The answer to cancer

Cancer is a major killer, but its cause is still a -pestering mystery. Now a recent study linking carcinogens and human bodies at the molecular …

Sick of sleep

Complex modern lifestyles have disturbed the biological rhythms of the body, giving rise to a lot of diseases and forcing researchers to delve …

Hunting for cure

By identifying the proteins with which the gene responsible for Huntington's disease reacts, researchers are optimistic of finding an antidote …

Misguiding lead

The next time you see a spoilt brat, do not blame his parents. It could be just because of some extra lead in his bones

Stent stunts

An improved version of a device that keeps blood vessels inflated -after cholesterol deposits have been ballooned out of them - has been …

Balloon benefits

Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely

Sleeping with the malady

Snoring may be dismissed as an irritant for the non-snorer sleeping nearby... but, watch out! For it just might be the symptom of a deadly …

Three cheers

Three important developments made by cancer researchers this year have opened up some exciting new possibilities for the diagnosis, therapy …

Extreme stress and amnesia

The link has been established: the hormone cortisol plays an active role in memory loss due to stress

COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the field of social medicine. It has done so by showing up inherent injustices in society

The truth about frogs

Scientists in the US are trying to find out the reason fordeformities in frogs

Germ warfare

A new technique would help combat drug-resistant infections

A case for late pregnancies

Middle-aged mothers live an unusually long life

Brain tremors

In favour of the pill

Emergency contraceptives are a better means to reduce the chances of pregnancy

Singeing in the veins

High levels of an amino acid in the blood could be responsible for heart disease

Global health threat

Different 'strokes'

Cancer killer

A super-vaccine shows promise in curing the growing menace of prostate cancer

Leaded to decay

Kudos to Kanis

Indigenous clue

Blitzkrieg against polio

The unborn pain

The foetus can hear, smell and is sensitive to taste, but can it also feel pain?

Surgery for blood pressure