Dr Prem Jagyasi and Team

The goodness of soy foods is well known. Soy foods contain phytochemicals that are known to prevent heart diseases and cancer. Now, researchers have found that munching half a cup of soy nuts could lower blood pressure in postmenopausal women.

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Drug-resistant bacteria are transmitting to more people in community settings such as hospitals, prisons and public housing. Such “super bugs” can run rampant, researchers warned.

Researchers at a Chicago hospital found a seven-fold increase…

Teachers and students at a school in Wales are being offered anti-bird flu drugs after being in contact with a child suspected of contracting H7N2 virus.

The school staff is being treated with antiviral medication as a precaution, the…

A paradox in itself, an infection can prevent the victim for the same! Researchers have recently found that blood infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus can help protect from several strains of the virus itself in return.

In the research, the…

If everything goes on smoothly then days are not far away when you will be able to have skim milk straight from the udder, as researchers in New Zealand are trying hard to develop a dairy herd that would naturally produce low-fat milk by 2011….

If you go out in the sun, which is bound to happen in this hectic life, make sure you do not get sun poisoning.

Sun poisoning or Photodermatitis, as it is scientifically called is a condition that develops when your skin over reacts to Ultra…

Often we come across the statutory warning on cigarette packets that ‘tobacco smoking is injurious to health’. Little is known about how far these are successful in making people reduce their smoking or quit smoking altogether. However, as a civic…

Research by a British university suggests that some kinds of soft drinks could harm your DNA. According to the researchers, some soft drinks contain the preservative sodium benzoate (E211). This commonly used chemical has the potential to switch off…

If you are over-weight then maybe you should take a look around, after all according to a new study conducted in Melbourne, Australia where you live may have a bearing on your weight. If you are residing in a locality, abuzz with fast-food joints it may..

All of us want to be fit and fine! During the search for weight loss, major population of America is going towards plans for free home delivery. These plans include preparation and delivery of pre-packaged diet meals.

Although costs are not pocket…