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Many women avoid medications as they fear harming the child. (Photo: AFP)

Pregnant women may overestimate risk of some drugs

For common pregnancy issues like nausea, sleep problems and constipation, women often avoided medication even if it was...

9 Jun 2016 9:55 AM IST

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Good oral hygiene linked to reduced risk of head and neck cancers

Head and neck cancers are causally related to smoking and smokers have poor oral hygiene.

9 Jun 2016 9:54 AM IST

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Marriage quality has differing effects on diabetes risks for men and...

For women, a happier marriage meant lower risk of developing diabetes over a five-year period.

9 Jun 2016 9:54 AM IST

Game for Puns

On most days, you will find 23-year-old Viraj Pradhan “watching movies or a TV series, catching up on some good...

9 Jun 2016 7:07 AM IST

An eclectic group of masters come for a cause

An eclectic group of masters come for a cause

I have a wonderful memory of having met Nargis Dutt, the actress way back in 1980, when I was a sub reporter in the...

9 Jun 2016 2:46 AM IST

Spicy Chicken and Duck Sausage

It’s sausage time!

There’s more to the humble sausage than regular chicken and pork varations. Fry up some of these sausage logs and...

8 Jun 2016 11:12 PM IST

The de-glam world of old soap operas

Soap operas, “soaps” or “my stories”, as many a grandmother has called them, are dramas...

8 Jun 2016 10:34 PM IST

What’s with frizzy hair and humidity

What’s with frizzy hair and humidity

People with long hair know that even the most meticulously primped do is at the mercy of the weather. When the air is...

8 Jun 2016 10:31 PM IST

Lending a helping hand to artisans

Lekshmi Nair, a travel buff, quit her job and initiated the venture Project Kalayathra with an aim to help artisans...

8 Jun 2016 10:31 PM IST

Why do some of us bruise easily

Why do some of us bruise easily

Occasional bruises are a fact of life. At some point, we’ve all banged our shins on a coffee table, walked into a...

8 Jun 2016 10:30 PM IST

Dnyaneshwar Tidke

Down, but not out

An accident couldn’t thwart Dnyaneshwar Tidke’s passion for running. He participated in the Boston Marathon...

8 Jun 2016 10:27 PM IST

Surgery to die for

Recently, a final-year medical student from the Madras Medical College died a day after undergoing a hair transplant...

8 Jun 2016 10:26 PM IST