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Hospice care improves patient experience

If someone is hospitalized and approaching the end of life, hospice care is more optimal so they can get the care they...

3 Sept 2016 11:09 AM IST

It would be premature to conclude that this is an effective treatment (Photo: AFP)

Trial drug shows promise to help Alzheimer's patients: study

The outcome raised hopes that a treatment may finally be within reach for the memory robbing disease.

2 Sept 2016 9:56 AM IST

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Psychological tricks to make you more likeable

If you’re something of a sociopath and you need tips for tricking people into liking you, you’ve come to the...

1 Sept 2016 10:08 PM IST

There's a strong link between Zika and Guillain-Barre: study

The current Zika outbreak was first detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas and the...

1 Sept 2016 11:06 AM IST

Poorly controlled, diabetes can lead to cardiovascular disease, kidney complications and death. (Photo: Pixabay)

Few people of colour in 'artificial pancreas' tests

Failure to understand the potential social and cultural determinants of health and disease could lead to more...

1 Sept 2016 10:36 AM IST

In reality, anesthesia carries far less risk than surgery itself, experts insist. (Photo: Pixabay)

Many factors influence parental decisions about throat surgery

About 20 percent of children have issues with breathing while asleep, such as snoring and sleep apnea.

1 Sept 2016 9:40 AM IST

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Ensure oral health before chemo

Oral, dental treatment is advised for cancer patients even before they begin chemo or radio therapies, to reduce the...

31 July 2016 10:45 PM IST

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To reverse damage of sitting, take a brisk, hour-long walk

Too much sitting increases the risk of problems including diabetes and heart disease.

30 July 2016 11:55 AM IST

Over two years, lighting exposure was tied to abdominal weight gain regardless of other factors. (Photo: AP)

Too much light at night, too little in the morning tied to obesity...

Human beings have evolved under the lighting condition of daytime high and nighttime low light intensity.

30 July 2016 11:54 AM IST

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Now you can fight inflammation, pain the 'green' way

The researchers found that the diterpenoids inhibited two enzymes involved in inflammation, fever, and pain.

29 July 2016 5:00 PM IST

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Apollo astronauts at higher risk of cardiovascular deaths

This is the first study looking at the mortality of Apollo astronauts.

29 July 2016 4:07 PM IST

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World's oldest evidence of cancer discovered

Modern medicine tends to assume that cancers and tumours in humans are diseases caused by modern lifestyles and...

28 July 2016 4:43 PM IST