HIV patients more likely to develop heart diseases
NEW YORK: HIV patients are at a significantly higher risk of suffering from heart and blood vessel diseases as compared to those without the...
More than 2 eggs a day deadly for your heart
NEW YORK: Egg lovers please take note. Researchers have warned that eating more than two eggs daily can increase the risk of death and...
Poultry as bad as red meats for cholesterol: Study
NEW YORK: Turning a conventional wisdom on its head, researchers have found that consuming red meat and white meat, like poultry, have equal effects...
Smartphone app helps reduce opiate use post-surgery
LONDON: A smartphone app called "PainCoach" helps improve pain control and reduce opiate pain-killer use in patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgeries,...
Unsalted tomato juice cuts heart disease risk
TOKYO: Researchers have found that drinking unsalted tomato juice can lower blood pressure and cholesterol level in adults who are at risk of cardiovascular...
Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat Thursday afternoon; three lakh people evacuated
AHMEDABAD: As Cyclone Vayu advances towards the Gujarat coast and is expected to make landfall Thursday afternoon, the state government has shifted around three...
Five-year-old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda: health official
KAMPALA: A five-year-old boy who tested positive for Ebola in Uganda has died, a health ministry official told AFP Wednesday, in the first spread...
Nipah scare: Goa minister allays fears over travel to Kerala
PANAJI: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday allayed people's fears about travelling to Kerala in the wake of Nipah virus scare there, saying...
Indian-origin man faces jail in UK as 'world's most prolific' steroid smuggler
LONDON: An Indian-origin man in the UK has been found guilty of being part of a criminal gang believed to be one of the...
Swiss Heidi Foundation (SHF) and Child Health Care Heidi (CHCH), NGOs based out of Odisha and Switzerland, are working on early recognition of diseases...