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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare, disabling autoimmune disease that damages the central nervous system. (Photo: Pixabay)

Eye and balance exercises may ease multiple sclerosis symptoms

Multiple sclerosis can lead to fatigue, pain, vision loss and impaired coordination and motor skills.

19 Feb 2018 10:29 AM IST

Walking for 30 minutes every day five times a week is recommended to patients to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 50 per cent.

Delhi walkathon organised to promote 'Healthy Knees for All'

Organised by Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, event also saw participation from senior citizens.

19 Feb 2018 10:26 AM IST

Laws requiring doctors to report dementia patients and get their licenses revoked didnt appear to influence the proportion of crashes. (Photo: Pixabay)

In-person license renewal may reduce crashes involving people with...

When an older adult has dementia, families have to balance between the safety of letting them on the road and lack of...

19 Feb 2018 10:20 AM IST

Marriage partners can have a very substantial and causal effect on each others risk for alcohol use disorder. (Photo: Pixabay)

Spouses have strong influence on risk for alcohol abuse

It's long been known that spouses tend to resemble each other in alcohol consumption and abuse.

19 Feb 2018 10:12 AM IST

Patients whose doctors ordered flu tests tended to be younger, around 58 years old on average. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hospitalized older adults less often tested for flu

If influenza is not considered as a potential cause of the illness, it is unlikely that the patient will be treated for...

19 Feb 2018 10:00 AM IST

The disorder may occur as a result of abnormalities in the areas of the brain that regulate arousal and inhibition.

A ticking time bomb

Intermittent explosive disorder, characterised by impulsiveness, anger and aggression, is distressing both for the...

19 Feb 2018 12:32 AM IST

The number of caesarean sections for delivery has increased manifold in last few years.

'Unrealistic' standards of labour

We get celebrities to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

19 Feb 2018 12:24 AM IST

Its not rare that a baby experiences a stroke around the time it is born. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brain's language functions get changed after perinatal stroke

hey also had some executive function impairments.

18 Feb 2018 6:29 PM IST

The decline in lung function is attributable to the irritation that most cleaning chemicals cause on mucous membranes lining the airways. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cleaning sprays as harmful as smoking: study

Accelerated lung function decline in the women working as cleaners was "comparable to smoking somewhat less than 20...

18 Feb 2018 4:56 PM IST

There a number of social and cultural factors that may explain why women reported having more behavioral health concerns than men did. (Photo: Pixabay)

Depression ups risk of work-related injuries in women: study

The study found that these health factors significantly affected women's risk of injury but not men's risk.

18 Feb 2018 4:47 PM IST

The new treatment appears to be the most promising in overcoming the limitations of many cell therapies. (Photo: Pixabay)

New stroke treatment reduces brain damage, boosts healing

Exosomes provide a stealth-like characteristic, invisible even to the body's own defences.

18 Feb 2018 4:37 PM IST

Ketamine can be legally prescribed by doctors as a general anaesthetic in humans and animals (Photo: AFP)

Research reveals party drug ketamine can ease depression in 30 minutes

While most anti-depressants take months to relieve depression, ketamine controls transmission of electrical signals...

18 Feb 2018 4:36 PM IST