The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a woman with 24-week pregnancy to undergo medical abortion as the unborn was a threat to her life. Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao allowed the termination after a board of seven doctors gave up hope of the foetus with an undeveloped[Read More…]
Did you know that reducing salt intake worldwide by mere 10% could save millions of lives? A study report on Wednesday cleared the fact that heart attacks are mostly salt-triggered, resulting in 1.65 million deaths from heart disease every year. As adults, most of us exceed the suitable maximum salt[Read More…]
Do you know why an average American consumes over 3 cups of coffee every single day and spends over 40 billion dollars a year on coffee? Just to try and keep themselves as alert as they possibly can! There is a little something that effects a huge number of people but have[Read More…]
As the year 2016 is just about to end, you must be wondering about an easy, attainable yet constructive New Year resolution. So, if you are still puzzled and yet to make you mind; we are here to help you out. Thank us later! We all know that when it[Read More…]
By combining imagining with digital analysis and machine learning, researchers have developed by an automated technology to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages. Melanoma can be hard to detect and diagnose. As the skin cancer can start by being a mere mole which later turns out to be[Read More…]
Beijing city has decided to implement the ‘odd-even’ scheme and suspend schools after the Chinese capital issued its first red alert this year due to heavy smog. The red alert, approved by the municipal government, is expected to be lifted by December 21 when the air quality in the city[Read More…]
Many studies have already shown that wrapping food in newspapers could be extremely unhealthy and unsafe for consumption. And now, the Food, Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) too issued an advisory warning that such unhealthy practices can be injurious to health. Actually, the ink used in newspapers has[Read More…]
Hundreds of people rallied in Melbourne on Monday against the Adani group’s plan to dig a massive coalmine in Queensland province and government’s plan to grand $1 billion loan to Adani for a rail line. The protestors depicted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a puppet controlled by Indian mining[Read More…]
Doctors from John Hopkins University cured a man’s advanced cancer by shocking tumours with huge amount of testosterone. The result, which could revolutionise the cancer treatment, has been described as unexpected and exciting because most prostate cancer therapies work by depriving the amount of testosterone, Telegraph reported. For decades men[Read More…]
A team of researchers have found that Psilocybin- a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 species of mushrooms- eases the depression and soothes the anxiety in patient with life-threatening cancer. In a research report published Thursday in the Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers reported that trial subjects who[Read More…]
Scientists may have found a way to suppress an HIV-like infection in monkeys, without the need for ongoing drug therapy. The researchers added antibody therapy to standard drug treatment given to macaque monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). After three months, the animals were taken off the drugs, but[Read More…]
The French farm ministry said on Monday that a severe strain of the H5N8 bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France. “A first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 was[Read More…]
A woman who was battling kidney failure became a latest victim of demonetisation as she died in a government hospital in Bihar after the hospital staff refused to accept payments in old notes for dialysis on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while announcing demonetisation of high denomination notes on November[Read More…]
A government-run upper primary school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district saw as many as 34 of its students hospitalised after a mid-day meal curry contained dead caterpillars. The incident took place at Arteswar upper primary school in Jagannathpur village and the food was thrown away after one of the students found[Read More…]
In a changing attitude, voters in California, Nevada and Massachusetts have endorsed the recreational use of marijuana in state-wide polls. The votes, which took place alongside the presidential election, legalise the growth and consumption of cannabis for those over the age of 21. Leading up to the election, recreational marijuana[Read More…]
With Delhi being under siege from the worst smog the city has seen in the last two decades, Mail Today is reporting that those who have undergone organ transplants are the worst sufferers. Delhi’s air has high presence of viral and bacterial infection and other poisonous gases which has triggered[Read More…]
Around 1800 primary schools in New Delhi have been shut on Saturday, as the national capital’s pollution level becomes more harmful. The decision affects around 9 lakh children studying at schools run by the municipality. “All municipal schools under the three corporations will be closed on Saturday due to the[Read More…]
With Delhi facing the worst smog in 17 years, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to take steps to control and curb the pollution. The environment secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan were summoned and asked[Read More…]
According to the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI), 38% of Indian children under the age of 5 have stunted growth due to non-availability of food. India was ranked 97 among 118 countries, worse than its neighbours China (29), Nepal (72), Myanmar (75), Sri Lanka (84) and Bangladesh (90). Only Pakistan[Read More…]
In what could be a breakthrough discovery, a 44-year-old British man is actually the first person in the history to be cured of HIV. Scientists told The Sunday Times that presently the virus is completely undetectable in the man’s blood and if it remains that way it will be the[Read More…]
Medicover, which has invested in India through a number of businesses such as Oriflame for over a decade, has now entered the Indian IVF market in May this year.Medicover plans to open 50 IVF clinics in India, andpromises high standards of operations and quality. After surveying the IVF markets in[Read More…]
