Health & Medicine
Electronic cigarettes can be a blast – literally
30 May 2014
Transfering energy to medical chips in the body
29 May 2014
A wireless system using the same power as a cell phone safely transmits energy to chips the size of a grain of rice, paving the way for physicians to treat diseases with electronics rather than drugs
Fighting cancer with dietary changes
28 May 2014
Study finds 9 of 10 Wikipedia entries on common health conditions inaccurate
28 May 2014
Researchers caution that Wikipedia, like any encyclopaedia, should not be substituted for a qualified medical practitioner
Fainting linked to heart, not brain
27 May 2014
Study tests new strapping device for people with vertebral fractures linked to osteoporosis
27 May 2014
Researchers to freeze trauma victims in suspended animation to keep them alive
27 May 2014
Doctors are set to create a sci-fi technique as they start investigatin the potential of suspended animation — a temporary state of interrupted breathing and loss of consciousness resembling death — to keep people alive by freezing
Chronic stress heightens vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk
26 May 2014
New research demonstrates for the first time that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat the same unhealthy food
Big data to help blood cancer patients
26 May 2014
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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