Researchers have discovered that a deadly bacteria that can be picked up by a simple sniff can travel to the brain and spinal cord in just 24 hours.The pathogenic bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the potentially fatal disease melioidosis, kills 89,000 people around the…

Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests.The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45m deaths in 2013 - despite the existence of…

Long-term exposure to air pollution, which has risen to alarming levels in the past years, is likely to cause damages to the kidneys, irrespective of age, warns a study.The findings showed that air pollution increased the chances of developing membranous nephropathy -- an immune disorder…

At least one in eight women and one in ten men in Britain have experienced infertility, yet nearly half of them have not sought medical help, finds a research.The findings showed that the prevalence of infertility was highest among women aged 35-44 years and among…

Ever thought of a walking meeting at your office? Organise one this Monday as it will surely keep you and your colleagues (boss included), who spend most of their working hours sitting in chairs, healthy.Converting just one seated meeting per week at work into a…

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) has spiked by 300 per cent among Indians in the past three decades, with two to six per cent of the affected people living in rural India and four to 12 per cent in urban India, said a leading cardiologist. "Indians…

Washington DC: Parents, you may want to encourage your child to play and be active as a recent study has found that exercise can boost their brain power and academic prowess.Time taken away from lessons for physical activity is time well spent and does…

Washington DC: Parents, you may want to encourage your child to play and be active as a recent study has found that exercise can boost their brain power and academic prowess.Time taken away from lessons for physical activity is time well spent and does…

Houston: Researchers have developed an experimental method that can kill cancer cells in two hours and may tremendously help people with inoperable or hard-to-reach tumours.The method involving injecting a chemical compound, nitrobenzaldehyde, into the tumour and allowing it to diffuse into the tissue, may…

In a significant step towards developing an effective Zika vaccine, scientists have found that two experimental vaccines were able to protect mice against the deadly virus.A singe shot of either of the two types of experimental Zika vaccines, a DNA vaccine and an inactivated…