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Uncertainty among doctors about how much medicine patients really need after common operations contributes to the problem (Photo: Pixabay)

New drug to treat bowel cancer discovered by Brit researchers

Most bowel cancers are caused by a mutation in a gene called APC that in its healthy form actually acts to prevent...

19 Oct 2017 8:50 AM IST

The year 2015 saw an estimated 760,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS, which has dropped from a million in 2010. (Photo: AP)

FDA approves first two-drug HIV regimen in US

The one-pill, once-a-day combination provides people living with HIV the option to reduce the number of...

22 Nov 2017 7:40 AM IST

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Smart pills to track health statistics, send info automatically

The FDA has just approved of a pill with ingestible sensors that can send health statistics directly to your smartphone.

17 Nov 2017 7:48 PM IST

About the size of a grain of salt, the sensor has no battery or antenna and is activated when it gets wet from stomach juices (Photo: AFP)

US approves pill with sensor to track if patient takes medication...

The system works by sending a message from the pill's sensor to a wearable patch, which then transmits the information...

14 Nov 2017 6:37 PM IST

Ironically, anxiety pills can themselves become a cause of anxiety. Got into the habit? Well, here are some ways to kick it.

Demons in your medicine pouch

Fresh juices, coconut water and all the things you grew up learning about will come into use now.

1 Nov 2019 12:38 AM IST

According to the official All-China Womens Federation, women account for the majority of nurses and doctors on the frontline force (AFP)

Female medical staff in China given pills to delay periods

Reports of prioritising conserving suits over menstrual health invite flak from all over the world

9 March 2020 12:35 PM IST

Medicines can interact with each other and with the human body in harmful ways increasing the risk of the risk for falls and delirium. (Photo: Pixabay)

Decrease pill consumption to stay strong in old age

Polypharmacy may lead to frailty and cause many problems in older adults

2 Feb 2017 10:47 AM IST

The four-in-one pill will help reduce side-effects

New 'quadpill' can cure high blood pressure

The pill is said to be twice as effective as the normal pill used

11 Feb 2017 9:49 AM IST

The use of non inflammatory drugs were shown to help endanger patients with only a certain type of cancer

Excess Aspirin increases death risk in cancer patients

The use of non-steroidal inflammatory drugs over a long period of time has a higher chance to help cause cancer

20 Dec 2016 6:48 PM IST

High BP drugs can control spreading cancer

High BP drugs can control spreading cancer

Calcium channel blockers target Myosin-10 cancer cells blocking cancer cell movement

18 Dec 2016 2:00 PM IST