Health & Food

Feb 27: Chemotherapy may help in treating cancer, but it comes with its set of consequences. Some of the most common side effects of chemotherapy include loss of hair, weakness, nausea, pain, cognitive impairment among others. A recent study done by University of Iowa in the US found that milk can help in tackling the after effects of chemotherapy, particularly nerve pain. This is because milk...

Gurgaon, Feb 26: 3D printed body parts have become a reality in India, a game changer which promises to alter the medical landscape in India. The courage of a school teacher has ushered in almost unnoticed a quiet medical revolution in India with links that spread from Bareilly to Gurgaon. A doctor from Metro Hospital, Noida said, "3D printing is indeed an upcoming innovation offering personalised...

New Delhi, Feb 25: In India, almost 200,000 new patients need dialysis every year, and it is estimated that less than 30 per cent of patients manage to receive this life-saving therapy mainly due to non-availability or unaffordability, says a study. Efforts to provide dialysis to those with end-stage kidney disease should be done in conjunction with more cost-effective efforts while maintaining...

Sydney, Feb 24: Suffering from lower back pain? If you care for your life, you may just want to take it more seriously. Back pain – approximately affecting 700 million people worldwide – is the leading cause of disability globally and may increase your risk of dying early by 13%, researchers warn. The findings showed that compared to those without spinal pain (back and neck), a person with spinal...

Smoking contributes to more than 480,000 deaths annually; 278,544 men and 201,773 deaths among women, according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. Smoking is not a mere bad habit but a social hazard. The habit of smoking is not just harmful for the smoker itself but passive smoke is known to be equally harmful for a non-smoker as well. Smoking is the...

London, Feb 22: Cat ownership during pregnancy or childhood may not pose a direct risk for psychotic symptoms, according to a new study that casts doubt over suggestions that people who grow up with felines are at higher risk of mental illness. Recent research has suggested that cat ownership might contribute to some mental disorders, because cats are the primary host of the common parasite...

Feb 22: Listeria, a common food-borne bacterium, may pose a greater risk of miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy than previously thought, says a study. “For many years, listeria has been associated with adverse outcomes in pregnancy, but particularly at the end of pregnancy,” said one of the researchers Ted Golos, Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US. “What wasn’t known...

New Delhi, Feb 20: We often tend to overeat without knowing it. Eating more than what our body needs is the root cause of several chronic health problems which can be avoided albeit with a little care. Sonia Narang, nutrition expert of Oriflame India, here shares nine ways that can best help you to avoid overeating. * Eat slowly Chew every bite of your food properly. This is to slow us down when...

New Delhi, Feb 20: Good news for all those lazy-headed not-really-a-cleanliness-freak out there! Scientists have found out that the obsession with hygiene could even be turning some beneficial bacteria found in the human gut into "endangered species". Providing clean water to everyone on the planet has been a major health goal for decades, but scientists have warned that while it reduces the...

Washington, Feb 18: Now you can save your kid from surgery, as a study shows that antibiotics may be an effective treatment for acute non-complicated appendicitis in children, instead of surgery. Appendicitis is a serious medical condition in which the appendix becomes inflamed and causes severe pain. The appeared in the journal of Pediatrics The condition, which causes the appendix -- a small...