Health

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 : A study reveals that girls, who experience physical abuse early in life, may hit puberty eight to 12 months earlier than their non-abused peers, thus increasing their chances of developing depression, substance abuse a…

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 : Which organisation does not want a highly skilled professional at workplace? But ‘to err is human’ suggests a new study as faster things happen, the worse we remember them, thereby increasing the risk factor for making…

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar.18 : According to a new study, veterans who have drug or alcohol problems are more than twice as likely to die by suicide as their comrades.The research got published in the journal Addiction. The study finds highest suicide …

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar.18 : Are you one of those people, who frequently check Facebook or Twitter, even while driving or in a meeting? Well, you might have to think about it now.According to a new study, whenever there is an imbalance between two c…

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 18 : Dear parents, inculcating habits like turning off the lights when not needed and using recycled products and alternative transportation methods during childhood may help your kids develop a feeling of responsibility …

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 : A new class of cholesterol-lowering drug can help patients cut their risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attack.In a trial of more than 27,000 patients, researchers found that taking monthly or twice-monthl…

Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 : A breakthrough ‘gene silencer’ drug has the power to ‘switch off’ heart disease by reducing cholesterol by over 50 percent.The findings come from the largest trial yet to test the safety and effectiveness of this kind of…

Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 : If you are a low-risk atrial fibrillation patient, then you may want to steer clear of antithrombotic therapy as a recent study has suggested that it doesn’t cut the chances of suffering a stroke within five years.In fac…

Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 : A recent study has found that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be associated with reductions in length of hospital stay and readmission.The UK gover…

Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 17 : A team of German researchers has discovered that absence of a specific protein in regions of the brain may be the major cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Around two percent of the general population suffer fr…