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Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells, but they also affect the vasculature inside the tumour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Precision cancer therapy works in 75 per cent of patients, says study

Larotrectinib, taken orally once or twice a day, interferes with an on-switch for cancer growth caused by an acquired...

22 Feb 2018 8:16 AM IST

Sale of large cigars would continue at least for the time being because the smoke is not inhaled. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cigars, pipes up risk of cancer like cigarettes, says study

With a daily cigarette, cigar or pipe habit, people have an elevated risk of death from tobacco-related cancers.

22 Feb 2018 8:00 AM IST

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Serious knee injuries increasing in kids and teens

Here is what a new study found.

21 Feb 2018 8:39 PM IST

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Stigma can cause depression in multiple sclerosis patients

People living with MS who reported higher levels of stigma.

21 Feb 2018 7:28 PM IST

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Risk of dementia higher in people with congenital heart disease

CHD is a lifelong condition.

21 Feb 2018 6:58 PM IST

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New trick to reduce hospital readmission rates

Here is what a new study has found.

21 Feb 2018 6:46 PM IST

$Hormone therapy reverses bone loss and helps prevent fractures. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Hormone therapy may reduce stooped posture for women

Beyond its adverse aesthetic effects, hyperkyphosis is associated with the poor physical function.

21 Feb 2018 6:34 PM IST

The conventional wisdom was that our large brains had evolved because of a series of step-like increases. (Photo: Pixabay)

How humans got bigger brains decoded

The conventional wisdom was that our large brains had evolved because of a series of step-like increases.

21 Feb 2018 5:29 PM IST

In any weight loss diets, adherence to the diet and the overall quality of the diet are probably more important than any other factors. (Photo: Pixabay)

Carbs, fat, DNA? Weight loss is finicky, new study shows

Gene analyses identified variations linked with how the body processes fats or carbohydrates.

21 Feb 2018 4:59 PM IST

Pigeons can help fight human diseases. (Photo: Pixabay)

How pigeons can help fight human diseases

Here is what researchers suggest.

21 Feb 2018 4:49 PM IST

About 20 percent of kids getting the peanut powder dropped out of the study, 12 percent due to reactions or other problems. (Photo: Pixabay)

Preventive treatment for peanut allergies succeeds in study

The study involved nearly 500 kids ages 4 to 17 with allergies so severe that they had reactions to as little as a tenth...

21 Feb 2018 3:52 PM IST

Alcohol use disorders are associated with a three-fold higher risk of all types of dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dementia clearly linked to chronic boozing: study

Heavy drinking should be recognised as a major risk factor for all types of dementia.

21 Feb 2018 3:21 PM IST