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With number of individuals living with dementia increasing globally owing to ageing population, a Lancet study on Wednesday revealed that India witnessed a significant growth in the number of Alzheimer’s disease and other cases of dementia from 1990 till 2016. Read More
A probiotic supplement may help reduce inflammation of the gut, which is known to exacerbate bipolar disorder as well as other psychiatric mood disorders, say researchers. Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition characterised by dramatic shifts in mood from depression to Read More
Owing to discrimination and stigma associated with sexual minorities, depressive symptoms are more common among those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, not exclusively heterosexual, or not sure of their sexual orientation from age 10, and continue throughout their early Read More
A therapeutic drug has been found to improve outcomes and survival rates for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer. In a clinical trial by researchers at Newcastle University in Britain, patients with newly diagnosed myeloma were treated Read More
Researchers have found that magnesium may optimise vitamin D status, raising it in people with deficient levels and lowering it in people with high levels. The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that magnesium may play Read More
People residing in the national capital woke up to a foggy morning on Tuesday with the minimum and maximum temperatures touching seven Degrees Celsius, and 22 Degree Celsius — two notches below — the season’s average. Moreover, the temperature during Read More
A 23-year-old woman who had suffered major burns that left deep scars on her face, got a complete makeover at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in the national capital. According to hospital authorities, the woman who hails from Firozabad in Uttar Read More
If you love indulging in fruit drinks or soda, you might want to have a look at this. Higher collective consumption of sweetened fruit drinks, soda, and water is associated with a higher likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), Read More
A bacteria discovered in the soil from Northern Ireland can halt the spread of several antibiotic resistant superbugs, new research has found. The soil the researchers analysed originated from an area of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, which is known as the Read More
Engineers have demonstrated an electronic device to closely monitor beating heart cells, or cardiomyocytes, without affecting their behaviour. Inside each of us beats a life-sustaining heart. Unfortunately, the organ is not always perfect and sometimes goes wrong. One way or another research Read More
