In a bid to find solutions that can address shortage of critical medical equipment like ventilators in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, the US space agency has joined forces with a task force
Researchers have found that elderly patients who are hospitalised with pneumonia are twice as likely to die as those hospitalised with hip fractures. Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can be
Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game changer” for COVID-19 by US President Donald Trump, showed no benefit in treating patients with the disease in Veterans Health Administration medical centres in the
Binge drinkers, here comes good news. A team of US researchers has found that deactivating a stress-signaling system in a brain area known for motivation and emotion-related behaviours can decrease binge drinking.
Women are more likely to die early after heart attack than men because they are often not prescribed the drugs they need, according to a new study. “Female heart attack patients may
Dear parents, if you want your children to have proper sleep, read this carefully. Joining a growing list of studies that tell parents to shun devices at bed-time, researchers say that children
Researchers have found that regular exercise could help prevent the most common type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma by activating a gene that suppresses tumour growth. The study, published in the
The younger you start smoking, the more likely you are to smoke daily as an adult, even into your 40s, and the harder it will be to quit, warn researchers. The study,
Corona is forcing most of us to work from home. From London to Delhi, millions are working from home. It is stressful. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the world to
India with a population of 1.3 billion, is struggling to contain corona, despite Modi’s lockdown. However, studies show the strain of new coronavirus in India is not as virulent as the ones