Slitting the beating heart

Dutch surgeons show the way to carry out coronary bypass surgeries without using the heart-lung machine

Hampering growth

A drug which functions in a unique fashion is being used to cure small-cell lung cancer in the UK. Researchers are looking for further uses of …

Trust the robot

Soon a simple robot that can learn the physical characteristics of the brain may give neurosurgeons finer control over surgical instruments …

A snake in your guts!

"Eeeks", you may say, but a new robot which can travel down your intestines is opening up exciting possibilities of medical breakthrough, though …

Blocking cancer

Latest research in Britain finds a drug, a synthetic peptide, which forces tumour cells to wither and die

Pregnancy calcified

New research findings show that adequate intake of calcium is a remedy for anxiety and high blood pressure-related conditions in many expecting women

Be Indian

.... and lower the risk of getting coronary diseases. This is the finding of a study conducted by Monilek Hospital and Research centre in Jaipur

Save thy skin

Exposure to sunlight -for even the shortest possible duration -is now being seen as the worst enemy of those wishing to flaunt a fair and lovely …

Fertility cold-stored

Women who might lose their ability to conceive - be it due to the inevitable menopause or a damage to their ovaries caused by radiation or …

Conception misconception

Scientists in the US have taken significant strides in solving the mysteries surrounding human birth. Their achievements answer questions …

Access denied

Doctors are withholding HIV therapy from some patients fearing their irresponsibility could harm others

Pepped up by peptides

A follow-up to an earlier report on how experts are targeting blood vessels that nurture cancers

Two nations, one disease

In the remote regions of China, American and Chinese doctors fight against several diseases, including the Big killer: cancer

Advantage tamoxifen

A drug that has been around for years is now being considered as a possible weapon against breast cancer

A head for figures

Scientists find two different ways the brain does maths. This could be a boon for children who do not learn maths in their mother tongue

Herbal drug for diabetes

A Kerala-based company claims to have developed a herbal drug that can effectively treat diabetes

Nature's second course

Do not lose sleep over insomnia, says the physic. Resort more to behavioural changes and less to pills. The rest is zzz...

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

Killer cancer

Novel surgery

Placental help

Blood stem cells from the placenta could be a major help in treating leukaemic kids

What an irony!

Coffee brake

Drug overkill

Irrational drug prescriptions are giving rise to drug-resistant bacteria