Removing one carotid body from some patients with high blood pressure can provide immediate and sustained fall in blood pressure, finds a new study....
The World Health Organization’s research arm has downgraded its classification of coffee as a possible carcinogen, declaring there isn’t enough proo...
Your genes may be to blame, suggests a new study which has found that inherited differences in taste perceptions may explain why some people eat more ...
Regular aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or cycling, can improve artery health in people with Type-2 diabetes, says a study.Compromised arteria...
Heart disease has been known for being the leading cause of treatment-related, non-tumour deaths among survivors of childhood cancer, breast cancer an...
Older single women may be more sexually active than thought, even beyond the seventh decade of their life, a new study has claimed.However, at least o...
Men, take note! Working night shifts, skipping day-time naps or sleeping for more than ten hours every night may significantly increase your risk of c...
The Ebola virus may have adapted to better infect human cells, say scientists who identified mutations in the deadly virus that developed during the r...
With heart diseases being one of the major causes of death in India, it is perhaps not surprising that most people presume any pain in the chest area ...
Eating a very early dinner, or even skipping it, may help you lose weight, a new study has found. The first human test of early time-restricted (eTRF)...
Increased intake of food and drinks with added sugar may raise the risk of heart attack or myocardial infarction by about a third in some people, a ne...
A study looking at the health of a cohort of 7,052 people has found that those who had anxiety about their health were much more likely to go on to de...
Sleep deprivation may make you munch on more calories the following day, potentially leading to weight gain and obesity, a new study has found.The stu...
A team of researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has developed a non-invasive brain scanner which can predict weight loss success based...
The age at which you will have your first child and the number of kids you are likely to have may be encoded in your DNA, say scientists who found tha...
Doctors have found a disturbing downside to some powerful new drugs that harness the immune system to fight cancer: In rare cases, they may cause pote...
Consuming an egg — nutrient-rich source of high quality protein — per day may lead to a 12 per cent reduction in risk of stroke, a new research shows....
Scientists have discovered that bacteria on the skin trapped in clogged pore, surrounded by oil and no air, release fatty acids that trigger inflammat...
Scientists have found a way to use peanut skin extracts to make milk chocolate that has even more nutritional benefits than that of dark chocolate - w...
An experimental birth control vaccine for men can effectively prevent pregnancy in their female partners by lowering sperm count, scientists includi...
South Korean medical scientists claimed to have identified a new protein that is linked to causing lung cancer.Lung cancer, also known as lung carcino...
Cranberry extract has the potential to interrupt communication between harmful bacteria thus stopping spread of infections and paving way to developin...
Increased muscle strength may help to improve brain function in adults who suffer from mild cognitive impairment (MCI), shows a new study. MCI defines...
It is not just our skin that starts to lose its youthful firmness and elasticity as we age, but our brain too gets 'slacker', a new study has found.Re...
Drinking highly caffeinated beverages mixed with alcohol may trigger changes in the adolescent brain similar to taking cocaine, according to a new stu...
Children living in big cities such as Delhi, are likely to grow susceptible to allergic ailments, more than adults, due to urban pollution, especially...
In a recent study, scientists have discovered a new mechanism that regulates obesity.The study shows that this new mechanism can potentially be target...
CAIRO: She weighs half a ton, believe it or not. This Egyptian woman, tipping the scales at about 500 kg, is thought to be the fattest...
Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the bodys lung tissue, which makes the person highly infectious through coughing and the bac...
Whole grain diet may help to significantly lower the risk of heart disease in overweight and obese adults who are under the age of 50, finds a new s...
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