Researchers have found that bananas have carotenoid -- a compound that turn fruits and vegetables red, orange or yellow and are converted into vitamin A, important precursors for eye health -- in the liver....
Ever experienced tossing and turning in bed while staying in a new place and getting up the next morning feeling the after effects of inadequate overnight sleep? Well, a new study has found the cause: New surroundings can interrupt our normal sleeping patterns as half of our brain stays awake to keep watch!...
Do you know why it becomes difficult to say decline ice-cream or cupcakes even when you have become a father yourself? According to researchers, media plays a major role in influencing attitudes of kids toward different foods....
Retailers selling paan, beedi, cigarette and other tobacco products in Hyderabad on Thursday joined the nationwide protest against 85 percent pictorial warning on tobacco products....
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday asked the health authorities to take steps to ban the use and sale of e-cigarettes in the state. ...
Four doctors were put under house arrest and seven others, including an obstetrician, were suspended in Italy on Thursday on charges of cover-ups of medical malpractice, the media reported. ...
A total of 332 medical colleges in India have not published any research papers during 2005-14, a journal has revealed....
The World Health Organisation aims to reduce to zero by 2020 the number of children diagnosed with leprosy and related deformities...
As the world gets prepared to build smart cities, new research led by an Indian-origin scientist has highlighted the dangerous effects of indoor pollution on human health and has called for policies to ensure closer monitoring of air quality....
There is an increasing trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in 49 districts where the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme' has been implemented, Women and Child...
