It may sound exaggerated but the unprecedented growth in Type-2 diabetes over the past 15 years and the deadly rise of cancer have a few common -- some even modifiable -- risk factors linked to how we lead our daily lives, health experts say....
India, facing the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world, is also the world's largest consumer of antibiotics, says a study, conducted to determine whether pharmacies have contributed to inappropriate use of antibiotics by dispensing them without prescriptions....
We found that older individuals who had more family in their network, as well as older people who were closer with their family were less likely to die," said James Iveniuk, the lead author of the study....
Call it negligence or incompetence, surgeons at a hospital in Kerala allegedly left a surgical instrument within the bowels of a woman patient and stitched the incision....
A 29-year-old woman successfully underwent kidney transplant at Global Hospitals here on Thursday despite having an incompatible blood group with the donor - her brother. ...
Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday inaugurated the 3rd World Trauma Congress and said his ministry will soon come up with a National Injury Control Programme to ...
People who have got longer-living parents are likely to have much better heart condition, less chances of cancer and more likely to live longer, said a study by researchers including from Indian Institute of Public Health. ...
Brain scans have revealed a genetic mutation that affects the structure, function and chemistry of the brain, and thus increases the risk of major psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar ...
How well a depressed patient is responding to treatments and recovering can be gauged by monitoring his or her work productivity, say researchers including one of Indian-origin....
Establishing a novel link between chronic kidney disease and diabetes, a team of researchers have identified molecular mechanisms that may be responsible for the increased blood glucose levels in such ...
