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Anaphylaxis is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that typically occurs within seconds to minutes of an allergic exposure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Experts offer advice for extreme allergic reaction

Anaphylaxis is increasingly preventable and treatable, which is wonderful news.

10 March 2018 4:47 PM IST

Movies are being watched a lot by Indian people and right from the titles to the song to the script, everything is in Hinglish. (Photo: Pixabay)

UK college to expand Hinglish course offering

Hinglish is easier to learn than Hindi because it is taught using Roman letters rather than the traditional Devanagari...

10 March 2018 4:41 PM IST

Injecting kenpaullone into the middle ear protected both mice and rats from cisplatin-induced hearing loss. (Photo: Pixabay)

New drugs could help prevent hearing loss

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 360 million people worldwide, including 32 million children, suffer...

10 March 2018 4:34 PM IST

Just over 90 percent of schools had anti-harassment policies by 2014, up from 88 percent in 2010. (Photo:Pixabay)

More US schools offering safe spaces for LGBTQ youth

LGBTQ youths have disproportionately higher risk in physical and mental health than their straight peers.

10 March 2018 4:16 PM IST

Research suggests that it could mean that women in stereotypically female jobs appear more feminine with cosmetics on their face.

Study finds female bosses who wear more makeup perceived as worse...

Members of both sexes perceive ladies as better leaders if they are bare faced.

10 March 2018 4:14 PM IST

Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008, criminalized in 2016, but continues to be viewed as a way to promote chastity. (Photo: Pixabay)

Egypt struggles to end female genital mutilation

According to the World Health Organization, more than 200 million girls, women have been cut in 30 countries in Africa,...

10 March 2018 2:27 PM IST

Chronic insomnia goes hand in hand with various long-term health issues such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Insomnia may be genetic: study

Chronic insomnia goes hand in hand with various long-term health issues such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

10 March 2018 2:18 PM IST

It produces a watery diarrhoea, which can cause life-threatening dehydration in infants. (Photo: Pixabay)

Saliva prevents traveller's diarrhoea: study

When examined under the microscope, significantly fewer bacteria were able to attach to the tissue in the presence of...

10 March 2018 2:06 PM IST

Their son escaped his parents horrific ordeal after he refused to eat the green beans because they did not smell right to him.

Couple from Germany left paralysed after eating canned beans

Married couple left paralysed for five months in intensive care after eating green beans from a can.

10 March 2018 1:38 PM IST

The Nonhuman Rights Project announced Monday it has filed a lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court on behalf of elephants named Beulah, Karen and Minnie. (Photo: Pixabay)

Genes that make elephants resistant to cancer also found in humans

The study says that since all vertebrates evolved from a common ancestor, humans also have these anti-cancer genes.

10 March 2018 12:51 PM IST

Sterilising one female cat can prevent 420,000 births in seven years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Feline saves owners' lives when fire breaks out

The interior of the home was destroyed, and the Red Cross helped the family find a place to stay.

10 March 2018 12:01 PM IST

This likely means more study is needed before fibre supplements can be used as a treatment. (Photo: Pixabay)

High-fibre diet may help treat type 2 diabetes, says study

Study provides evidence that eating more of the right dietary fibres may rebalance the gut microbiota.

10 March 2018 10:35 AM IST