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Half of the Lupus Rashes Harbor High Levels of Bacteria Cause for Infections

In the paper, published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, researchers found that 50% of skin rashes in patients with lupus contained an abnormally




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Scientists Develop a Non-invasive Method to Predict the Start of Dementia

Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to accurately predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias,




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Alternative Medicine Improves Quality of Life in Acute Rehab

While experts have long believed that CAM therapies could benefit patients in acute rehab, less is known about which benefits are most advantageous to these individuals' quality of life.




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Govt Approves For Telemedicine With New Guidelines Post COVID-19 Lockdown

Amid nationwide lockdown , the Medical Council of India (MCI) has formulated new guidelines for registered medical practitioners to deliver telemedicine




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Health Care Workers Get Guidelines From National Health Mission Guidelines

The National Health Mission (NHM) has advised health workers, who are part of the primary health care (PHC) team, to ensure safety for themselves and




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Homeopathy in COVID-19 Fight

Since ancient times, homeopathy has a good track record with epidemics and infectious diseases and therefore people should keep their biases aside and




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Mindful Yoga Practice Decreases Testosterone Levels, Improves Symptoms of PCOS

Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) practicing a one-hour mindful yoga class, done three times a week, have reduced testosterone levels by 29 percent over three months.




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Tai-Chi-based Mindfulness Training Decreased Core ADHD Symptoms in Kids

Motor control could be a biomarker that can be targeted by the mindful movement, such as Tai-Chi based training intervention to improve behavior in kids




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Role of Ayurveda Against COVID-19 Revealed

Ayurvedic medicines could play a vital role in fighting the coronavirus, according to a seasoned clinical assistant professor of medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.




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Aromatherapy can Alleviate On-the-job Stress in Nurses

Aromatherapy may decrease nurses' on-the-job feelings of stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and being overwhelmed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports a new study.




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Meditation with Aerobic Exercise can Relieve Stress in Medical School Students

Meditation, combined with aerobic exercise, decreases stress and rumination while improving the quality of life for medical students, reports a new study.




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Yoga may Help People With Migraine

A new study published in Neurology has found that adding yoga to your regularly prescribed migraine treatment may be better than medication alone. "Migraine




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55-year-old Woman Delivers Twins in India

For a long, long time she had been longing for a child. And menopause had overtaken her. Still she would not give up. Sh




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Indian Court Upholds Ban on Pre-natal Sex Determination Test

Gender-based abortions will continue to be banned in India with the Bombay High Court, in Maharashtra, a western Indian




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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine




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17 Brands of Compounded Asafoetida (iHing/i) Tested, 12 Fail

INSIGHT - The Consumer Magazine (September-October 2007) , published by Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS),




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Cheap Medicines, Yes, but Don't Harm Pharma Interests, Says WHO Chief

World Health Organisation's Director General Margaret Chan has sought to send some conciliatory signals to the drug indu




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Bali Roadmap an Anticlimax, None Willing to Commit on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The much vaunted climate change conference has come to an end at Bali, Indonesia, on an almost anticlimactic note.




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mInfamous Kidney Kingpin Arrested

Gurgaon based Kidney racketeer, Dr. Amit Kumar was reportedly arrested by Nepali Police today (Feb 07 2008). The Doctor




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'Four-In-One' Teenager from UK Wants To Be Kidney Donor

Laura Moon, 18, from Whinmoor in Leeds, has four kidneys. All of them are functional and growing naturally. She is wi




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Brits Discover Breast Cancer Vaccine

British scientists claim to have developed a drug with the potential to 'vaccinate' those with a family history of bre




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Nobel Prize In Medicine: All European Affair

The Nobel Prize for medicine this year has been awarded to three Europeans, Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi a




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Nobel Prize in Medicine - 2009

The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been announced! It has been awarded to researchers Elizabeth Blackburn , her st




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Man Ready to Play God - Scientists Synthesize Artificial Life In Lab

It has happened sooner than expected. Scientists have managed to synthesize 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modi




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Urine as a Source of Power

Can urine be used to produce energy without causing pollution. The team of researchers from Bristol certainly feel this




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'Test-Tube Baby' Pioneer Edwards Gets Nobel in Medicine

It may have come a bit too late, but a very deserving Robert Edwards has finally been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medi




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Sathya Sai Baba Dies of Multi-Organ Failure - No Miracle Happened as the End Came in ICU

The world famous god man and Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away at his Sathya Sai super specialty hospi




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Will Today be a Red Letter Day for The Deceased Organ Donation Programme in India?

