Health

Dealing with a crisis: coping with extreme thoughts

Mind Check |  Arpita Anand

A young woman in her early twenties, sat across me in my office a while ago telling me she had no will to go on. ...
03:42:45 PM May 28, 2012

Americans flocking to India for stem cell therapy

Americans flocking to India for stem cell therapy Washington: A growing number of Americans are travelling to India to seek treatment for rare diseases through India's experimental embryonic stem cell therapy, according to an investigative report. Among them Cash Burnaman, a 6-year-old South Carolina boy, who travelled with his parents to India seeking treatment for a rare genetic condition that has left him developmentally disabled, CNN reported. "Cash is mute. He walks with the aid of braces. To...
09:41:15 AM May 28, 2012

Wheat allergy or celiac a cause of malnutrition

Wheat allergy or celiac a cause of malnutrition New Delhi: A recent study conducted by doctors at AIIMS and Maulana Azad Medical College has shown a startling increase in the number of celiac cases in the country. The study reveals that undiagnosed celiac or allergy to wheat may be a major cause of malnutrition in the country. Three-year-old Gudiya has body of a one year old, all because of a condition that is increasingly prevalent across India. Gudiya's...
08:48:53 AM May 28, 2012

NASA space drink can reverse signs of ageing?

NASA space drink can reverse signs of ageing? London: A "space drink" developed by NASA to protect astronauts from radiation can also reduce wrinkles and reverse the telltale signs of ageing in just four months, say researchers, following a human trial. A team at Utah University has found in its research that the concoction, known as AS10, dramatically reduces wrinkles, blemishes and sun damage after four months. At the start of their trial, the researchers took visia photographs...
04:16:04 PM May 27, 2012

Eureka! Skin cells turn into beating heart

Health-y-Hiatus |  Nikita Mishra

The heart cells created from patients' skin are at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby. The study is exciting for ...
04:47:43 PM May 24, 2012
7 pc anti-malarial drugs in India fake: Study

7 pc anti-malarial drugs in India fake: Study

Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says ...
01:14:52 PM May 24, 2012

7 pc anti-malarial drugs in India fake: Study

7 pc anti-malarial drugs in India fake: Study Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says...
01:14:52 PM May 24, 2012

'7 pc anti-malarial drugs sold in India fake'

'7 pc anti-malarial drugs sold in India fake' New Delhi: A new study by UK-based medical journal Lancet has found that seven per cent of anti-malarial drugs tested in India are of poor quality and many are fake. The study goes on to say that 1 in every 3 anti-malarial drugs sold in southeast Asia are also fake. Researchers analysed data based on 1400 drug samples in five classes from seven Southeast Asian countries to reach to this...
10:11:02 AM May 23, 2012

'Antibiotic azithromycin can cause cardiovascular death'

'Antibiotic azithromycin can cause cardiovascular death' New Delhi/Mumbai: A US study has found that the commonly used antibiotic, azithromycin, poses a big threat to the heart. The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that azithromycin can cause cardiovascular death. According to the study, azithromycin poses a two-and-a-half time higher risk of cardiovascular death compared to other antibiotics or no antibiotic. Doctors have found that heart patients on statins are never prescribed azithromycin...
09:39:07 AM May 20, 2012
Cooking without oil: A story of healthy and flavourful food

Cooking without oil: A story of healthy and flavourful food

Cooking tasty and flavourful food with zero oil is possible. Learn how. ...
11:20:13 AM May 18, 2012

What you should eat to fight the heat

What you should eat to fight the heat New Delhi: With summers in full swing and the mercury heading north, doctors advise that apart from drinking lots of water, a special summer diet consisting of light and healthy food would ensure a cool mind and body. Ritika Samadar, chief dietician at Max Hospital, said fluids with electrolytes like coconut water and lemonade should be consumed and oily foods have to be avoided. "In summer, light food should be...
05:27:05 PM May 17, 2012

A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

Health-y-Hiatus |  Nikita Mishra

...And this is not a cliche anymore... Wolfing junk food like burgers, pizzas, pastas, fried chicken, and washing it down with can-loads of ...
12:16:56 PM May 15, 2012
Food tips: Eat sushi, stay healthy

Food tips: Eat sushi, stay healthy

Every component of sushi, from its seaweed wrap to the rice and fish inside, has strong nutritional value. ...
01:15:42 PM May 11, 2012

'Drugs banned in developed world sold in India'

'Drugs banned in developed world sold in India' New Delhi: Pointing to a collusive nexus between drug manufacturers, officials of Drugs Control Organisation and medical experts in granting approvals to new drugs, a Parliamentary Panel said drugs banned, discarded or withdrawn in developed countries are in circulation in India. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare also pointed to serious lapses and irregularities on the approvals of new drugs and pointed out that 33 such drugs...
01:23:12 AM May 10, 2012

Govt makes tuberculosis a notifiable disease

Govt makes tuberculosis a notifiable disease New Delhi: With cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise, the government has finally agreed to make this a notifiable disease. That means, every doctor will have to register each case. At least a thousand Indians die of tuberculosis every day. The biggest threat at this point is what experts call totally drug resistant TB, which is incurable, and highly contagious. Fifteen cases have been confirmed in Mumbai alone. But...
10:03:06 AM May 09, 2012