New York, Feb 28 (IANS) The virtual reality (VR) technology can be used to determine how people perceive their bodies, to treat body image disturbances, and to improve adherence to physical activity among obese individuals,…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Gum diseases are linked to many health problems. A type of bacterial species responsible for gum disease may also be a cause of esophageal cancer, finds a new study. The…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Children born by pre-labour caesarean section delivery are at an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a type of blood cancer characterised by an overproduction of immature white blood…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) A new malaria vaccine has been found to generate robust immune response although it could not altogether prevent infection, according to a first of its kind in-human study. The vaccine…
By Rupesh Dutta and Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) You may not have heard of orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov from Siberia, who used external devices on patients to fix infected non-unions of…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) How you perceive and react to stressful events in life is more important to your health than how frequently you encounter stress, says a study. According to the researchers, the…
Toronto, Feb 27 (IANS) A drug that would be the first to target the cause of Huntington’s disease (HD) — a rare, hereditary disease — has been found effective and safe when tested in mice…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) People suffering from diabetes need to keep their sugar levels in control to prevent strokes, say doctors, adding that diabetics are at double the risk of suffering a stroke than…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) Researchers have found an intermediate gut microbiome in a community of a traditional population that incorporates some westernised lifestyle practices and throws light on why modern humans suffer from lifestyle…
AIDS New York, Feb 27 (IANS) A large number of newly HIV diagnosed men in the US believe that they contracted the infection from a partner they met online, new research has found. More than…
Sydney, Feb 27 (IANS) Australian researchers have discovered how a protein works to boost the body’s natural-killing immune cells — a type of white blood cell which hunts and destroys foreign cells in the body,…
London, Feb 27 (IANS) Insecticide-treated nets can prevent malaria despite mosquitoes developing resistance to the substances used on the nets, a study says. Researchers found that doses of the insecticide “deltamethrin” that are tolerated by…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) Adults above 60 have more positive response about feelings such as serenity, sadness and loneliness than young adults, a study has found. The researchers found that older adults perceive emotion…
London, Feb 27 (IANS) If you are obese, you are at risk of physical and psychological health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, depression and anxiety. But, your high body mass index (BMI) is also…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) Nearly 108 million people in the world – one out of every 90 of the world population — are suffering from correctable vision impairment, a global study has estimated. Uncorrected…
Toronto, Feb 27 (IANS) The number of men smoking tobacco in India rose by more than one-third to 108 million between 1998 and 2015, says an alarming study by an Indian-origin researcher. The study did…
Beijing, Feb 27 (IANS) The Chinese are facing growing cancer risk from dioxin due to changes in their dietary patterns over the past three decades, a research has found. Changes in dietary patterns, featured by…