Blood donation reduces the risk of heart disease, say scientists. Donating blood is especially beneficial to shift workers, who are known to suffer from various heart diseases due to jetlag.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 07, 2014
A perfect candidate for contraceptive has been developed by a U.S. tech start-up MicroCHIPS.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 07, 2014
'Consciousness' is a term that many scientists have been researching for more than a centrury, trying to figure out what it is and how it works.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 07, 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US to help eliminate the deadly tuberculosis completely by the year 2050.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 04, 2014
Dementia sufferers and their care takers in Southland can now heave a sigh of relief as new dementia respite care has been set up in the city. People with dementia in New Zealand is 50, 000 and the number is expected to rise to 150,000 by the year 2050.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 04, 2014
Australian surgeons from Monash Children's Hospital have successfully carried out a complex procedure involving the removal of a huge growth from the face of a Filipino boy.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
Nicole Scherzinger, ex-Pussycat doll and X-factor UK judge, has suffered from bulimia, an eating disorder, for eight years.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
People becoming affected by measles have reached an alarming 100 in the Waikato area of New Zealand. This, in turn, has led to a huge demand for measles vaccine in the Waikato and Auckland regions.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 03, 2014
A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the frequency with which pain killers are prescribed varies from state to state whereas the medical conditions involving pain does not. The study shows that Alabama prescribes 143 pain killers for every 100 people, making it the top most state to prescribe painkillers.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
Women's fertility starts to deteriorate when they hit their mid-thirties.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
A new study by St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found that a father's ethnic background can significantly influence a child's weight at birth, and in this case, babies born to Asian fathers were found to be underweight.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 02, 2014
Consuming low to moderate quantity of alcohol plays a substantial role in reducing the risk of heart attack in adults, two recent studies have revealed.
Indrani Bhattacharyya Jul 02, 2014
To help find a cure for hypertrophy, scientists from Abertay University in the United Kingdom have grown tiny beating hearts.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 02, 2014
A project that screened scientific titles and papers on safety of vaccine concluded that vaccination for children is safe.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 02, 2014
Australians will be proud of the national health report released in 2014. The report, title Australia's Health 2014, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed that Australians are living longer, healthier and happier lives.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 02, 2014
Like every coin has two sides, e-cigarettes, too, have two sides to it, in which one side suggests that it helps smokers quit smoking, and the other suggests that these devices may be seen as a portal for nicotine addiction by teen smokers.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 02, 2014
One in five Australian women or about 20 per cent want designer vagina surgery, according to a new study by researchers at Flinders University in South Australia and scheduled to be presented at a conference in Bristol, England, on Wednesday.
Vittorio Hernandez Jul 02, 2014
A study done in a Los Angeles middle school shows that students sending and receinving "sext" messages were more likely to be sexually active than the non-sexting students. Younger teens see sexting as a substitute for real sex.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 01, 2014
Robert Downey Jr, after the arrest of his son, Indio, for the possession of cocaine, said, "Unfortunately there's a genetic component to addiction and Indio has likely inherited it.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 01, 2014
A recent experiment conducted by the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital involved preserving some organs for a longer period using anti-freezing technique.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 01, 2014
Without expensive testing, it is difficult to diagnose genetic diseases but now a new computer program is designed to help diagnose rare genetic diseases by using family photographs.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 30, 2014
On Wimbledon High Street, Sharapova opened 'Sugarpova Candy Lounge' to sell treats during the Wimbledon championships on June 16. The world's richest female athlete, Russia's tennis champion, Maria Sharapova opened in 2012 a sweet firm called Sugarpova, a premium candy line.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 30, 2014
It is said that women take care of their body but tend to neglect their heart health.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 30, 2014
Dr Antonio Vega Vega, a central Queensland urologist who removed the wrong kidney of a patient, will be hearing the result of his appeal on June 27.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 27, 2014
A new study by the University of Oregon in the U.S. suggests that the smartphone contains thousands of micro-organisms and these can be a mirror to the bacteria, fungi and virus that are present in our body and in the surroundings.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 27, 2014
Migaloo, a rare white humpback whale migrating north along Australia's east coast, is being monitored for skin cancer by experts as red marks were found on the whale.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 26, 2014
Eating unhealthy food results in chronic diseases, noted a research by the University of Adelaide.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 26, 2014
Glow is an enterprise that has an ability to analyse data and use it to empower women and couples to take charge of their reproductive health. The App has an interesting concept and gets one hooked on to it. It is available for download for Windows, Android and iPhone users. Here is an excerpt from a converstion with the CEO of Glow, Mike Huang.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 26, 2014
The Forbes Global 2000 ranks annually the top 2,000 public companies in the world as assessed by Forbes magazine on the basis of sales, profit, assets and market value and has been published from 2004 onwards.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 25, 2014
Regenerative Sciences, a medical company, has locked horns with the Food and Drug Administration. Regenerative sciences developed a procedure, using patients' own stem cells, to tend to orthopedic injuries.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jun 25, 2014
