Health & Medicine
Long-term ADHD treatment increases brain dopamine transporter levels, may affect drug efficacy
28 May 2013
Vigorous athletic activity is safe with implanted arrhythmia devices
By By Helen Dodson | 28 May 2013
Hazardous salt levels in processed foods show voluntary reduction has failed
By By Marla Paul | 25 May 2013
Hospitals gain as patients in ICU develop infections: study
24 May 2013
Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals earn nearly nine times more from treating ICU patients who develop avoidable infections from contaminated tubes or central lines during hospitalisation, than from treating similar infection-free patients
Cause of genetic disease discovered
23 May 2013
In silico medicine ushers new research, treatment
22 May 2013
Treatments and clinical trials currently taking place in vitro – in a test tube – and in vivo – in a living organism – are now beginning to take place in silico, meaning through sophisticated computer simulation, built from our personal human data
Fish oil may stall effects of junk food on brain
20 May 2013
Putting the brakes on Parkinson's
18 May 2013
Yale Cancer Center carves new path in immunotherapy
By By Helen Dodson | 18 May 2013
Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'
By By Rachel Champeau | 17 May 2013
Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
By By Thomas Sumner | 17 May 2013
Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
By By Thomas Sumner | 17 May 2013
Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
17 May 2013
Injectable nanoparticles may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin
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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