Category: Features
Don’t ignore sudden weight loss and back pain — symptoms of spinal tuberculosis
Don’t ignore constant back pain or sudden, unexplained weight loss. Chances are, you could be suffering from spinal TB. Other symptoms include fever, night sweats. If these last for more than a week, it is a cause to worry warn […]
Don’t wait to fix your hair problems
Most men will agree that hair loss is undesirable. Yet at the same time, most will do nothing when hair loss hits them. While it’s true that hair loss is not a life threatening condition, if it starts affecting your […]
Video games linked to aggressive behaviour in kids
Youths who play video games are more likely to think and act in aggressive ways, suggested a study of more than 3,000 schoolchildren in Singapore. The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, was based […]
Killer drug on the rise
PETALING JAYA: The “killer drug” that caused six deaths at last week’s Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) apparently needed just 10 minutes to wipe out someone’s vital systems. Besides the six dead, 14 other concert goers were hospitalised after consuming […]
India must stop ‘irrational’ TB treatments: MSF
New Delhi — India must stop its doctors prescribing “irrational” treatments to cure tuberculosis, medical humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Saturday, warning the practice is increasing drug-resistant strains of the disease. India is already home to the highest number […]
Eating yogurt may reduce type 2 diabetes risk
ISLAMABAD: Higher consumption of yoghurt can reduce the risk of new onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent. According to researchers, specific foods may have an important role in the prevention of type 2 diabetes and are relevant for […]
Nearly half of Cambodians lack access to safe water
Nearly half the population of Cambodia does not have access to safe water and basic sanitation, a U.N. agency said Friday ahead of World Water Day, calling on the authorities to give greater attention to improving rural water supply in […]
H1N1 flu claims 18 lives in Thailand
BANGKOK-H1N1 influenza has claimed 18 lives in Thailand since re-emerging in the country early this year, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Data from the Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) showed a total of 18,290 cases were reported […]
30 pct TB cases undiagnosed annually: WHO
MANILA – Some 30 percent or 3 million of the 9 million people who develop tuberculosis (TB) every year in the world are “missed”, The World Health Organization (WHO) in Western Pacific Region said here Saturday, the World TB Day. […]
New technique to combat cancer
A team led by Vijay Kumar Kutala, associate professor of clinical pharmacology in NIMS, in collaboration with Srigiridhar Kotamraju, senior scientist from IICT developed the technique to deliver curcumin into the cell’s mitochondria by tagging it with a chemical moiety […]
