Did you know dogs can detect malaria in our breath?

Using dogs to detect malaria in humans can help speed up global eradication of the disease as the method is non-invasive and allows many samples …

Number of dengue cases in 2017 was the highest in a decade

There has been a more than 300 per cent hike in dengue cases since 2009, and even the total number of deaths in 2017 was the highest in the last …

Why zoonotic diseases are fast spreading to humans

Infectious diseases that were once confined to animals in forests are now attacking human beings, at a faster pace

Back, again!

Over 80 per cent of India's population suffers from at least one episode of back pain in their lifetime. New research links back pain to the …

Giving the art of mimicry a new meaning

In order to propagate its own species, a parasitic fungus attacks mustard plants and transforms their leaves, making them look like flowers of …

Smoke gets in your eyes - and forms cataracts

The oxidising property of cigarette and chulha smoke is one of the factors being linked by researchers to the formation of eye cataract.

Mid-life crisis prolonged

High blood pressure when you are over the hill causes 'silent' strokes, which pile up and damage cognitive faculties in your old age

Outbreak Outrage

There is a suspicion among African biomedics about the well projected linking of the continent's environment with the emergence of lethal viruses …

Seal hole, heal heart

Scientists in the US have developed a kit designed to mend torn membranes in heart muscles. Liposomes or little bundles of fat are coming in …

Beware of the Ganga

A dip in the Ganga was meant to purify both body and soul. But devotees in Bihar have had a bad experience

Harmful traces

TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH·World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland· Pages 343

Hide Burns

Skin diseases and stomach ailments afflict most of the people living around a tannery area in Kanpur - one of the fallout of the failure of the …

Recurrent scourge

Spread of rat fever in Kerala, once again points to the lacuna of the authorities in controlling the disease

Advertisements: Flu good, no?

Avian influenza (AI) is spiralling out of control in Asia. So also is the spin being put to the disease. There was the spectacle of Thailand …

EPIDEMIC HAVOC

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Paradox, at the altitude

Mild asthma gets better at higher altitudes

Killing pollution

Tailpipe row

Avian havoc

Bird flu cases soaring in Vietnam

Illegal pig import may be behind African swine fever outbreak in Manipur, say officials

Strict containment measures have been enforced in affected areas in the absence of a vaccine or treatment

New WHO panel to investigate rise in zoonotic diseases and build action plan

The experts will advise several international organisations on how future outbreaks can be averted

India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance

The country is the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world — consumption increased by 103 per cent from 2000 to 2015, the highest in …

Can rosogolla be healthy?

A 100 g serving of rosogolla has 186-200 calories, depending on the sugar content, but a tulsi rosogolla made by a young breed of …

India must tackle high rate of obesity, diabetes: Global Nutrition Report of 2016

Report highlights the grim progress made by India in fighting obesity and non-communicable diseases