Health

New York : As speculated earlier, the 12th century BCE, a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text, did not coincide with an evolutionary reduction in brain size, say a team of researchers…

London : A team of international researchers from the UK, US and Germany, has built a new easy-to-use test that could diagnose non-infectious diseases like heart attacks and cancers more quickly. The new test, called CrisprZyme, works by…

New Delhi : Even as the health experts from around the globe have been stressing on the need to implement ring vaccination among the people at risk with monkeypox, a new study, not peer-reviewed yet, has claimed that the strategy may not be…

London : The risk of heart attacks and strokes temporarily increases in the four months after a gout flare, finds a study.The research, by experts at the universities of Nottingham and Keele in the UK, showed that gout patients who suffered…

New York : While there are reports of viral RNA and symptom rebound in people with Covid-19 treated with Pfizer's Paxlovid, a study led by Indian-origin scientists showed that even without the antiviral treatment both symptoms of Covid as…

Paris : The highly pathogenic bird flu, or avian influenza, has been detected at a turkey farm in northern France, causing the cull of at least 8,000 turkeys, a French daily reported. "Regulated protection and surveillance zones have…

New York : Adding strawberries to your cereal, salad or smoothie can likely help protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease, suggests a study.The researchers from RUSH University in the US found that a bioactive compound found in…

Bengaluru : Increasing incidence of lung cancer among non-smokers has become a matter of concern in the country, as per health experts.To raise awareness about lung cancer, August 1 every year is observed as the World Lung Cancer Day.…

Itanagar : At least nine children died due to diarrhoea in the remote Lazu area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district, health officials confirmed on Monday.Tirap District Medical Officer (DMO) Obang Taggu said that the children who died…

New York : Higher insulin dose is positively associated with cancer incidence, finds a study.The study, published in JAMA Oncology, looked at the correlation between daily insulin dose and cancer incidence (the number of new cases) among…