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Study challenges conventional wisdom on fats, fruits and vegetables

New research suggests the biology of people around the world is similar when it comes to diets.

30 Aug 2017 9:52 AM IST

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World Breastfeeding Week: Sustaining breastfeeding together!

Breast milk contains antibodies that help the baby fight off viruses and bacteria.

2 Aug 2017 1:09 PM IST

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Ebola can persist in survivor's semen 2 years after infection

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made the discovery.

3 Aug 2017 3:14 PM IST

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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea can spread during oral sex

WHO revealed three people globally have already developed 'super gonorrhoea'.

7 Aug 2017 2:02 PM IST

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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home: report

New research also reveals more than twice as many lack safe sanitation.

13 July 2017 6:13 PM IST

DisCourse: Deadly homes, killer aura

DisCourse: Deadly homes, killer aura

Out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 11 are in India.

7 May 2017 2:19 AM IST

Currently, under the governments tuberculosis control programme, seven to eight drugs are dispensed to patients three times a week.

Government plans nutritional support for TB patients

The body needs healthy nutrients more than ever during TB infection.

20 Jan 2017 1:25 AM IST

The study used data for 88,504 people with HIV who started an-tiretroviral treatment between 1996 and 2010 from 18 European and North American studies. (Photo: AP)

Latest research ups HIV life expectancy

WHO now recommends antiretroviral therapy to be given as soon as possible after diagnosis to all people with HIV.

16 May 2017 2:16 AM IST

According to the report, 1.2 million deaths take place every year in India due to air pollution.

Delhi lives up to name as pollution capital

Tops Greenpeace list of most polluted cities followed by Ghaziabad.

12 Jan 2017 1:27 AM IST

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Infected, not recovering? Blame it on the tandoori chicken!

Poultry farms are deploying antibiotics not to treat sick animals but to fatten them quickly.

23 July 2017 1:32 PM IST

Five key numbers on AIDS

Five key numbers on AIDS

Roughly 1.8 million people worldwide contracted the AIDS virus in 2016.

21 July 2017 2:12 PM IST

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Pollution kills 1.7 million kids a year, claims WHO

In India, out of 1 crore people, approximately 24,815 children died due to environmental reasons in 2012, the report...

7 March 2017 2:20 AM IST