Health Guide

<![CDATA[ A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has developed a breakthrough technology that can be used to discriminate cancerous prostate cells in bodily fluids from those that are healthy. The findings are published […]

<![CDATA[ Ninety academic and business leaders converge at Science Capital’s Innovative Healthcare event on September 21 to showcase investment propositions and build on successes of translating medical research into clinical practice. The plans being presented

<![CDATA[ As we age, we can expect our brains to shift gears a little less smoothly than they did in the past. A delayed reaction or temporarily forgotten name is a perfectly normal sign of

<![CDATA[ Heart failure patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid or who have no insurance at all received fewer evidence-based therapies than those with private insurance, researchers found. Besides having longer hospital stays, such patients were

<![CDATA[ When people are hungry, they are more likely to be angry or aggressive. And now researchers have found the reason why: serotonin levels — a hormone that helps regulate behavior — fluctuate when people

<![CDATA[ Almost 10,000 babies born every year face a higher risk of dying or having long-term health problems because their mothers were obese during pregnancy. In Scotland 16% of mothers-to-be are obese, according to a

<![CDATA[ Eight Million more Chinese living in the urban areas will be getting health cover from 2011, as part of the Chinese government’s new health care planannounced by the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and

<![CDATA[ Emami, the Kolkata-based diversified group, would be investing about Rs 2,000 crore in the next two years in the healthcare segment. Advance Medicare and Research Institute (Amri) Hospitals Ltd, controlled by Emami, is setting

<![CDATA[ Coffee and your genes have a strong connection – a particular gene could be playing a role in your liking for coffee, new research says. A small genetic variant explains why some people consume

<![CDATA[ A joint study by University of Pune and Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute (HCJMRI) found that calcium intake was only 63 per cent of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for boys and and