Women who suffer from urinary incontinence are at a higher risk of it getting worse after childbirth, a study suggests....
Extending the number of pregnant women given a common drug to boost thyroid hormone levels may lead to a reduced number of still-births, early caesarean sections and low-weight babies, says a new study....
As part of an initiative to curb over-endorsement and unwanted tobacco advertisements in the entertainment industry, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) may create national ...
Contrary to expectations, the use of tailored dose-dense chemotherapy in women with high-risk early breast cancer failed to result in any statistically significant ...
Aiming to curb consumption of tobacco among the youth at an early stage, the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has urged its 180 member nations to monitor waterpipe (Indian hookah) tobacco use through a national surveillance system to cover all age group...
With Delhi and NCR region engulfed in a shroud of smog, doctors say that not just people belonging to high-risk groups but others with underlying respiratory problems are coming with complaints of chest ...
In 2008, Arti Chauhan (name changed to protect identity), mother of a 12-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year old girl, became aware that two pills -- mifepristone and misoprostol -- could induce an abortio...
Increased stress can cause changes in brain's reward centre, which may then lead to a rise in alcohol consumption, a study, with implications to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has found. ...
The government on Friday launched the 'Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan' (PMSMA), a new scheme to provide comprehensive and quality antenatal care to ...
A person with HIV who consistently takes HIV medicines but smokes is much more likely to die of a smoking-related disease than of HIV itself," explained study author Krishna P. Reddy of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School....
