68% of milk adulterated : Government
New Delhi : Over 68% of milk in the country does not conform to standards laid down by the food regulator and the most common ...
271 Delhiites bitten everyday by dogs
At least 271 persons in the national capital were bitten by dogs on an average everyday in the past one year, Rajya Sabha was told ...
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR
HYDERABAD: An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to be available in a year, Indian ...
Brazil reports 5,909 microcephaly cases since October,2015
SAO PAULO : Brazil’s Health Ministry says it’s received reports of 5,909 cases of microcephaly since the Zika virus ...
Male smokers in India cross 100 million
New Delhi : More men are smoking in India than ever before, with the number rising by more than a third from 79 million in 1998 to 108 ...
Neem extract may cure pancreatic cancer: study
Houston: A natural extract derived from the neem tree, commonly found in India, could potentially be used to treat pancreatic cancer ...
‘Bionic spine’ could enable paralysed patients to walk
Melbourne : Australian scientists hope that a tiny device just 3cm long and a few millimetres wide will enable paralysed patients to ...
Zika virus may cause eye abnormalities in infants
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Vision-threatening eye abnormalities in infants in Brazil with microcephaly may be associated with infection with Zika ...
IIT Kharagpur and ICMR for collaboration
Kolkata : To enable research in medical technology, IIT Kharagpur will send its engineering students to study at the Indian Council ...
Researchers identify genomic signature shared by five types of cancer
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of ...