कितने पोषण की जरूरत, बताएगा यह नया ऐप

न्यूट्रिफाई इंडिया ऐप गाइड के रूप में कार्य करता है, जो उपभोग किए जाने वाले खाद्य पदार्थों से शरीर को मिलने वाले पोषक तत्वों ...

World No-Tobacco Day: ICMR calls for ban on e-cigarettes

In a white paper released on May 31, the council noted that e-cigarettes and other such devices contained not only nicotine solution, which was …

Cost of setting up an AIIMs shot by 147% in just 4 years: CAG report

From 2006 to 2010, the cost of setting up an AIIMS shot by 147% under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, shows a report by the …

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

नई तकनीक से 20 मिनट में लग जाएगा एंटी-वायरस एंटीबॉडी का पता

शोधकर्ताओं ने 20 मिनट के भीतर रक्त सीरम में एंटी-एवियन इन्फ्लूएंजा वायरस एंटीबॉडी का पता लगाने का दावा किया है

हैरतअंगेज: एक महिला के शरीर से निकलता है अल्कोहल

महिला के ब्लैडर (मूत्राशय) में यीस्ट का खमीरीकरण हो जाता है, जिससे इसके शरीर में अपने आप ही अल्कोहल बन जाता है

गंभीर रूप से झुलसे लोगों के लिए वरदान है नया 3डी स्किन प्रिंटर

वैज्ञानिकों द्वारा बनाया यह 3डी स्किन प्रिंटर ने केवल जलने के घावों को तेजी से भर सकता है। बल्कि उसके निशान तक को कम ...

Corruption raises cost of healthcare by 25%: Samiran Nundy

Leading gastroenterologist Samiran Nundyco-editor of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India, spoke to Down To Earth about the …

AI helps identify bat species suspected of carrying Nipah virus

Based on traits of bats to carry the virus, researchers have pointed out that more bat species in India may be reservoirs of Nipah than the only …

Suffocating tragedy

There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …

Overabundance of a protein one of the causes of Parkinson’s disease: study

Parkinson’s disease results in declining physical functions, most noticeable of them being uncontrollable tremors

Animal testing need not be repeated for registration of drugs in India

Animal rights activists had been demanding that the duplication of animal tests must be stopped

Miniature brains made out of patients’ skin cells to scrutinise autism better: study

Study may help predict possibility of new drug targets

Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know

It’s conventional wisdom that there are “good” and “bad” hospitals — and that selecting a good one can …

Mess over fatigue

Journal>> medical Research • US

Bacterial blessing

Stress pass

Ayurvedic formulations have been found effective in countering the stresses of living in high altitudes

Havoc in harmony

'Privatisation can be a major threat to medical research'

Robin Fox, 54, the editor since 1989 of the premier international medical journal, Lancet, was in New Delhi recently for the Lancet Grand Round …

Bittersweet medicine

The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine Edited by Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams Price: Not stated

Significant advances on memory drug

Polluted kidneys

Inducing cell death to fight cancer

Some scientists claim tumours might be formed because cells refuse to die -- and not because they multiply at a high rate.

Foetal tissue can cure terminal diseases

Tissue taken from aborted foetuses and implanted into the bodies of patients suffering from several incurable diseases has shown encouraging results

Heart-friendly walnuts