Health

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 5 : In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka has been certified as malaria-free island country by World Health Organisation (WHO) today.”Sri Lanka’s achievement is truly remarkable. In the mid-20th century it was …

Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 2 : A new study says that parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of the Zika virus, including some of the world’s most populous countries and many with limited resources to identify and re…

Washington D.C., Sept. 2 : People having extremely low birth weight (ELBW) are four times more likely to develop dysglycemia, or abnormal blood glucose by the their early 30s, than the normal birth weight (NBW) peers According to a Mcmaster University …

Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 1 : According to a new study, serious heart infections caused by injection drug use are on the rise, particularly among young whites.Based on an analysis of health care claims data, the study found an increasing proportion …

Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 1 : Your intelligence is not related to your brain size; rather it is linked more closely to the supply of blood to your brain.A University of Adelaide-led project, which has overturned the theory of the evolution of human …

WashingtonD.C.[USA], Aug. 31 : In a recent study researchers have discovered a type of drug delivery system that may offer new hope for patients with a rare, ultimately fatal genetic disorder Niemann Pick Type C1 and make what might become a terrible c…

New Delhi [India], Aug. 31 : India witnessed its first case of “endo-brochial stenting” for a lung transplant patient. Fortis Hospital, Malar team was the one to conduct this successful bilateral lung transplant on a patient from Ukraine, Kravchenko Ig…

Washington D.C. [USA], Aug. 31 : Researchers have been using a rigorous study design to assess the biological impact of meditation as compared to going on a vacation.Examining the effect of meditation on gene expression patterns in both novice and regu…

By Pallavi Aman Singh New Delhi [India], Aug 30 : Want to pledge your organs but not sure of the step? Well, here are certain things about organ donation that’ll prove many a doubting Thomas wrong.Sivachenduran B, co-founder of Danvanthiri, a mobile he…

WashingtonD.C. [USA], Aug, 30 : Researchers have recently developed an artificial intelligence (AI) software that reliably interprets mammograms, assisting doctors with a quick and accurate prediction of breast cancer risk.According to the study, the c…