New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) A majority of young adults with diabetes are unaware that they have the disease, posing a significant health risk, according to a study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.Researchers from the Institute for Health...
Ulan Bator, Sep 9 (IANS) Two additional cases of bubonic plague have been confirmed in Khuvsgul Province, northern Mongolia, bringing the national total to three, the country's health ministry said Tuesday.The cases, reported in Tsagaan-Uul and Murun soums (administrative subdivisions),...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) While cholesterol, the fat-like substance, has typically been related to heart diseases, scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), showed...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) With cases of hypertension or high blood pressure rising significantly in India, particularly among young adults, lowering the BP threshold to less than 120/80 mm Hg by the American Heart Association (AHA) may help raise...
Kozhikode (Kerala), Sept 8 (IANS) A 56-year-old woman from Malappuram district, here, has succumbed to primary amoebic meningoencephalitis -- a rare and often-fatal brain infection --, health authorities confirmed on Monday.Her death has pushed the toll from the deadly brain-eating...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The incessant rains have triggered a wave of throat infections, flu, and dengue in the national capital, said health experts on Monday.According to experts, high humidity, fluctuating temperatures, combined with waterlogging in many areas, are...
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A team of researchers in China has led a first-in-human trial of an antibody drug that may provide better treatment for people with relapsed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).SCLC is a fast-growing, highly malignant lung cancer....
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) While physiotherapy ensures better quality of life for individuals of all ages, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday urged the need to promote the physical therapy regimen as an integral part of healthy ageing...
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Three more people have died due to dengue in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, increasing the number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 135 in 2025. The recent deaths have been...
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s first-ever Economic Census, since its independence in 1947, exposes the startling ground reality that the number of mosques is over two times the number of schools in the country, which has very few factories...
N'Djamena, Sep 6 (IANS) The number of people killed in a cholera outbreak in Chad since July has reached 113, the Chadian health ministry said in a statement. A total of 1,631 suspected cases have been recorded.The statement said the...
Kozhikode (Kerala), Sep 6 (IANS) Kerala reported another death from amoebic meningoencephalitis, often described as “brain-eating amoeba infection,” on Saturday morning, taking the state’s toll from the disease this year to seven, according to officials.The victim, Ratheesh, 45, a resident...