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Patients with hypertension and moderate risk of heart disease slashed their long-term risk of heart attack by taking a blood pressure medication as well as a cholesterol-lowering statin. (Photo: Pixabay)

Blood pressure drugs cannot prevent cognitive decline: study

Researchers saw a trend toward possible benefits from drug therapy in patients who had the highest blood pressure.

14 Nov 2016 12:52 PM IST

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Zika may severely affect newborn's retina: study

The study included infants of age three to five months with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS).

14 Nov 2016 11:45 AM IST

Mass measles vaccination campaigns and a global increase in routine measles vaccination coverage saved an estimated 20.3 million young lives between 2000 and 2015. (Photo: AP)

Mortality reduction rate from measles falls by 51 per cent in India:...

Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.

14 Nov 2016 11:34 AM IST

We have already used more than two thirds of the emissions quota to keep climate change well below two degrees. (Photo: Pixabay)

CO2 emission levels too dangerously high: report

The new report said humanity has emitted 2,075 GtCO2 since 1870 -- adding 40 GtCO2 in 2016 alone.

14 Nov 2016 11:16 AM IST

The air filter was first designed in 2013 and after a successful test-run in Rotterdam, it was made ready to take on the world.

Bad air: Diamonds from smog

Could we use coughing Beijing's new air cleaner?

14 Nov 2016 4:12 AM IST

Artist Thota Vaikuntam

Thota Vaikuntam: The poet of figures

Celebrated artist Thota Vaikuntam looks back at his works and inspiration in the run-up to his retrospective in the...

14 Nov 2016 12:25 AM IST

The researchers looked at the genetic material inside the womens cells, specifically the length of their telomeres.

Do kids take years off your life?

Women who give birth may be biologically older than women who don't, a new study suggests.

14 Nov 2016 12:21 AM IST

Children are susceptible to the effects of air pollution because their lungs and immune systems are still developing.

When asthma attacks!

Here is a complete guide from an expert medical practitioner to combat breathing difficulties in children.

14 Nov 2016 12:18 AM IST

He ate from a can of gourmet-style crickets and added in some honey. (Photo: AFP)

After Trump win, expert eats bug as promised

Sam Wang, of the Princeton Election Consortium, made good on his Twitter word on CNN Saturday.

13 Nov 2016 6:30 PM IST

Polar bodies had never been shown to be potentially useful for generating functional (Photo: AFP)human eggs for fertility treatments (Photo: AFP)

New technique aides infertility treatment

The waste DNA comes from small cells called polar bodies that form off eggs and contain the same genetic material as in...

13 Nov 2016 5:34 PM IST

They will also have similar interests (Photo: AFP)

Sex robots will crack jokes for realistic experience

Developers are also working on allowing people to communicate through sex robots to make them feel they are having sex...

13 Nov 2016 4:38 PM IST

When the children were aged 18, the researchers measured their body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (Photo: AFP)

Childhood bullying causes obesity in adult age

Children who were chronically bullied in school are 1.7 times overweight as young adults than non-bullied children.

13 Nov 2016 3:49 PM IST