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Family history of heart attacks should not be ignored: Experts

Research indicates that siblings with one parent that had experienced a heart attack were 48% more likely to have one.

12 Jan 2018 3:46 PM IST

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6 unlikely signs of lung cancer revealed

Find out what you need to know.

12 Jan 2018 3:01 PM IST

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Habits that are weakening youth today

Lifestyle plays a major role in keeping the bone joints and muscles healthy, even for young people.

12 Jan 2018 2:45 PM IST

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How fast food is damaging your immune system

Here is what a new study has found.

12 Jan 2018 2:19 PM IST

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Mediterranean diet can cut risk of frailty in older adults

The diet may help older individuals maintain muscle strength, activity, weight, and energy levels.

12 Jan 2018 1:37 PM IST

Their situation was so severe that Renas sister had to come and take care of the couple (Photo: AFP)

Obese couple who met a decade back have sex for first time following...

The couple had a combined weight of 569 kg and had to undergo surgery to lose half of their combined body weight.

12 Jan 2018 12:37 PM IST

In 2013, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie announced she had had both breasts surgically removed as a preventative measure after tests revealed she carried the mutation (Photo: AFP)

Study shows breast cancer gene doesn't really increase risk of death

Women with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have a seven-in-10 chance of getting breast cancer by the age of 80.

12 Jan 2018 11:00 AM IST

Flu deaths have soared by 77 per cent in just a week in England with government figures revealing it to be worst outbreak in 50 years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Flu outbreak in UK sees 85 dead

According to latest updates, 93 people have lost their lives to flu already this winter from two strains of virus.

12 Jan 2018 9:54 AM IST

Social network size and participation in social activities may eventually be used as indicators of diabetes risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress at work may cause diabetes

According to researchers, workers who experience increasing stressful tasks on job are 57 per cent more likely to...

12 Jan 2018 8:58 AM IST

The zoo is reeling under bird flu scare after 20 birds, including caged ones like munia, grey partridge and ringneck parrots died in the last few months. (Representational image)

Japan begins chicken cull after bird flu outbreak confirmed

Confirmation of the outbreak, which was reported earlier in the week, marked the country's first cases of bird flu in...

12 Jan 2018 8:15 AM IST

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Many women uninformed about breast cancer surgery options

Women should look for information that presents multiple treatment options and the pros and cons of those options,...

11 Jan 2018 5:36 PM IST

Maggot therapy is also used widely by medical practitioners to treat ulcers and wounds (Photo: AFP)

Maggots save homeless man from life threatening infection by cleaning...

Fly eggs had become implanted in the open wound on his leg causing the condition called wound myiasis.

11 Jan 2018 4:18 PM IST