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US to restrict e-cigarette flavours to fight teenage vaping 'epidemic'

The ban means only tobacco, mint and menthol flavors can be sold.

9 Nov 2018 4:43 PM IST

13 financial institutions in the country went bankrupt in 1995 explaining why the spike in suicides started that year (Photo: AFP)

Majority of middle-aged men in Japan commit suicide before leaving for...

Researchers hope that this makes telephone consultation services expand to morning hours rather than functioning just in...

9 Nov 2018 3:31 PM IST

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Here's why women should be screened for breast cancer

Improvements in treatments demonstrate the vital role that screening also has to play.

9 Nov 2018 1:49 PM IST

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Soy-based formula milk may increase risk of menstrual pain

Exposure to oestrogens during infant development may affect reproductive health in adulthood.

9 Nov 2018 1:29 PM IST

The start-up based in Mumbai has just launched with two product categories - Indian sweets and fast acting glucose gels to put an end to dessert deprivation for people with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how you eat smart this festive season

To avoid any digestive discomfort, it is better to eat safe and go for healthy choices.

9 Nov 2018 12:35 PM IST

As per WHO statistics, glaucoma is the second largest cause of blindness in the world and fourth largest in India.

Small-particle air pollution may raise risk of glaucoma in some people

Long-term exposure to black carbon, and other products of combustion, was associated with higher pressures in eye.

9 Nov 2018 10:16 AM IST

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High blood pressure before age 40 tied to earlier strokes, heart...

Elevated blood pressure in early adulthood can result in heart attacks by several mechanisms.

9 Nov 2018 9:52 AM IST

The set of 170 chemical compounds was then tested across 100 lung cancer lines. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tumour immune cells can aid cancer therapies, says study

Approach could help doctors choose treatments for individual patients and predict which tumours are likely to respond to...

9 Nov 2018 9:35 AM IST

The study also suggested that women who face complications during childbirth are three times more likely to suffer (Photo: AFP)

Women are twice as likely to suffer from postnatal depression if they...

Postnatal depression affects almost one in every 10 women triggering feelings of sadness and tiredness.

8 Nov 2018 6:41 PM IST

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Impressive, unlikely and downright weird: new Guinness World Records

World Records Day people who have done highly improbable things better than anyone else are honoured.

8 Nov 2018 2:56 PM IST

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Muscle building may lead to binge drinking, depression

New study shows that 10 per cent of men have what is thought of as the more common type of body image disorder.

8 Nov 2018 2:43 PM IST

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Tumour immune cells can aid cancer therapies: Study

It could help identify which tumours are likely to respond to a particular therapy.

8 Nov 2018 2:20 PM IST