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Keto diet helps people shed kilos by forcing their body to burn fat for energy (Photo: AFP)

Keto diet may be putting you at diabetes risk

Researchers were able to determine effects of internal sugar production from animal and sugar uptake into tissues during...

10 Aug 2018 3:29 AM

Just a few days ago Michelle White, from Lawrence Weston, Bristol, was living a normal life with her fiance, Scott Plumley. (Photo: Pixabay)

Groom detected with cancer 2 days before marrying soulmate dies on...

Shortly after 1.30am, Scott passed away - just 13 hours after his wedding.

20 Aug 2018 3:58 AM

Eating more red and processed meat was not associated with survival or cancer recurrence. (Photo: Pixabay)

Severe fatty liver disease boosts risk for liver cancer, says study

Study showed that when NAFLD progresses to where patients have liver scarring, or cirrhosis, their risk for HCC is...

5 Sept 2018 4:09 AM

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Organ Donation Day: Facts to know when looking for organ...

The ratio gap between organ donors and the patients in need of the organ is huge.

13 Aug 2017 5:29 AM

According to experts from The University of Missouri, apart from shellfish and mushrooms, smoking doubled cadmium exposure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Substance found in tobacco, shellfish ups risk of womb cancer

Experts say cadmium which mimics estrogen in body increases risk of cancer by 22%

12 Aug 2017 8:43 AM

A 38-year-old brain dead mans organs have saved four lives. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mumbai: Brain dead man's organs save four lives

The donor's family has played an instrumental role and helped the lives of other people.

20 July 2017 8:38 AM

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This monsoon, let's be HepAware!

WHO reports Hepatitis A is one of the most frequent causes of food-borne infections

19 July 2017 5:56 AM

The first and easy sign can be found in the eyes.

Poisoned by copper

The only way to diagnose Wilson's disease is through the eyes. Dr M.S. Sridhar shares his insight on the rare inherited...

2 April 2017 7:11 PM

The doctors pulled the heart down through a narrow gap made in the diaphragm to reduce the risk of infection. (Photo: Pixabay)

Innovative technique connects liver 'directly' to the heart

The life saving technique was used on a 21-year-old Iraqi woman suffering from a rare genetic disorder

8 Feb 2017 4:19 AM