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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE CAMPAIGN TRANSFORMS LIVES IN RURAL BENGAL
Menstrual hygiene campaign has changed many lives in rural Bengal. In India, menstruation is always a taboo, because of the myths and...
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
NEW STUDY PAVES THE WAY FOR FUTURE TEST TO IDENTIFY DROWSY DRIVERS
New blood test can identify if a person is sleep deprived or not which may help prevent car or plane crashes that result from drowsy...
Sleep
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
GENDER, RACE MAY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN BREAST CANCER SCREENING
Gender and race may influence how black women deal with barriers to breast cancer screening, reveals a new study.
Cancer, Breast, Breasts
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WHO USE MARIJUANA ARE MORE LIKELY TO TRY IT AT A YOUNGER AGE
Children are more likely to use drugs at an earlier stage if their mothers use marijuana, finds a new study.
Drugs
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
CINDERELLA EFFECT DEBUNKED: ARE STEPFATHERS MORE DANGEROUS THAN BIOLOGICAL FATHERS?
New study highlights that very few stepparents pose a threat to their children. Younger fathers are more likely to abuse or kill their...
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
PLACE WHERE OLDER PEOPLE LIVE BEFORE HOSPITALIZATION MAY INFLUENCE READMISSION RISK
New study highlights where people live before hospitalization may influence discharge planning and reducing hospital-readmission risk.
Plan, Hospital
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
EXERCISING MODERATELY DECREASES SEVERITY OF STROKE
Stroke attacks are milder in people who have exercised moderately before its occurrence compared to those who have not exercised at...
Stroke
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
ALARMINGLY LOW PUBLIC AWARENESS OF UROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOUND ACROSS EUROPE
Public awareness about urological conditions is found to be alarmingly low across Europe.
Urology
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
LGBT COMMUNITY HAS POORER MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES: STUDY
LGBT community has more number of poor mental health days than the general population, finds a new study
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
PLAYING GOLF MAY HELP YOU LIVE LONGER
Playing golf not only promotes your mental and physical well-being but also add years to your life, finds a new study.
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
AFGHANISTAN LAUNCHES 5-DAY POLIO VACCINATION DRIVE
A five-day polio vaccination drive has been launched in Afghanistan, especially in some of the country's most high-risk provinces by...
Vaccination
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
DELHI HOSPITAL SAVES IRAQI GIRL WITH RARE SPINAL DISEASE
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi successfully treated a 19-year-old Iraqi girl with a rare spinal disease.
Hospital
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTHCARE SCHEME TO BENEFIT 15.50 LAKH FAMILIES IN HARYANA
Haryana CM Khattar launches Ayushman Bharat health scheme in Haryana, India. Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana which...
Regard
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
SEVEN PERCENT DECLINE IN HIV DIAGNOSES IN AUSTRALIA
In Australia, there has been seven percent decline in HIV diagnoses in the last five years. The declines were due to higher coverage...
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
SEXUALITY AMONG PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND OTHER COGNITIVE PROBLEMS
Women with lower cognitive scores were less likely than men with lower cognitive scores to have intimate partners, found study.
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
LYME DISEASE: FRESH INSIGHTS
Scientists used mice to study the transmission of bacteria by ticks infected with various European and North American species of Borrelia...
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
PROTECTIVE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL PEPTIDE HUMANIN DISCOVERED
A decrease in circulating levels of humanin could lead to an increase in several different diseases of aging, particularly in dementia.
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
DNA VACCINE: NEW HOPE FOR HPV-RELATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER
A therapeutic vaccine MEDI0457 can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus...
Vaccination, Tumors, Cancer
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By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018
NEW NANOPLATFORM TECHNOLOGY OFFERS HOPE IN TREATING DRUG-RESISTANT RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
The tumor hypoxia directed nanoparticle used in conjunction with the FDA-approved renal cell carcinoma treatment, Sorafenib had positive...
Tumors, Drugs
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The headlines of Master Doctor
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The taller you are the more likely you are to suffer from varicose veins
Study of more than 490,000 people by Stanford University found that the genes that code for height may also cause valves in veins to break down. This might allow blood to flow...
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Stepfathers are no more likely to kill children than biological parents
Researchers at the University of East Anglia challenged a long-held belief that children are more likely to be abused if they are looked after by one or more stepparent.
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Place Where Older People Live Before Hospitalization may Influence...
New study highlights where people live before hospitalization may influence discharge planning and reducing hospital-readmission risk.
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Gender, Race May Play a Key Role in Breast Cancer Screening
Gender and race may influence how black women deal with barriers to breast cancer screening, reveals a new study.
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Online sperm donors are harassing women and pressuring them into unprotected sex
Growing numbers of women are reportedly using unregulated websites to find free sperm donors and are putting themselves at risk of abuse and STIs, experts have warned.
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Smokers are more likely to develop multiple sclerosis and become disabled by...
The London-based charity The MS Society found that quitting smoking could delay the onset of untreatable secondary progressive MS by as much as eight years but most people are...
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Obesity set to overtake smoking as the most common cause of preventable...
A study predicts one in ten new female cancer cases - around 23,000 a year - will be caused by excess weight by 2035, only 2,000 fewer than by tobacco.
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LGBT Community Has Poorer Mental Health Outcomes: Study
LGBT community has more number of poor mental health days than the general population, finds a new study
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Scientists hail stem cell revolution to treat previously incurable conditions
They are the building blocks of human life. And scientists are increasingly convinced that stem cells are set to revolutionise the entire spectrum of medicine.
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Hope for one-in 11 Britons as new shockwave blast offers an end to the agony...
The procedure, which can be carried out without an anaesthetic, uses a machine that directs blasts of ultrasound energy at the kidneys. The waves break up troublesome crystals...
France / Français
By Medindia Health
- Sep 24, 2018