Many young people suffering from migraines have vitamin deficiencies
A new study shows that patients with chronic migraines were more likely to have coenzyme Q10 and riboflavin deficiencies than patients with …
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New viral disease targets sheep in India
A contagious disease, similar to rinderpest and first observed in the Ivory Coast in 1940, has surfaced among sheep and goats in south India
What a bloody mess
When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies,…
Odyssey of a disease
From sheep to cattle and then to human beings, spongiform encephalopathies, a group of fatal brain maladies, have caught the attention of …
Exerting pressure
Are exercises like brisk walking and cycling safe for people suffering from acute hypertension? Yes, says a recent study. High blood pressure and …
Environmental injustice
The poorest people in urban India live in foul environs. Research from across the world shows that the poor stand greater risks of several cancers.…
Out of breath
After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …
TB and respiratory disorders have increased in Bellary: CAG report
Country's chief auditor calls for a comprehensive study on impact of mining on people, livelihood before grant of leases
Higher incidences of water-borne diseases in fishermen drinking from Ganga: Survey
Consumption of and exposure to contaminated water has also led to predominance of skin diseases among fishing community
Indians could have lived for 1.7 years more with cleaner air
Every 8th death in country is due to air pollution, finds first state-wide research on its impact
The killer unveiled
Scientists find out how anthrax kills. It may not be very long before we have an antidote to the dreaded bacterium
Chicken worries
A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia
Ouch, it is a mutation
Do headaches, stomach upsets and several other minor ailments have their roots in the speed of genetic mutations?
The unknown factor revealed
Some people may be predisposed to suffer vertigo due to a weak bone in the temple. And the cure may be quite simple
A mutating monster
Some strains of the AIDS-causing virus are developing resistance to whatever drugs are available
Tea: a health drink?
Recent research indicates that drinking tea can prevent cancer and heart diseases. However, not everyone is buying this idea
Traditional medicine classified for the first time
The World Health Organization classified traditional medicine in International Classification of Diseases (ICD -11), a system that allows …
Preempting pandemics: Viral discovery is not enough to stop another contagion; here is why
Despite hundreds of novel coronaviruses being sampled, the COVID-19 pandemic grew over an order of magnitude beyond its 2003 SARS counterpart
Rise in hysterectomies among young women, at private hospitals will cause a crisis; here is why
Undergoing hysterectomy at younger ages can have adverse health impacts including osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases: Study
Tobacco had the strongest association with heart disease, followed by physical inactivity and low-quality diet
Return of the blight?
A new aggressive strain ofpotato blight has started spreading in Europe and threatens crops across the world
"We are starved of funds"
KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re-emergence of viral …
Scientists revive approximately 50,000-year-old ‘zombie virus’ from frozen lake in Russia
When permafrost melts, bacteria, viruses and radioactive materials, trapped in its frigid layers for thousands of years may also be released
Long COVID stigma may encourage people to hide the condition
Long COVID is a relatively new medical condition and has been subject to lots of misinformation and minimisation of its legitimacy as a physical …