The switch

Swapping cells can save ailing hearts

No antibiotics please

Weighty problem

A pinch of salt, anyone?

If you are health-conscious, you will politely decline the offer. But what do the experts have to say?

Affairs of the heart

New experiments try to predict our chances of developing heart problems

Zimbabwe

INDIA

Conversations kill

Cutting clots

These clot busters can be an enormous help to medical science, helping those prone to vascular diseases

Virus busters

US researchers take the first step towards preventing outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus

Souped up heart

The apple is passe. Now, it's chicken soup that can keep your cardiologist away

Colours in sight

Screen test: failed

Something in your ear?

Scientists identify the gene behind hereditary deafness

Boon for veins

Now, researchers would tell you how 'good' cholesterol helps the heart

Ebola-like virus in Kenya

Mind your temper

Uganda

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Bubble gum therapy

Electric eyes

Transmitting images directly to the retina may one day help the blind 'see'

Liquor and liver

Mercy killing

Pain paranoia

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