu is a disease which affects the respiratory tract of pigs and is caused by influenza viruses and is easily transferable to humans (Photo: Pixabay)

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Here's what you need to know about swine influenza

We give a low-down on how to tackle swine influenza and pointers on its symptoms and detection.

19 Aug 2017 5:27 PM IST

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New way to prevent spread of deadly fungus to brain identified

Here's what researchers found.

18 Aug 2017 4:53 PM IST

$Tams successful use of the CRISPR \gene editing\ tool in viable embryos was hailed as a technical feat by outside experts (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Scientists edit gene to erase disease in human embryos

According to researchers, method can potentially be used to prevent transmission of genetic disease to future...

3 Aug 2017 8:34 AM IST