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Panda eyes: How to get rid of eye rings and dark circles
Black circles look extremely cute on pandas, but when it comes to human eyes, dark rings aren’t the most attractive features. They’re called all sorts of names: Panda eyes, raccoon eyes, eye rings, eye bags… No matter what we call […]
Study identifies genes linked to breast cancer in East Asian women
A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes associated with increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by Vanderbilt University investigators, was published online July 20 in Nature Genetics. While breast cancer is one of […]
Foot-and-mouth disease strikes livestock in central Vietnam
Duc Tho District of the central province of Ha Tinh reported an outbreak of foot-mouth in herds of local cattle on July 25. Foot-mouth disease has affected multi domestic animals of four houses in Quang Tien Village. These animals suffer […]
New defibrillator means less stress for heart patients
SINGAPORE – Heart patients at risk of sudden cardiac death now have the option of a less invasive form of treatment. Typically, they are permanently wired up to a defibrillator which is connected to the heart via a vein. If […]
India wages war on highly contagious brain fever as deaths mount
NEW DHELI – India is struggling to contain the seasonal contagious disease encephalitis, commonly known as “brain fever” with 570 people reported to have died already and health authorities warning the death toll may rise with more people still at […]
Younger women more likely to die of heart attacks: Study
In the study, Gupta and her team analysed 230,684 hospitalisations for heart attack in patients age 30 to 54 in a national database from 2001 to 2010. Aakriti Gupta, an Indian-origin researcher at the Yale School of Medicine, has found […]
IITians craft revolutionary portable kit to detect blood disorders
Harnessing the technology that powers new-age mobile phones, Indian scientists are set to develop a portable and affordable kit – a lab-on-a-chip – detection system for sickle cell anemia, a common inherited blood disorder in the tribal belts of India’s […]
Certain foods linked to reduced incidence of dementia
FUKUOKA – An ongoing epidemiological study conducted in a small town in Fukuoka Prefecture has shown certain dietary patterns to be associated with reduced risk of dementia. For about the last half century, residents’ ages and occupations in the town […]
New app fights black market pharmaceuticals
For a patient with high blood pressure, drugs to fight off stroke and heart attacks are a vital element of a daily routine. Taking a fake drug is the last thing such a patient needs. Now patients have a tool […]
Prevent premature babies with mouthwash
Here’s good news for expectant moms with gum disease. A study shows that they’re less likely to have premature babies if they use mouthwash throughout their pregnancy. The study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology said that […]
