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Epilepsy patients face higher risks of domestic violence, sexual...

They were also seven-times more likely to have reported experiencing discrimination due to health problems.

15 Oct 2016 11:15 AM IST

Celiac is being diagnosed more often now than in the past (Photo: AFP)

Celiac disease making more teens appear smaller than their peers

Girls diagnosed with celiac disease tend to be slightly shorter than their peers and boys to be underweight.

14 Oct 2016 9:36 AM IST

Its the same even in well-off families in developing countries (Photo: AFP)

UN says 5 in 6 infants are undernourished, at risk of irreversible...

Half of children aged between six and 23 months are not being fed frequently enough, UNICEF said.

14 Oct 2016 9:36 AM IST

An urgent need in this field is better understanding of risk factors (Photo: AFP)

Bipolar disorder patients twice as likely to have faced abuse as...

People with the disorder are 2.63 times more likely to have suffered emotional, physical or sexual abuse as children.

14 Oct 2016 9:35 AM IST

Snus is a powdered tobacco product, often sold in teabag-like sachets (Photo: AFP)

Smokeless tobacco products increase death risk in prostate cancer

Nicotine or other non-combustion-related components of tobacco may play a role in prostate cancer progression.

13 Oct 2016 6:06 PM IST

The bacteriophage called NanoLuc is a virus that only infects bacteria to produce an enzyme (Photo: AFP)

Contamination in food can be detected by turning off lights

It traces E. coli (bacteria) contamination in food by turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.

13 Oct 2016 12:57 PM IST

The brains of people, who use cocaine, become hijacked by drug cues (Photo: AFP)

New treatment uses brain receptors to prevent cocaine addiction

The technology called designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs or DREADDs is one of the most promising...

13 Oct 2016 12:56 PM IST

Joint pain affects many people as they get older and is also common among menopausal women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Experts on menopausal arthritis: symptoms, treatment

Did you know that post-menopausal women are prone to arthritis

13 Oct 2016 11:17 AM IST

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Huge shortage of trained oncologists in India

This is hindering early screening of cancer in people affected by the disease.

13 Oct 2016 10:13 AM IST

The sale and consumption of chewable tobacco needs to be regulated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chewable tobacco major health threat, needs regulation: doctors

Doctors have urged the government to increase taxation on it to reduce its consumption.

13 Oct 2016 9:21 AM IST

They could have started eating her brain (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctors shocked to find maggots in a 4-year-old's ear

They found a blow fly in her ear which had laid 80 eggs inside.

12 Oct 2016 3:39 PM IST

To analyze progress and revisit strategies to plan change, data forms the basis of intervention (Photo: AFP)

CRY report highlights Indian gender data gaps to be filled

In order to tackle the underlying gender inequality that holds girls back, India has to re strategize and undertake...

12 Oct 2016 2:39 PM IST