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Chemotherapy is often regarded as the first option for breast cancer patients to shrink tumors and even blitz the disease altogether. (Photo: Pixabay)

Side effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients may be...

Tibetan yoga practices keep people in continuous movement and they are thought to improve memory and mental clarity.

21 Sept 2017 12:57 PM IST

These immunotherapy payloads come in a little metal device with nanochannels (Photo: AFP)

Scientists develop device to deliver cancer therapy without side...

What distinguishes the approach from others is the use of the implantable nanodevice that can be placed inside the...

24 Oct 2018 7:34 PM IST

While 81 per cent of women faced hair loss, 74 per cent men were affected by it (Photo: AFP)

Women are more likely to be affected by side-effects of chemotherapy...

Even as the number of patients experiencing reduction in size of tumour was higher in men, there wasn't much difference...

19 Oct 2018 5:58 PM IST

However, like all food and drink, energy drinks should be consumed in moderation and as part of a balanced diet.

Energy drinks may cause dangerous side-effects in youngsters, says...

Researchers suggest that more should be done to restrict sale of energy drinks to youngsters under 16.

16 Jan 2018 12:22 PM IST

The findings were published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. (Photo: ANI)

Doctors aiming to reduce side-effects of chemotherapy on patients

Researchers discover new method to reduce chemo doses for patients.

1 Dec 2019 2:12 PM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Trump feels 'absolutely great' after taking hydroxychloroquine

India, which is one of the major manufactures of the drug, has sent several millions of doses to the US as part of its...

29 May 2020 10:18 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine. (AFP)

After WHO, France puts ban on hydroxychloroquine

Under the new French rules, the drug can be used only in clinical trials to test its efficacy against coronavirus

27 May 2020 3:42 PM IST

One vial of the drug Remdesivir. (AFP)

US allows use of remdesivir to help virus recovery

No drugs are currently FDA-approved for treating the coronavirus, and remdesivir will still need formal approval

2 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. (AFP)

US sends 2 million doses of malaria drug to Brazil for COVID-19...

No large, rigorous scientific studies have found the drug, hydroxychloroquine, safe or effective for preventing or...

1 Jun 2020 9:54 AM IST

Pausing trials for COVID-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca due to safety concerns is nothing new, scientists said while pointing out that trials are experiments which may or may not work. (AFP)

Trials will have ups and downs, say scientists

Adverse effects were noted on two human subjects who volunteered for the phase 3 trials of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

11 Sept 2020 1:15 PM IST

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health side effects caused by the pill used by around 100 million women all over the world (Photo: AFP)

Researchers show how exactly contraceptives affect mental health in...

Effects of hormone shifts on mood and behaviour may vary with some women being very sensitive to small shifts in...

17 May 2018 5:52 PM IST

She wasnt able to eat properly for days due to blisters and cracks on her lips (Photo: YouTube)

Woman shares images showing shocking effects of cheap make-up on...

The girl had swelling and blisters so bad that she had to be admitted to a local paediatrics unit.

25 March 2018 3:52 PM IST