New Delhi: Are you one of those who saw Stephnie Meyer's 'Twilight' and wondered what was the secret of the vampire's flawless skin? If yes, then you will be pleased to know that Dracula therapy is very well in your reach. Doctors in New Delhi have named the latest skin rejuvenation technique, Stimulated Self Serum skin therapy, after one of the most popular vampires of all times and it is...
01:02:23 PM Nov 23, 2011
Mumbai: It is not just a stubborn, multi-drug resistant form of tuberculosis that patients admitted to the Sewri TB hospital have to battle against every day -- rather, it's full-fledged war between man and beast at the civic-run facility. Daily at the hospital, end-stage TB patients -- weakened by their prolonged battle with the disease -- have to wage a veritable struggle with the 45-strong cat army, for basic resources...
11:44:36 AM Nov 23, 2011
Yoga expert Shalini Vadera tells you about the asanas that help relieve stress. ...
03:14:14 AM Nov 23, 2011
Bangalore: For these alluringly green vegetable are irrigated with untreated sewage water that contain high levels of lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury and arsenic, a research by Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) suggests. According to the study, the menace takes alarming proportion as consignments of such unsafe vegetables are making inroads into the city market uninterrupted from adjoining areas in the absence of a system to check the edibility of...
11:40:59 AM Nov 22, 2011
Frankly speaking, you don't know what to expect till it is in front of your eyes. Going to meet an eight-years-old kid dealing with epilepsy, ...
03:09:54 PM Nov 21, 2011
New Delhi: There is some good news in the fight against Japanese Encephalitis that has claimed the lives of several children in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Department of Biotechnology Secretary Dr MK Bhan says by March 2012, three Indian companies will introduce vaccines for the new strain of Japanese Encephalitis responsible for the latest outbreak. The vaccines are in advanced Stage 3 clinical trials right at present. ...
07:19:49 PM Nov 19, 2011
Making healthy lifestyle changes now can help stave off the faulty thinking and failing memory often associated with old age. ...
09:30:44 AM Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told the central government that the prices of medicines should not rise further. "Bring it down, don't escalate it in the name of policy," the court said. "It should go down, not go up," said the apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya. The bench said that the prices of medicines and lab tests were already too high and...
11:03:17 AM Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: The flu season generally spans from November to March. The symptoms are more severe than those of a cold and tend to come on abruptly. As a parent, at least some of these will be more than familiar -- a sudden fever, chills and shakes with the fever. But what you might not know is that complications of the flu may include a sinus infection or pneumonia. You...
08:16:17 AM Nov 18, 2011
Two or more sugary beverages a day can expand a women's waistline, even if they don't gain weight, according to a new study. ...
04:13:50 PM Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: In what comes as a worrying fact on the World Epilepsy day, around 10 million Indians suffer from the disorder, which is characterised by multiple seizures. India adds five lakh new cases of epilepsy in children every year. As many as 30 per cent of these children, like Kanika Singhal, do not respond well to medication, that is meant to control the seizures that characterise this disorder. "At...
09:50:11 AM Nov 17, 2011
Melbourne: Australian scientists have claimed breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease by allowing the body to produce dopamine using stem cells. An ABC report quoted Lachlan Thompson of University of Melbourne saying that scientists have now found a way to identify and separate the therapeutic cells from the dangerous ones. "We have made some recent progress in that area by identifying novel molecules on the therapeutic cells that allow...
12:49:55 PM Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Veteran journalist-cum-social activist Kanak Mani Dikshit, who drove down from Nepal, left Delhi on Wednesday morning to go on to his next stop, Peshawar in Pakistan. Dikshit's journey is aimed at increasing awareness about spinal injuries. "This little car is called the Spinal Beetle. this is the mascot of our spinal injury rehab centre in Nepal," Dikshit said. A nasty fall into a 150-feet-deep ditch in 1991 left...
09:35:09 AM Nov 10, 2011
Fitness instructor Shalini Vadehra takes you through some yoga asanas to be fit and healthy. ...
10:18:03 AM Nov 09, 2011
Mumbai: Life in the fast lane, fuelled by fast food and typical every day urban habits are your worst enemy. A new study by pharma company Sanofi, done on 16,000 people across eight states finds that one in five Indian adults in the metros suffers from both diabetes and hypertension. But it's worse in Maharashtra - one in three people suffer both hypertension and diabetes. Senior Endocrinologist, Lilavati Hospital Dr...
08:37:05 AM Nov 09, 2011
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