Common sense suggests that warning labels on products like cigarettes and medications would encourage people not to go for them. Wrong. Research suggests that warning labels can actually have the opposite effect, making the product more appealing. “When there is a time lag between reading a warning and then buying or consuming the related products, […]
Traditional Chinese herbs may offer a new option for managing blood sugar levels, either alone or in combination with other treatments, to help people at risk of developing diabetes. Pre-diabetes is diagnosed when an individual has developed elevated blood sugar levels, but glucose levels have not yet risen to the point of developing type 2 […]
Poland’s first-ever face transplant has been recognised as the world’s best example of reconstructive surgery of 2013 at a recent annual meeting of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) in Hawaii, media reported Thursday. The surgery was carried out in May 2013 at the Institute of Oncology in Gliwice of southern Poland by a […]
In a ground-breaking discovery, German researchers have successfully developed artificial bone marrow – capable of hosting life-saving hematopoietic stem cells that can facilitate the treatment of leukemia in a few years. Till date, the affected cells of a leukemic patient are replaced by healthy hematopoietic stem cells – blood cells that give rise to all […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday laid the foundation stone for the new Rs.425-crore national hadron beam facility (NHBF) and a cancer care centre for women and children at the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital (TMCH) here. The facility, part of radiation therapy to treat cancer, will be funded by the centre through the department of atomic […]
Chinese researchers have claimed to have made a significant breakthrough in the study of HIV virus, offering hope of developing new medications to treat or even cure the disease. The researchers said they have made the breakthrough in the structural analysis of the viral infectivity factor (Vif) of the HIV virus, which will help in […]
An increasing number of elderly men are opting for testosterone therapy – often without prescription – purportedly to enhance their sex drive. According to an alarming study, testosterone use has sharply increased among older men in the US and Britain in past decade. Many such patients appear to have normal testosterone levels and do not […]
If having pleasure can help you stay healthy then what could be better than this! Scientists from the University of Quebec in Canada have found that sexual activities can be significantly effective in burning calories when compared to moderate intensity exercises. To prove their point, they picked 21 couples aged between 18 and 35 and […]
Even a heart attack can discriminate between the poor and the wealthy. In a first-ever study linking socio-economic status to frailty after a heart attack, researchers have established that poor people are more than twice as likely as the wealthy to become frail after a heart attack. “By defining frailty, which combines many areas of […]
Timely action in case of a stroke and continuous screening for risk factors can effectively reduce the burden of this disease in India that has turned out to be a major killer, a medical expert here said. A stroke is a condition in which the brain cells suddenly die because of lack of oxygen. It […]