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Doctors said the child, from Brazil, only survived because she was given multiple doses of antidote within a two-hour time frame. (Photo: Pixabay)

Miracle: Newborn baby gets stung 7 times by deadly scorpion, survives

Medical staff in Brazil found the yellow scorpion, considered Brazil's deadliest, attached to the child's umbilical...

25 Sept 2018 11:07 AM IST

Expert shares tips to keep your heart healthy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Expert shares tips to keep your heart healthy

Heart disease continues to be a growing issue in India.

25 Sept 2018 10:43 AM IST

Playing golf may help you live longer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Playing golf may help you live longer

Golf is sociable and gets people outdoors, connecting them with nature

25 Sept 2018 10:19 AM IST

Children more likely to try marijuana at younger age if their mothers use the drug. (Photo: Pixabay)

Children more likely to try marijuana at younger age if their mothers...

Marijuana could disrupt certain aspects of brain development.

25 Sept 2018 10:04 AM IST

High-carb diets can help you lose weight, new study claims. (Photo: Pixabay)

High-carb diet can help you lose weight, new study claims

Researchers say fad diets often lead people to fear carbohydrates.

25 Sept 2018 9:15 AM IST

People do just 90 minutes of physical activity a week, which is an hour less than the minimum recommended by health officials. (Photo: Pixabay)

Adults spend 8 times longer watching on-demand TV than exercising

The average person now spends 12 hours a week streaming programmes on platforms such as Netflix.

25 Sept 2018 8:32 AM IST

If a a medicine is available for 30,000 and the standard one at a lower price, the patient opts for what is less expensive.

Homoeopathy goes modern, hi-tech drugs on offer now

These pre-medicated medicines or Boiron Tubes, as they are called, are high quality medicines packaged in a unique...

25 Sept 2018 6:19 AM IST

No blood vessels were damaged as the blade was surgically removed (Photo: YouTube/Pixabay)

Shocking scans show knife lodged in man's face days after he was...

The 25-year-old from South Africa was stabbed in the face during a drunken fight with his friend.

24 Sept 2018 8:59 PM IST

Women are more prone to cancer caused by obesity including breast and womb cancer (Photo: AFP)

Obesity may overtake smoking as leading cause of cancer among women in...

The study shows that 23000 cases of women suffering from cancer will be caused due to obesity by 2035.

24 Sept 2018 6:44 PM IST

Tech equipped contact lenses are a whole different animal from traditional wearable devices because of the potential risks involved.

Sport contact lenses? Beware of rare infection that could leave you...

Studies have found cases of a vision-robbing amoeba have tripled in last 5 years.

24 Sept 2018 4:03 PM IST

Studies showed that most patients undergoing the procedure lose 60 percent of their excess weight (Photo: AFP)

Here's how stitches inside the stomach can help people lose 30 kilos...

No incisions are required as this method avoids scarring and allows people to get back to work within days.

24 Sept 2018 3:33 PM IST

Researchers say that the rise in obesity rates greatly increases the complications and costs of care. (Photo: AP)

Obesity to cause more cancer in women than smoking, warn health...

Being overweight is responsible for 7.5 per cent, or 13,200 cases of cancer in the UK alone.

24 Sept 2018 1:28 PM IST