New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A study of population-specific responses to fermented food shows that the health effect of the bioactive peptides they contain, differ across populations and can personalise nutrition for India's diverse population, the government said on Thursday.A...
Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) Seven out of 10 dog farms in South Korea have closed their doors since the country enacted a law banning dog meat consumption a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.Of a total of 1,537...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have uncovered how natural sugar-like molecules in the human body can alter the behaviour of a protein responsible for bone formation and repair.The findings, published in...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Even as India aims to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) by 2027, the five-pronged strategy led by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is showing results, said Dr NK Ganguly, former Director General at...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Women with Down syndrome have more advanced signs of Alzheimer's disease than men do, according to research.However, the average age of Down syndrome diagnosis is the same for both men and women, said the University...
Shillong, Aug 12 (IANS) The Meghalaya government, on Tuesday, launched Shillong's first Public Electric Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System, marking a milestone in clean, sustainable, and people-centric urban transport for the Northeast. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma along with fitness icon...
Kolkata, August 12 (IANS) The Kolkata Police said on Tuesday that no evidence has been found so far of the police assaulting the mother of the RG Kar victim during "Nabanna Avijan" (March to the State Secretariat) last week. The...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A team of US scientists showed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help detect early larynx or voice box cancer from the sound of the patient’s voice.Cancer of the voice box is an important public health...
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Cats with dementia share brain changes similar to humans with Alzheimer’s disease, offering a valuable model for studying the condition, according to a study on Tuesday.Scientists at the University of Edinburgh in the UK discovered...
Prague, Aug 12 (IANS) The Czech Republic has reported its highest number of hepatitis-A cases in the past 15 years, according to the National Institute of Public Health (SZU).From January to the end of July this year, 1,053 cases were...
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) US researchers have identified a potential biomarker for long Covid that may help develop better diagnostics and potential treatments for the condition.Currently, clinicians confer a diagnosis of long Covid based upon a collection of symptoms...
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Women who experienced being stalked are more than 40 per cent likely to develop heart disease and stroke, according to an alarming study on Monday.About 1 in 3 women have been stalked at some point...