New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) People eating more junk food can counteract its ill effects on mental health by cardio exercises such as running, according to an animal study on Tuesday.Researchers at University College Cork in Ireland identified specific metabolic...
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) A traffic home guard and another person accused of harassing and slapping a female junior doctor at a hospital in West Bengal's Howrah have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place at the Uluberia...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Amid 'very poor' air quality levels in the national capital after Diwali, former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Tuesday urged the need for ruthless and sustained execution to tackle the condition that has become a...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Ayurveda Day has transformed from national observance into a global health movement, said Dr Naresh Kumar, Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR).Speaking during the 10th Ayurveda Day celebration at the...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Researchers at the Nagaland University have identified a naturally occurring plant compound called ‘Sinapic acid’ as a powerful therapeutic agent that can significantly enable wound healing in patients with diabetes.A diabetic wound is a slow-healing...
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Women experiencing earlier menopause can affect heart health, and can together affect brain and cognitive performance, according to a study on Tuesday.While previous studies have established that earlier menopause is associated with a higher risk...
United Nations, Oct 21 (IANS) Eighty-five per cent of health facilities in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are affected by shortages in medicine, while nearly 40 per cent have seen...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A wireless retinal implant showed potential to restore central vision in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to clinical trial results published on Monday.Advanced atrophic AMD, also known as geographic atrophy (GA), is...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A novel monoclonal antibody, developed by US researchers, has shown promise against malaria infection in an early clinical trial.Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD)...
Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) Being a premium institute in northern India, the Advanced Eye Centre of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Monday ensured its full preparedness and commitment to manage Diwali-related eye injuries.It said in...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Even as the national capital woke up to toxic air on Monday morning with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling to the "very poor" category, health experts warned an increase in respiratory diseases, stroke, and...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The breakthrough mRNA vaccine that enabled the world to fight Covid-19 may also be used to fight cancers of the lung or skin, according to a study.Researchers from the University of Florida and the University...