New York, March 5 (IANS) If you are on a diet, just skipping dessert can seem like a huge accomplishment, making you think that you’re well on your way to losing weight. However, new research says people tend to overestimate progress and underestimate setbacks when pursuing goals such as dieting or saving money. Authors of […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Two top government hospitals in Delhi – Safdarjung Hospital and LNJP Hospital – have reported 16 swine flu deaths this year, top officials said Thursday, contradicting the figure of one death in each hospital given out by the union health ministry. “There have been a total of 11 deaths in […]
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Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The toll due to swine flu in West Bengal Saturday rose to eight with the death of a two and-a-half-year old child at a city hospital while three fresh cases were reported, taking the total number of positive cases to 115, an official said. “A child died today (Saturday) at a […]
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Two more people died of swine flu in Telangana, taking the toll to 56 during last two months. The health department Friday reported two deaths and 27 positive cases during last 24 hours. According to a bulletin by the department, 102 samples were tested Thursday and out of them 27 were […]
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Often touted for boosting cardiac health, oat-based breakfast cereals have now come under the scanner as researchers have detected in them potentially dangerous mould contamination. Some oat-based breakfast cereals contain a high-level of mould-related toxin called ochratoxin A (OTA) that has been linked to kidney cancer in animal studies, the researchers, […]
Sydney, Feb 26 (IANS) Four Australian nationals suffered food poisoning after eating tuna imported from Thailand at a cafe in Sydney, media reported Thursday. Health authorities were called in to investigate the source of the suspected contaminated tuna after four people showed symptoms of Scombroid poisoning — poisoning due to consumption of rotten fish, Sky […]
Bengaluru, Dec 19 (IANS) The heart of a brain dead one year and 10-month-old infant was harvested here and flown to Chennai Friday by a special aircraft to be transplanted in a two year and eight-months-old child, in record time, thanks to the ‘green corridor’ the city traffic police opened up for the emergency operation. […]
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) The declining numbers of clinical trials (CT) in India compared to its neighbours, in the last few years has shed light on the quality of research, said experts here Friday, stressing the introduction of stricter norms will pave the way for quality work and more foreign investments. The clinical research (CR) […]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A sedentary lifestyle, bad food habits and obesity are some of the leading causes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) among Indian teenagers, with an estimated 10-30 percent adolescent girls being affected by it, health experts say. “There is a strong association of obesity and PCOS, especially when it happens around […]