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Kidneys which have a large volume of blood flowing through them are the first ones to sense the effect of particulate matter in the circulatory system.

Air pollution harms your kidneys, too

The harmful toxins in polluted air increases the risk of developing chronic kidney disease and are now being considered...

8 Oct 2018 12:20 AM IST

A higher pressure to look perfect is one more factor which is fuelling anxiety (Photo: AFP)

Here are the reasons causing more people to struggle with anxiety than...

Many people have scared themselves into worrying about having serious conditions based on symptoms that are general and...

7 Oct 2018 6:00 PM IST

Patients with bipolar disorder may benefit from a balanced diet (Photo: AFP)

Weight and diet may impact response to treatment for bipolar disorder

Researchers measured BMI and then measured depression and how a person is able to function in their day to day life.

7 Oct 2018 2:13 PM IST

It made much more sense for modern humans to just borrow the already adapted genetic defences from Neanderthals (Photo: AFP)

Neanderthal genes may have helped modern humans develop protection...

Neanderthals had been living outside of Africa for hundreds of thousands of years, giving them time to evolve defences...

7 Oct 2018 1:40 PM IST

Results suggest rodents that consume a fatty diet have reduced expression of an insulin receptor in a region of the brain known as the hippocampus. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hormone in plants reverses brain damage caused by fatty diet

In study, when diets were supplemented with the plant hormone abscisic acid, the damage was reversed.

6 Oct 2018 6:12 PM IST

We discovered that a specific protein, thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is elevated in wounds of patients with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Signs of type 2 diabetes appear 20 years before diagnosis

Type 2 diabetes occur when person does not produce enough insulin or doesn't respond to hormone and is associated with...

6 Oct 2018 3:12 PM IST

The study is the first to show that higher childhood vitamin D levels are significantly associated with a decreased risk of IA. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vitamin D supplements do not make bones healthier

The sole advantage of taking vitamin D was to reduce the risk of rare conditions such as rickets and osteomalacia.

6 Oct 2018 12:38 PM IST

Both sexes had different factors disrupting their sleep such as children for women and finances for men (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's what your brain learns during sleep

Team recorded the brain activity of epilepsy patients who had electrodes implanted into their brain for the purpose of...

6 Oct 2018 11:13 AM IST

A Higher Education Funding Agency has been set up by the government to help institutions develop world-class infrastructure. (Representational Images)

Education can help improve decision-making ability, says study

Study found education can be leveraged to help enhance an individual's economic decision-making quality or economic...

6 Oct 2018 10:56 AM IST

Both sexes had different factors disrupting their sleep such as children for women and finances for men (Photo: Pixabay)

Daytime naps help process unconscious information, says study

Findings suggest that even a short bout of sleep may help improve our responses and process information.

5 Oct 2018 4:52 PM IST

Eating more red and processed meat was not associated with survival or cancer recurrence. (Photo: Pixabay)

Antibiotic may kill dangerous skin cancer cells, says study

The research found nifuroxazide, showed promise for complementing existing melanoma therapies.

5 Oct 2018 3:32 PM IST

Delicate foreskin is vulnerable to HIV as it can tear easily and it is also a common route for the virus to enter someones body (Photo: AFP)

HIV-positive mother donates liver to save critically ill child in...

Medication provided to child before transplant may have prevented HIV transmission, though that will only become clear...

4 Oct 2018 7:19 PM IST