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Regular bedtime improves sleep quality. (Photo: Pixabay)

Regular bedtime improves sleep quality

Sleep regularity could help identify people at risk of disease, and where health disparities may impact specific groups.

23 Sept 2018 12:10 PM IST

Remote work could help reduce stress. (Photo: Pixabay)

Remote work could help reduce stress: Study

Researchers offered several strategies to help managers provide remote work opportunities that are valuable to the...

23 Sept 2018 10:45 AM IST

Cooking with solid fuels increases risk of respiratory illness, new study finds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cooking with solid fuels increases risk of respiratory illness, new...

About three billion people around the world live in households that regularly burn wood, coal or other solid fuels to...

23 Sept 2018 10:10 AM IST

Scientists say genomic study could help cure diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists say genomic study could help cure diabetes

It could help physicians prescribe interventions aimed at the cause of the disease, rather than just the symptoms.

23 Sept 2018 9:59 AM IST

New test could predict autism risk in pregnant mothers. (Photo: Pixabay)

New test could predict autism risk in pregnant mothers

New study's results hint at differences in some metabolic processes that potentially play a role in having a child with...

23 Sept 2018 9:39 AM IST

All patients are particularly susceptible because of the high usage of steroid medication administered as part of chemotherapy protocols. (Representational image)

Leukaemia patients must be alerted on infections

All patients are particularly susceptible because of the high usage of steroid medication administered as part of...

23 Sept 2018 1:02 AM IST

Mothers-to-be need to avoid this posture during late pregnancy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Motherhood in 50s is not impossible anymore

Medical advances have given career-oriented, independent women the choice to delay their pregnancy successively.

22 Sept 2018 6:50 PM IST

Baby brought back to life after he was refrigerated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breast milk helps in brain development in premature babies

Experts say helping mothers to provide breast milk in weeks after giving birth could improve long-term outcomes for...

22 Sept 2018 5:10 PM IST

Those consuming higher doses of dark chocolates saw some of the insulin resistance benefits and a drop in triglycerides, but not a significant increase in HDL. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chocolate may help you sleep, says study

A vital nutrient found in dark chocolates help a person sleep better at night.

22 Sept 2018 4:24 PM IST

A sugar pill prescription for chronic pain patients would result in vast cost savings (Photo: Pixabay)

Common painkiller tied to increased risk of heart problems

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that's often used to treat arthritis and other painful...

22 Sept 2018 2:10 PM IST

It has emerged that Roberto had revealed to his psychiatrist that he had began enlarging his penis since he was a teenager. (Photo: Pixabay)

Gangrene rots away Lucknow man's penis until it drops off after cancer...

The 65-year-old had cancer just two weeks earlier, and for 10 days, lived with a blackish discolouration' of the shaft...

22 Sept 2018 11:11 AM IST

In 2016, India had 80,000 new HIV infections compared to 1,50,000 in 2005, and 62,000 AIDS-related deaths compared to 1,50,000 in 2005.

First ever HIV immunotherapy drug proves safe in phase 1 trial, paves...

Phase 1 trial is milestone for team at University of North Carolina, which won $20 million grant to make their ideas a...

22 Sept 2018 10:28 AM IST