Doctors have long known that in the average person, blood pressure rises from childhood to middle age, but a new study warns that in the elderly, blood pressure gradually begins to decrease about 14 years before death. The study that looked at the electronic medical records of 46,634 British citizens who had died at age 60 or older sh...
Frequent marijuana use may not help manage pain, depression and anxiety among patients in treatment for opioid addiction, finds a study. Patients in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction believe that using marijuana helps them with their pain and mood symptoms. However, the findings showed that using cannabis could be...
City-based private Max Super Specialty Hospital has terminated the services of two doctors involved in the declaration of a 22-week-old premature baby as dead while he was alive. The hospital situated in north-west Delhi's Shalimar Bagh, which has also set up a inquiry into the matter and has two senior doctors from Indian Medical Association (IMA...
Is your child unable to memorise his or her lessons in school? Ask them to read...
If usage of cannabis is frequent among your adolescent son or daughter, he or ...
Feeling drained out emotionally? Engage in Zumba dancing for five weeks as it...
Researchers have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) directly impacts the brain in the early stages of the infection. It has long been known that many people with HIV also experience negative cognitive symptoms, such as depression and forgetfulness. However, it was unclear whether it was caused by such patients' physical illness, or wh...
Parents may please take note that the more time teenagers spend on smartphones and other electronic screens, the more likely they are to feel depressed and attempt suicide, according to a new study. Screen time should be considered a modern-day risk factor for depression and suicide, said study co-author Thomas Joiner, Professor at Florida Stat...
Technology has led to an increase in HIV infection among young people, particularly gay men and male sex workers, in Pakistan, experts have warned. Mobile apps and social media have opened new avenues for social encounters in the conservative country. Smartphones provide a degree of sexual liberation, a way of connecting with partners away from th...
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the National Nutrition Mission to ensure holistic development and adequate nutrition for adolescent girls, pregnant women, mothers and children, official sources said. The Ministry for Women and Child Development said the government was committed to ensure that adequate nutrition to every child and pregnant woman an...
