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New study investigates Finasteride's link to prostate cancer

Here is what a new study has found.

20 May 2018 4:40 PM IST

Marijuana is one of the most widely used recreational drugs among individuals of reproductive age. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smoking pot in early teens ups drug abuse risk later

Those who started drinking at 17 also were at higher risk of having an alcohol problem at 28.

20 May 2018 2:19 PM IST

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New technique to combat cancer developed

Here is what researchers have discovered.

27 May 2018 4:51 PM IST

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Antibiotics influence cancer treatment efficacy

Here is what a new study has found.

4 March 2018 9:33 AM IST

The ministry is likely to put up the new rules on new drugs approval and clinical trials for comments on their website. (Photo: AFP)

Mumbai: 3, including 2 foreign nationals, arrested with drugs

Contraband like mephedrone and ecstacy drug worth Rs 2.1 lakh were seized from them.

2 March 2018 5:29 PM IST

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This is your heart on nitric oxide

The study provides new motivation to replace nitric oxide during heart failure.

15 May 2018 3:04 PM IST

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New study may have discovered way to stop cancer cells from...

Researchers believe that screening for drugs using 3-D structures of cancer cells may be more appropriate.

14 May 2018 3:35 PM IST

Believe it or not, cocaine is a very common environmental contaminant - it is well known that it is present on many bank notes. (Photo: Pixabay)

1 in 10 people have cocaine on their fingertips: study

Believe it or not, cocaine is a very common environmental contaminant - it is well known that it is present on many bank...

25 March 2018 12:21 PM IST

A large proportion of these preventive, or prophylactic prescriptions also were for broad-spectrum antibiotics. (Photo: Pixabay)

Drugs prescribed to kids are often inappropriate

A large proportion of these preventive, or prophylactic prescriptions also were for broad-spectrum antibiotics.

22 March 2018 2:21 PM IST

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Sound waves enhance cancer drug delivery, minimise toxicity

For decades now, ultrasound has been used to image organs such as the heart and kidneys and check blood flow.

20 March 2018 3:42 PM IST

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Indian man gets 33 months jail for smuggling drugs to US

Ramesh Buchirajam Akkela aka Ramesh Bhai, 44, of Mumbai was arrested in Panama earlier this year and extradited to the...

17 March 2018 3:31 PM IST

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Alcohol, tobacco are biggest threat to human welfare

In contrast, researchers say use of illicit drugs was far less common.

11 May 2018 1:32 PM IST