Health & Medicine
EU membership may have led to allergy increase in rural Poland
By By Sam Wong | 16 Dec 2013
Exposure to farm animals, especially at a young age, is thought to protect against developing allergies; the findings add to evidence that westernised lifestyles increase the risk of allergic diseases
Mental disorders linked to heart disease risk
14 Dec 2013
Autism-risk genes by function mapped
By By Elaine Schmidt | 13 Dec 2013
Drug testing without pain
12 Dec 2013
Microneedles on a sticking-plaster-like patch may be the painless and safe way doctors will test for drugs and some infections in the future
A leap forward in X-ray technology
11 Dec 2013
Child smoking figures strengthen case for plain packs, say researchers
By By Sam Wong | 11 Dec 2013
Brain cancer cells can 'hide' from drugs; study
By By Shaun Mason | 11 Dec 2013
Prostate cancer stem cells are a moving target
10 Dec 2013
Cellphone towers pose no health risks: former WHO official
05 Dec 2013
Radio towers emit five times more radiation than mobile phone towers, but no one has had cancer due to radio usage, says a former WHO official
Researchers grow lung tissue from stem cells
04 Dec 2013
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells, which could ultimately generate lung tissue for transplantation
Prostate cancer stem cells a moving target: research
By By Shaun Mason | 04 Dec 2013
Researchers unlock a new means of growing intestinal stem cells
03 Dec 2013
Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.
Gene Mutation can cause excessive drinking
29 Nov 2013
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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
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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
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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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