Category Archives: Health
These clues, called chemical signatures or biomarkers, are being studied to improve
Why does one person develop memory problems while another experiences seizures or changes in behaviour? [...]
Oct
Continuing mumps outbreak in Keralam leads to renewed demand for MMR vaccine
Outbreaks have forced the closure of schools and hostels for weeks in Alappuzha, Thrissur and [...]
Oct
October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month or Pink October, these volunteers are fanning out
Have you seen this motley group of women knitting crochet with colourful yarns at a [...]
Oct
Govt. caps trade margins on 137 anti-cancer drugs
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has undertaken trade margin rationalisation (TMR) of 137 identified [...]
Oct
Mahesh agreed to donate blood and travelled for over five hours to reach SDM Hospital
A blood donor from Chikkamagaluru travelled over 300 km to Dharwad to donate a unit [...]
Oct
Is a sugar-rich diet while on antibiotics a threat to the gut microbiome? A new study attempts
Antibiotics are among modern medicine’s greatest lifesaving discoveries. They have transformed once-dangerous bacterial infections into [...]
Oct
Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease looks very different to late-onset version: study
People who developed an early onset of Alzheimer's disease -- before turning 65 -- displayed [...]
Oct
The toolkit also enables scientists to study several proteins simultaneously
A powerful new genetic toolkit that could make it easier to study the bacteria responsible [...]
Oct
Trump administration advances plan for peptide drugs favoured by RFK Jr.
U.S. health officials are moving ahead with a plan to allow specialty pharmacies to produce [...]
Oct