For the phone app to be effective and sustainable, it must only be regarded as being a part of a more integrated approach to development and codesigned with the end users.

With Earth Day marked on April 22, we look to nature’s solutions to climate change and other challenges. Wetland preservation is vital for our environmental, food and societal futures.

A game stimulates a mind – at any age - to explore and wonder. A board game, often based on a near-life setting, offers a safe informal environment where players can interact and learn from each other.

Across drought-hit southern Africa, COVID-19 has spurred governments to dispatch water tankers, drill boreholes and repair taps - solutions experts and residents of thirsty slums and villages say must last long after the pandemic has passed.

Pluripotent stem cells research provides insight into how Huntington's Disease (HD) develops and may help pave the way for identifying pathways for future treatments.

CYLD cutaneous syndrome (CCS) is a genetic disease that affects areas of the body where there are hair follicles. Skin tumours called cylindromas are also seen in CSS patients.

Genetic screening helped to detect genes that protect against the toxic effects of a mutant protein causing Huntington's disease. These efforts yielded

Gene repeats that cause Fragile X Syndrome normally regulate how and when proteins are made in neurons, said a Michigan Medicine team. This process may

Gene therapy could prevent or reverse cardiac dysfunction in Barth syndrome according to the new research at Boston Children's Hospital. The findings,

Novel mechanism that helps explain how certain genetic mutations give rise to a rare genetic kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome has been mapped

Ariana Dey, a Kolkata-based newborn, has become India's youngest liver transplant patient, says the doctors from Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi.

French transplant centers are far more likely to transplant kidneys from older donors, revealed new study led by Penn Medicine and Paris Transplant Group.

Scientists have created a simulated organ market and placed a dollar value factor using data from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

New research studies the lung transplant recipients to identify the underlying biologic mechanisms that determine the effectiveness and to improve long-term outcomes of the transplant.

New study found no significant difference in patient survival or rates of rejection when the recipient accepted increased risk lungs, reveals a new study.

The union budget, for the year 2010-11, was presented yesterday by the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee. As usual, i

The Ketan Desai-fuelled MCI scandal and the Ordinance signed by the President of India Pratibha Patil empowering the

Even in this fast paced world where everybody is busy minding their own business, there are doctors who take an active r

On the 28 th of February India's finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, delivered the union budget in the parliament.

The Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday pronouncing gay sex illegal in India has caused uproar among gay rights acti

Doctors in India are governed by the regulations of Medical Council of India (MCI). MCI is an apex body that has reg

Should strike be allowed by medical professionals such as doctors? This debate is currently creating a tug of war betwe

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Highlights: Union Budget of India 2018 launches 'Modicare' world's largest healthcare program New National

Current Polish legislation on abortion is very restrictive. It bans all terminations except when the pregnancy results from rape or incest, poses a health

Theranos, a blood-testing laboratory, has announced that US civil and criminal authorities were conducting a criminal investigation into the company.

In 2014, of the more than 33,500 firearm deaths in the United States, over 21,000 were the result of suicide. About 38% of US households own at least

The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns and rubber bullets into focus. Rubber bullets are blunt-nosed with a muzzle velocity

Conducted electrical weapons (CEWs), best known by the brand name Taser - have proved to be a generally safe and effective way for law-enforcement officers

It is pretty easy to get a gun these days without going through a background check. A Connecticut law enacted in 1999 to allow police to temporarily

Indian MBBS students will have to write National Exit Test (NEXT) before being eligible to practice anywhere in the country, says Ministry official. The

More than 30,000 people die each year from gun violence in the United States, a higher rate of death than any industrialized country in the world. Funding

Inorganic arsenic and its presence in the food has harmful effects on health. O in 2016 EU imposed a maximum limit of inorganic arsenic on manufacturers in a bid to mitigate associated health risks.

Ontario has launched OHP+ on Jan 1 which offers the province's 4 million children and youth free access to more than 4,400 approved medications. Children

The Supreme Court of India has put Delhi high court order on hold to allow the MBBS practitioners to access the ultrasound. The stated order has come

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The coastal region of Bangladesh is prone to natural disasters and these events are expected to worsen as a result of climate change.

Nurses the world over seem to feel unhappy and exhausted, report researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.

The time when the U.S. health system is facing both a worsening shortage of primary care physicians and an increasing demand for primary care services,

Video recordings of a hospital scenario shows how poor is communication between nurses and doctors. This study mainly Communication breakdown that occurs betwen nurses and doctors.

Nurses could be the solution to the current End-of-life care quality, finds a new study. They have found that nearly 53% of the patients often experience

The study conducted by FAU College of Business faculty members Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., Gulcin Gumus, Ph.D., and Sharmila Vishwasrao, Ph.D., and recently

Among women with disabilities, pregnancies are 42% more likely to be unintended, revealed report published in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Levels of the PrEP drug Tenofovir were more than 30% lower in African adolescent girls and young pregnant women who took HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Around one-third of women who choose to have their ovaries removed before the natural age of menopause is more susceptible to negative mood and executive dysfunction, reports a new study.

New high-resolution melting analysis-based test (HRM) that is accurate, rapid, cheap, and easy to perform could be used as an initial screening tool for

In 2020, 168 million people worldwide will need assistance to deal with humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, extreme climate events, conflicts and infectious disease outbreaks.

Two-thirds of people with high blood pressure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are affected going without treatment, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.

Abnormal blood pressure levels are seen among medical students of which they are unaware, potentially putting them on a path for heart health risks at a younger age.

Electric pill bottle and text messaging appear to keep medication adherence high, but neither of those appeared to low down blood pressure levels. These