Health

New Delhi [India], May 17 : World Hypertension Day, observed on the 17th of May every year, calls out for increasing awareness about this silent killer and help people realise that hypertension or high blood pressure is a preventable and controllable c…

New Delhi [India], May 17 : Hypertension has always been perceived as one of those conditions, which becomes threatening/ fatal, when a person is ageing and is approaching his/her late 40s.The lifestyle changes in urban cities, observed over past few y…

New Delhi [India], May 17 : In the 21st century, hypertension is considered as a global public health issue.According to Coronary Artery Disease Index in Asian Indians (CADI), the number of people with hypertension is projected to increase from 118 mil…

Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 : A new research has brought a drug to treat Zika infections closer to reality. The team led by Alexey Terskikh and Alex Strongin from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) discovered a compound that pre…

New Delhi [India], May 16 : Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease of the airways, characterized by intermittent airway narrowing which is completely reversible either spontaneously or with medications.Asthma is one of the commonest respiratory problem…

New Delhi [India], May 16 : Though facts about bronchial asthma are not unknown, myths are also associated to it.Clearing the air, Dr Sameer Nanaware, consultant- pulmonology at Global Hospitals, Mumbai, said, people feel asthma is contagious, but it …

New Delhi [India], May 16 : Though facts about bronchial asthma are not unknown, myths are also associated to it.Clearing the air, Dr Sameer Nanaware, consultant- pulmonology at Global Hospitals, Mumbai, said, people feel asthma is contagious, but it …

Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 : A type of eye drop to control age-related blindness has been developed by a team of researchers.The drops developed at the University of Birmingham could potentially revolutionise the treatment of one of the leading caus…

Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 : A team of researchers has identified a new gene in Lou Gehrig’s disease, opening the door to potential treatment targets.For the first time, a variant in UBQLN4 gene has been associated with Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyot…

Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 : A team of researchers has demonstrated that a new blood test, known as IsoPSA, detects prostate cancer more precisely than current tests in two crucial measures – distinguishing cancer from benign conditions and identify…