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Effective treatments need to be administered well before Alzheimers patients show actual neurological signs.

New technology to detect Alzheimer's before symptoms appear

Clinical trials are to start in this month to test the technology in humans.

12 July 2016 4:07 PM IST

AIDS diagnoses have declined sharply following the introduction of antiretroviral treatment and awareness campaigns. (Photo: AP)

Australia declares AIDS no longer public health issue

Top scientists said the number of people being diagnosed with AIDS in Australia was now so small it was no longer...

12 July 2016 4:05 PM IST

Experts say polio could be eradicated worldwide by next year, completing the mission begun in the 1980s against the virus.- AFP

Mozambique certified polio free: health ministry

Polio, which spreads rapidly among children, remains endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

12 July 2016 1:09 PM IST

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Thumb-suckers, nail-biters less likely to develop allergies

According to the “hygiene hypothesis,” early life exposure to microbes may decrease the risk of developing...

12 July 2016 1:07 PM IST

Runversation: The joys of barefoot running

Thomas Bobby Phillip is the first Indian to run the Boston marathon, barefoot. And he’s living it up

12 July 2016 1:17 AM IST

Energy hopes: Plants hold a secret we need... now!

Every single leaf holds a clue to a cleaner, greener future. And we have been ignoring this fact.

12 July 2016 1:08 AM IST

Call of duty: Historically, women don’t skirt warfare

The role of women in war has been misrepresented down the ages. It’s time India got over its Victorian hangover.

12 July 2016 12:25 AM IST

The Biking Queens of India

India’s ambassador to Thailand, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, welcomed the “Biking Queens”, four women motor...

12 July 2016 12:22 AM IST

Tun Tun (1923-2003)

Tun Tun: Comic, songstress, star

Evidently, she was always on a collision course. And not necessarily in front of the camera.

12 July 2016 12:19 AM IST

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Resurfaced rejuvenation!

As the desire for alabaster-like skin will not fizzle out any time soon, an expert tells us about a trend that’s...

11 July 2016 10:30 PM IST

Hair contouring is back, and big!

Contour dictions!

Thought contouring was just for the face Well, think again. Hair contouring is the perfect pick to add some jazz to...

11 July 2016 10:28 PM IST

How zoos of the future will look like

How experts view keeping animals in captivity has changed a lot since the first US zoo opened in Philadelphia in 1859.

11 July 2016 10:25 PM IST