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Its for doctors to weigh the advantages and the side effects (Photo: AFP)

Using medicine derived from cannabis for a long time can impair memory

While the benefits of cannabis have been identified, doctors have warned for years that it can cause mental health...

23 July 2018 12:31 PM IST

Eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, and if your doctor has prescribed you medications for your blood pressure, be sure and take them consistently (Photo: AFP)

Supplemental oxygen eliminates rise in morning blood pressure

Supplemental oxygen prevented the rise in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and the increase in oxygen...

23 July 2018 12:23 PM IST

Potted plants are being used for beautify apartments.

Indoor plants can be engineered to monitor home health

They can do a lot more than just sit there and look pretty. They could alert us to the presence of hazards in our...

23 July 2018 10:04 AM IST

For patients of Alzheimers and dementia, memory implants and reactivation will be a life-changer, just as the ability to mute or erase memories will be for trauma victims. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ultrasound applied to brain may help patients with dementia

Ultrasound waves, applied to the whole brain, improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular...

23 July 2018 9:43 AM IST

Five mental health disorders seen in the elderly are depression, dementia, affective disorder, paraphrenia and psychosis. The biggest challenge is getting patients to an institute for the problem to be identified. Often, those who live alone are dependent on caretakers or family members to attend to their needs.

The declining health of an ageing brain

Mental health issues among the elderly are largely written off as signs of old age.

23 July 2018 12:16 AM IST

Global increase was driven in part by economic growth and access to antibiotics (Photo: Pixabay)

Drug-resistant sepsis causes deaths of 57000 infants every year in...

The study highlights the need for better enforcement of laws in the global fight against superbugs.

22 July 2018 7:36 PM IST

He underwent a three-hour-long surgery to get the bolt removed (Photo: AFP)

Boy ends up harpooning himself through the eye while loading the...

The steel bolt shattered the mask and hit the boy's eye after which the boat was rushed back to the beach.

22 July 2018 4:50 PM IST

Only 14 percent across both age groups were comfortable talking to their manager about stress levels (Photo: AFP)

Sticky patch with sweat sensor can monitor stress levels

The stretchy, rectangular sensor around a membrane specifically binds only to cortisol.

22 July 2018 2:41 PM IST

The baby was diagnosed with pygopagus parasiticus, a birth condition observed in one in a million pregnancies (Photo: AFP)

Hypogonadism - A lesser known cause of female infertility

Sex hormones also control the sex characteristics like breast development in women, testicular development in men, and...

22 July 2018 2:34 PM IST

Genes linked with problem solving powers were associated with the process by which neurons carry signals in the brain. (Photo: Pixabay)

Genes don't affect consumption of calories?

There exist no indications that certain genetic factors are associated with the total intake of calories, carbohydrates,...

22 July 2018 2:01 PM IST

It can result in hardening and thickening of the heart arteries, leading to their narrowing and causing the heart to receive less blood supply. (Photo: Pixabay)

Frailty may be more deadly in younger heart patients

Effective preoperative optimization programs like cardiac rehabilitation may improve outcomes especially in younger...

22 July 2018 1:45 PM IST

Even after excluding diabetics from the study, diet soda consumption was still associated with the risk of dementia (Photo: AFP)

Diabetic women at greater risk of cancer

Diabetes affects more than 415 million people worldwide, with five million deaths every year.

22 July 2018 8:40 AM IST