Finally, after many a debate and discussion, the proposed amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act will be




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Hepatitis C Drug to be Offered Soon in India at Only One Percent of Its Cost in USA

Patent holder and pharma major Gilead, announced voluntary licences with seven generic drug manufacturers in India to s




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Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine Goes to Trio for Discovering Brain's GPS

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 has been awarded with one half given to John O'Keefe and the other half




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Decades-old Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood Finally Removed by the FDA

In a major policy decision the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the USA has lifted the ban on gay and bisexual men




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Being Obese, Overweight can Cause Fertility Problems in Men

Excess weight can put men at a higher risk of fertility problems, reports a new study. About 15% of couples in fertile age have experienced fertility problems.




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Combination Therapy Found Safe (and) Effective in Prostate Cancer

New therapy combining two targeted treatments helps to maximize efficacy apart from decreasing the incidence of side effects in patients with prostate




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Paternal Age Over 51 Years Reduces Success Rate in IVF and ICSI, Reveals Study

IVF and ICSI success rates were found to decline significantly after a paternal age of 51 years, revealed a new analysis of almost 5000 IVF/ICSI cycles performed at a single centre in London.




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Androgen Deprivation Therapy Increases Vulnerability to Dementia (and) Alzheimer's

Androgen deprivation therapy is a hormone-suppressing therapy used to treat prostate cancer. New research has found that androgen suppression therapy




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Prevalence of Male Infertility is 50%, Say Andrologists at Rutgers

The prevalence of infertility is 50% attributed to men. Blood tests for testosterone, semen analysis, autoimmune factors, genetics, and a clinical examination




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Low Testosterone Levels Are Linked With Long-Term Opioid Use

Opioid use has been linked with low testosterone in men. But the number of men screened is unknown. /br A new study by researchers from The University




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Alarmingly Low Awareness of Prostate Health Among Men: Survey

Prostate health awareness is alarmingly low in men over 50, reveals a new survey commissioned by the European Association of Urology (EAU). Despite




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Racial Discrimination During Early Life May Lead to Depression and Accelerated Aging

Racial discrimination at a young age puts African Americans in an undesirable upbringing which may lead to accelerated aging, depression, premature development




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Abnormalities in the Brain's Control Circuit May Lead to Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Patients with mood and anxiety disorders share the same abnormalities in regions of the brain involved in emotional and cognitive control. The findings




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Simple 8 Tips for Promoting Men's Health

Men tend to shy away from medical services and formal health care programs, leaving community-based programs to help fill the gap, but a new study gives 8 tips for promoting men's health.




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Male Infertility and Its Treatment Now Easily Identified

Male infertility can now take a shorter duration than the conventional trial and error method, which consumes more than a year to identify male infertility.




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New Gene Variant Linked to Male Infertility

New gene has been identified that may be responsible for male infertility in a breakthrough study that may lead to treatment for the growing number of men with low sperm counts.




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Sperm Motility Raises Within One to Two Weeks of Starting a Healthy Diet

Diet can influence the motility of the sperm, and the effects are remarkable after one to two weeks, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iPLOS Biology/i.




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Individualized Physical Therapy Decreases Incontinence, Pain in Men After Prostate Surgery

Individualized pelvic physical therapy program aimed at normalizing pelvic floor function can help reduce stress urinary incontinence and pelvic pain, reports a new study.




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Zinc, Folic Acid Products Unable to Increase Male Fertility

Nutraceuticals like Zinc and folic acid are unable to enhance pregnancy rates, sperm counts, and sperm potency, according to a new study conducted at




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Cancer Risk in Men Due To Loss of Function In Y-chromosome Genes

Men are at higher risk of cancer due to some fundamental biological mechanism that results in the loss of function in specific genes of the sex-determining Y chromosome, which is present only in men.




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Male Fertility After Chemotherapy: New Insights

New pilot study highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty. The findings of the study are published in the journal iPLOS ONE/i.




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Kisspeptin Hormone Injection Boosts Arousal in Men

In men, the kisspeptin hormone injection was found to boost brain activity associated with attraction, stated study published in JCI Insight. Attraction




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72% of Men Admit to Staying Up Late to Watch Sports

The real madness of March? Staying up too late to catch NCAA basketball games night after night. In a survey conducted by the American Academy of Sleep