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Health
Mum-of-one, cancer survivor hangs herself after wrongly believing it had returned
According to reports, dental nurse Dawn Cheetham, 43, had overcome the disease with chemotherapy in 2015.
14 Dec 2018 5:30 PM
Depression in old age can be prevented by visits to the museum and cinema
Those benefits were also independent of whether or not people had contact with friends and family or took part in social activities.
14 Dec 2018 4:38 PM
Lesbian, gay teens more vulnerable to depressive symptoms
Adolescents who identify as sexual minorities experience more symptoms of depression.
14 Dec 2018 3:31 PM
Men, school-going children more vulnerable to malaria
Study also showed that when households have an adequate supply of treated bed nets, these gender and age disparities shrink.
13 Dec 2018 7:16 PM
Research suggests risk of heart attack may peak on Christmas Eve
Major sporting events, hurricanes and stock market crashes, have also been associated with a higher risk of heart attack.
13 Dec 2018 5:00 PM
Playing Sudoku may not protect against mental decline: Study
Researchers found regularly doing problem solving throughout your lifetime does not prevent mental decline in later life.
13 Dec 2018 2:17 PM
Woman left with hole in buttock, nipples in wrong place after surgery goes wrong
Case is against senior surgeons at Nudelman Cosmetology and Plastic Surgery Clinic in Ekaterinburg.
12 Dec 2018 6:13 PM
Woman gets heart attack after trying to cleanse her colon by drinking a litre soy sauce
Her husband said that she had lost 11 kg in three weeks by going on a diet of canned fish and white bread.
12 Dec 2018 5:44 PM
Research finds high arsenic levels in 25 per cent wells of Punjab
The high Arsenic levels are interestingly found to be confined to flood plains of River Ravi.
11 Dec 2018 8:47 PM
Baby continues breathing without life support despite being declared brain dead
Three in a thousand babies die or become brain damaged in Britain because of lack of oxygen.
11 Dec 2018 8:23 PM
Coffee could fight Parkinson's and dementia, says study
Scientists discover two compounds in the beverage that prevent toxic accumulation of proteins in brain.
11 Dec 2018 7:46 PM
Cutting out red meat reduces risk of heart disease in one month
The organic compound is known as TMAO and having high levels of it is associated with increasing the risk of stroke and even death.
11 Dec 2018 6:56 PM
Here's how Priyanka Chopra beat wedding stress: Dr Madhu Chopra
It’s the marriage season all around us and even Bollywood stars have given in to the trend.
11 Dec 2018 4:44 PM
Your surroundings may be making you infertile
Phthalates are typical examples of endocrine disrupting hormones.
11 Dec 2018 12:05 AM
Drinking orange juice could slash risk of dementia by 50 per cent, says study
Study found men who drank a small glass of orange juice were 47 per cent less likely to have difficulty remembering.
10 Dec 2018 3:12 PM
One week of bad air can raise risk of miscarriage by 16 per cent, says study
The study highlighted that everyone on Earth loses about 2.6 years of life due to the damage air pollution does to us.
10 Dec 2018 11:55 AM
Brain responds more quickly to angry voices, says study
Attention is more focused on threatening voices to enable us to clearly recognise the location of the potential threat.
10 Dec 2018 11:36 AM
Breast cancer survivors may have lingering mental health effects
Early detection and treatment of any mental health issues that arise is likely to help women better cope with disease and its aftermath.
10 Dec 2018 10:42 AM
Scientists to test tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics
Vaccine platform is system that uses same basic components as backbone and can be adapted to immunise against different diseases.
10 Dec 2018 10:26 AM
China reports new African swine fever outbreaks in Shaanxi, Guizhou provinces
he virus causes a haemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in pigs.
10 Dec 2018 10:21 AM
Columns
The Opposition parties must not only nail the BJP for its failures on the economic and social front, but also on the security front.
All three have condemned terrorism in general terms but shown no evidence of berating Pakistani sponsorship of terror.
US withdrawal will leave the Taliban as the main organised force in the country.
The Pakistani deep state believes that over a period of four decades this strategy has paid them rich dividends.