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Safety concerns may lead to poor adherence and discontinuation of asthma medications during pregnancy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Week 34 of pregnancy reduces breast cancer risk, says study

Previous research highlighted how women under age of 30 can reduce their risk of contracting breast cancer later in life...

24 Oct 2018 9:47 AM IST

She voted with the liberal-leaning justices to defend the right to have an abortion. (Photo: AP)

US 1st female SC justice O'Connor has dementia, pointers on disease

Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the court by Republican President Ronald Reagan and she took her seat in September...

24 Oct 2018 8:51 AM IST

Global plastic production has grown rapidly, and is currently more than 400 million tonnes per year (Photo: AFP)

Researchers reveal plastics have entered human food chain

What is unknown is whether concentration of plastic being ingested is higher than that coming out, due to particles...

23 Oct 2018 7:23 PM IST

The grandfather now faces surgery on the collarbone to replace eroded bones (Photo: Pixabay)

Man forced to fight for his life against sepsis caused by biting his...

He was initially given antibiotics to clear the infection but he was rushed to the hospital when it spread to his arms...

23 Oct 2018 5:20 PM IST

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Liver transplant survival rate improving among older adults, finds...

Here is what a new study has found.

23 Oct 2018 4:00 PM IST

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Organic food-based diet could prevent cancer

Eating more organically grown foods is linked to a 34 per cent reduced risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

23 Oct 2018 3:30 PM IST

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Grief can lead to death, reveals study

The findings could help researchers design interventions to treat those most at risk through behavioural or...

23 Oct 2018 2:37 PM IST

Adding refined fibre to processed food could have negative health...

New research highlights that fortifying processed foods with fibre may not be safe for some.

23 Oct 2018 2:10 PM IST

The researchers modified an ordinary laboratory strain of the ubiquitous human gut microbe Escherichia coli. (Photo: Pixabay)

Black Death could return: Global warming releases lethal microbes from...

Peter Frankopan said melting of ice due to higher global temperatures could unleash biological agents trapped for...

23 Oct 2018 1:51 PM IST

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Eating leafy greens could prevent vision loss

This is the first time the effects of dietary nitrates on macular degeneration risk have been measured.

23 Oct 2018 1:36 PM IST

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Poor oral health linked to high blood pressure: Study

Patients with high blood pressure should be aware that good oral health could be just as important in controlling the...

23 Oct 2018 1:16 PM IST

The surface of these nanocarriers or drug capsules is specially coated to enable them to dock on to tissue interspersed with tumour cells (Photo: Pixabay)

Blasting prostate tumours with radiotherapy can increase chances of...

Patients whose prostate cancer has spread are typically given hormone therapy to reduce or stop the production of...

23 Oct 2018 11:10 AM IST