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Certain medications can give older people dry mouth

Read on to find out more.

30 Oct 2017 9:00 AM IST

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Eat garlic to fight chronic infections

28 Nov 2017 11:55 AM IST

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A new weapon against allergies

These findings give insight into the functioning of local immune responses.

17 Nov 2017 9:50 AM IST

Study finds 2 per cent do not wash their hands before they prepare food and 21 per cent do always wash their hands after going to the toilet. (Photo: Pixabay)

Find out why singing Happy Birthday while washing hands is so...

Study says, singing the birthday while washing hands could stop people from catching colds, flu and nasty stomach bugs.

29 Sept 2017 11:22 AM IST

Since the skin is the largest organ of the body, it lets out toxins and germs by the thousands.

Here are skin infections people may pick up at the gym

Working out in a gym where people are perspiring all around, makes one really susceptible to picking out quite a few...

21 Sept 2017 2:08 PM IST

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Cases of gastrointestinal diseases increase with heat and cold

Here is what a new study has found.

29 Oct 2018 2:56 PM IST

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Study links drug-resistant infections with higher mortality rates

Here is what a new study has found.

18 Nov 2018 9:54 AM IST

According to a study conducted by Indiana University, the average penis size for American men is 5.57 inches, which is about an inch shorter than the standard condom size. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are mistakes men make while using condoms

Many men do not know if they don't follow instructions on the packet their condoms are rendered less effective.

16 Feb 2018 2:52 PM IST

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Drug-filled, 3D printed dentures may fight fungal infections

The technology allows clinicians to rapidly create customised dentures chair-side, a vast improvement over conventional...

26 April 2018 6:40 PM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Being treated for kidney-related ailments, infections: Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley also said the future course of his treatment would be determined by the doctors treating him.

5 April 2018 8:50 PM IST

FIASMAs have been used to treat a wide variety of conditions and diseases. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Antidepressants could possibly cure a wider range of diseases

Some antidepressants may provide treatment for multiple infectious diseases.

2 Jun 2019 12:45 PM IST

According to INICC (International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium) which has the data on HAI from developing countries, 5.6 per 100 surgeries develop surgical infection. According to INICC (International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium) which has the data on HAI from developing countries, 5.6 per 100 surgeries develop surgical infection.

Infected hospitals: Prevent mishaps' at the surgical site

Antibiotics are recommended for surgeries to tackle the bacteria that reside in the skin at the site of skin incision.

21 July 2019 4:10 AM IST