Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, have identified a Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR) that can pave the way for developing medical treatments for colon and renal cancers. ...
The Central government has earmarked Rs 700 crore to set up centres of excellence at the National Institutes of Pharmaceutical, Education & Research (NIPER) over the next five years to boost pharma and medical technology in the country. ...
Are you one of those parents who calm down their tantrum-throwing children with a digital device? Beware, it may hamper their ability to self-regulate their emotions later in adulthood, finds a study on Friday. ...
Early-life exposure to air pollution may have a direct effect on lung health later in life, reveals a study on Friday that underlines the need to reduce pollution. ...
Exposure to contaminated water is a major reason for infection from a brain-eating amoeba that has claimed the lives of two young children within a month in Kerala, said doctors calling for avoiding swimming in lakes and other water bodies. ...
Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda is scheduled to unveil three public health initiatives in the national capital on Friday, in the presence of Ministers of State Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao and Anupriya Singh Patel. ...
Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday emphasised the need for all states to complete the inventorisation of all water bodies, including geo-tagging and preparation of a scientific plan. ...
Worried about your food addiction? Take heart, a team of researchers has identified a specific gut bacteria associated with both mice and human compulsive eating disorder and obesity. ...
A team of Mumbai doctors have successfully treated a 56-year-old woman with Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia, the first in India to suffer from severe facial pain on both sides of the face, via an advanced neurosurgery. ...
A 16-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after doctors here removed a large tumour in her left thigh in an eight-hour-long surgery, and prevented her left leg from amputation. ...
