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Smoking cigarettes lends to notably higher hospital costs for smokers undertaking elective general surgery, states a study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. ...

It appears that the networking site for professionals,LinkedIn,is preferred over social networking site Facebook as a way to help people stay connected. Professional networking site LinkedIn is most popular in NSW, the Yellow Social ...

Approximately every one in three Britons have accepted to being racist, reveals poll. ...

Intensively controlling glucose (glycemic) levels in type-2 diabetes patients may not reduce the risk of kidney failure, according to a finding by the researchers of Yale School Of Medicine. The study, which is a review of data from seven clinical ...

Mediterranean diet reduces chances of illness and increases well-being and physical health, reveals study. ...

Laws framed to elucidate financial links between doctors and pharmaceutical companies bear little or no consequence on what drugs physicians prescribe, finds a researcher from a Colorado School of Public Health. ...

A new and safer method for creating vaccines has been developed by scientists. The research results are published online in the journal Nature Medicine. ...

There is a correlation between high levels of the environmental toxin PCB and the distribution of body fat to the abdomen....

Once the brain cells were injected into the adjoining gel, the cells emitted chemicals that impelled the engineered vessels to germinate new branches, widening the network. ...

A simple bone test could speed diagnosis, say US scientists. ...

A new study has delved into the manner in which T cells track down parasites. With this new insight into immune-cell movement patterns, scientists of the cross-disciplinary team at the University of Pennsylvania will be able to create more ...

A three-year-old child died of food poisoning in Rajasthan after consuming 'Rabari' shake. Twelve family members have also been hospitalized with vomiting after they consumed the same preparation. ...

Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are working on a method to detect bone loss with minimal risk to patients. In a new study, this technique was more sensitive in detecting bone loss than the X-ray method used today, with less ...

There has been an increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting Mozambique. Arrivals to the southern African country increased from 1.8 million in 2010 to around two million in 2011. National tourism director Martinho Mua...

Women who have moved beyond menopause and still healthy must not use hormone replacement therapy expecting to avert dementia, bone fractures or heart disease, recommends a new analysis that evaluates the risks and benefits of screening and other therapies intended to prevent illness....

New intervention developed by researchers delivers mental health care to pregnant women, say researchers from South Africa. ...

To control the spread of encephalitis, a team of 15 virologists made a visit to the worst affected places near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Villagers attributed the spread of the epidemic to a lack of vaccination. They contended that in t...

Mutation of the gene KCNJ5 increases sodium retention in patients with small adrenal tumors, reveals study. ...

Today’s electronic media can reduce self-esteem in kids, except white boys, reveals study. ...

Blood donation improves blood pressure and markers of cardiovascular disease, say researchers. ...

Tuberculosis, currently under control to a great extent in the developed world still is a major cause of death in most parts of Africa, Asia and South America. ...