Health & Medicine
Stiffening of arteries detected in young adults
03 May 2016
Health sensing tool measures lung function over a phone call, from anywhere in the world
03 May 2016
An innovation allows people to dial a 1-800 number from any type of phone -- smartphones, ordinary cell phones, landlines and pay phones — blow into the phone and use the telephone network to test their lung function
Breast milk linked to significant early brain growth in preemies
02 May 2016
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk
Scientists create human sperm from skin cells
02 May 2016
Smartphones, wearable devices could revolutionise medical care for those with brain disorders
29 Apr 2016
Diabetes may lead to hearing loss, finds study
28 Apr 2016
Hearts zoom across time and space to give new life
28 Apr 2016
Demonstrating that India’s organ transplant network now works with considerable efficiency, two hearts were transplanted on Tuesday – one from a Surat donor to a Mumbai patient, and the other from a Pune donor to a recipient in Delhi. By Jagdeep Worah
Laundry detergent packs poisonous for kids
26 Apr 2016
Data from the National Poison Data System on over 62,000 children under age six who were exposed to laundry and dishwasher detergents in 2013 and 2014, showed more than half the exposures involved packets
Inspirational managers may harm workers’ health
23 Apr 2016
A new study suggests that a transformational leader who encourages their group to make an extra effort at work may exacerbate sickness absence, as high levels of presenteeism may result in reduced opportunities for recovery
PDF drugs like Benadryl linked to dementia
19 Apr 2016
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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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