Patients with alcohol-related liver cancer do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated with alcohol consumption, a new study suggests. The findings suggest that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer have a reduced overall survival time mainly due to worse liver function and tumour characteristics at diagnosis...
Scientists have demonstrated the successful implementation of a prosthetic system that uses a person's own memory patterns to facilitate the brain's ability to encode and recall memory, an important step towards finding a way to restore memory loss. In the pilot study, published in the Journal of Neural Engineering, the researchers found that shor...
Consumption of choline -- an essential nutrient found in liver, eggs, wheat germ -- ...
Scientists have succeded in turning off the excruciating pain that often accompanies...
Researchers have found that an anti-inflammatory drug -- licensed for treating rheumatoid...
A new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs and has been successfully used to treat an infection could lead to the first new class of antibiotic drug in 30 years, says a team of Indian-origin scientists. In the study, published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, scientists successfully created a simplified, synthesised form of "tei...
The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) will undertake a study on the ways in which aging is conceptualised within in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by researching on elderly couples conceiving and birthing children through the method, it was announced here on Monday. The project has been sanctioned with funding of Rs 25 lakh u...
Patients suffering from cancer can ease the level of their pain by using a simple pen and paper bedside chart, a new study suggests. Pain affects half of the people suffering from cancer and an estimated 80 per cent of those with advanced cancer, causing both physical and emotional impact on patients, the researcher said. "These findings are a posi...
Top sports leagues may be contributing to the escalating obesity epidemic among children and adolescents as the majority of food and beverages marketed through sponsorship of these events are unhealthy, says a US-based study. "Unhealthy food and beverage promotion through organised sports is pervasive," said the study's lead investigator ...
While early detection is the key for successful breast cancer treatment, one in t...
