New Delhi: As many as 350,000 people died of diabetes in 2015, up from 224,000 in 2005, with the deadly disease climbing to the seventh position on the list of causes of deaths in the country, government said on Tuesday. The increase in numbers from 2005 to 2015 has leadContinue Reading
Lychees contain a toxin that prevents the body from creating glucoseContinue Reading
Scientists have created a human-pig hybrid in a milestone study that raises the prospect of being able to grow human organs inside animals for use in transplants. It marks the first time that embryos combining two large, distantly-related species have been produced. The creation of this so-called chimera – namedContinue Reading
Doctors in London believe they could be on course to defeat HIV after a dramatic fall in the number of new infections. An early intervention program imported from San Francisco has seen a 42 per cent reduction in new cases of HIV at 56 Dean Street in Soho, the biggest sexualContinue Reading
An Irish surgeon’s breakthrough overturned more than a century of medical belief and may lead to improvements in digestive surgery and recovery. The mesentery, it turns out, is one connected organ, not a disjointed group of separate parts, a theory believed since the 19th Century. The mesentery connects the intestine toContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter New Delhi: Caritas India plans to intensify its campaign on cancer during the Lenten season. The social service wing of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) uses the Lenten time to campaign on social issues and advocate changes. Father Frederick D’Souza, executive director of CaritasContinue Reading
Prostate has long been the Cinderella of cancers, lagging behind others – in particular breast cancer – when it comes to diagnosis, treatment and the funding that goes into research. But scientists at University College London have made what they believe is a real breakthrough using a drug derived fromContinue Reading
Kolkata: Switzerland will have Ayurveda practitioners by 2019, an official of the Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation said here on Thursday. The Swiss government in 2015 recognised and sanctioned Ayurveda medicine and therapy, making it the first Western country to do so. The Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation (ISA) has given the Swiss authoritiesContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a first in Asia, a digital radiological unit has been set up at the AIIMS mortuary to enable doctors conduct virtual autopsies with the help of hightech digital X-rays, which can detect even the minutest clots and fractures invisible to the naked eye. The cutting edge technologyContinue Reading
An important presentation was made to students of Ecole Mother Teresa on November 22 and 23. No Secrets, a program developed by the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Centre and presented by Elementary Educator Diane Huston, provides elementary students with critical knowledge on how to understand and protect their own bodies.Continue Reading
