Latest Health News Updates

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are advocating the use of nicotine patch to smokers wishing to kick the butt. They say that the patches can double their success rates by using them before quitting smoking....  Read more

Replacing a joint in any part of the body often leads to a long recovery process and the possibility of not being able to return to a sport or activity. ...  Read more

Patients with damaged knee cartilage can hope to be treated with a biodegradable scaffold developed by a research team at Hospital for Special Surgery, including an Indian-origin scientist....  Read more

Women with migraine troubles have a breast cancer risk that's lower than the general population by a whole 26 percent!

And no matter what a woman's age or what ...  Read more

A new study has warned that heavy drinking, type 1 diabetes or having a preceding infection is likely to double the risk of death in stroke patients....  Read more

Researchers have found that an experimental drug called raxibacumab has been found to be effective in treating anthrax poisoning.

"The results published today ...  Read more

Scientists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre have identified a protein that helps TB bacteria resist immune response. This enables the bacteria to remain latent in the body for decades....  Read more

A new study has shown that when the students learn that they are mistaken about the actual normal drinking habits of their peers, they tend to drink less often....  Read more

A study on the evolution of ejaculation strategies has shown that attractive males release fewer sperm per mating to maximize their chances of producing offspring across a range of females. ...  Read more

A new study at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has shown that elevated insulin levels in the blood could raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. ...  Read more

According to an expert, regular intake of chocolate, fruits, vegetables, red wine and tea could help protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Robert Williams, a biochemist at Kings College London, says that all contain chemicals called ...  Read more

According to a new research people with greater language abilities in early adulthood may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease later in life.

A team from Johns Hopkins University studied the brains of 38 Catholic nuns after death ...  Read more

Scientists may have moved a step closer to developing a potential new treatment for diabetes, by finding that human liver cells can be transformed into something like the beta cells that produce insulin in a healthy pancreas.

Sarah Ferber ...  Read more

Kansas State University research team, including an Indian origin scientist, is studying whether an individual's bitterness sensitivity can help predict his/her risk of developing type 2 diabetes. ...  Read more

Japan's parliament has passed a law ending a ban on child organ donations, paving the way for patients aged under 15 to receive life-saving transplants.

Japan has until now banned organ donations by and for children, a situation which ...  Read more

Too much exposure to noise can increase the risk heart attacks and high blood pressure problems, according to an official report.

British experts call the problem "serious", and say that it must be treated alongside smoking and drinking ...  Read more

Study says that rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause around 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012, which is almost one-third higher than previously thought. ...  Read more

Forestry researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have come out with a new report catastrophic forest fires. The report says that widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be ...  Read more

A strong link between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been established by recently conducted clinical studies.

Marvin J. Slepian and and Neil R....  Read more

Experts have called upon to lower the threshold for being overweight and obese in British Asians.

Indian health chiefs have carried out changes in measuring system to...  Read more

A new research reveals that a fifth of Britons have admitted to being addicted to drugs or know someone else who is. These finds come just weeks after it was reported that the UK has become the cocaine capital of Europe....  Read more