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The AIDS vaccine trials developed in India by the scientists at Tuberculosis Research Centre ( TRC ) , Chennai and National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune is reaching its final stages with the shots given to 32 candidates. According to...

What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure," said the study''s lead author, Kim Cecil, Ph.D., imaging scientist at Cincinnati Children''s Hospital Medical Center and professor of radiology, pediatrics and neuroscience at...

She said the Red Ribbon Express Phase-I showed that “we are on the right track because of the appreciation we got from the people.” Tackling the HIV epidemic was a high priority for the Centre because the disease mostly affected...

15 percent of Indian women below 50 are obese: Azad New Delhi, Nov 30 : At least 15 percent of women under the age of 50 are obese in India, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed parliament Monday. A Indian...

Daiichi-controlled Ranbaxy enjoys the first-to-file status for the drug and, therefore, has a six-month exclusive marketing right to the medicine. During the period, Ranbaxy will be the only company, other than the innovator GSK [ Get Quote ], to market...

The expert stressed that schools should also play a pro-active role in encouraging children to play and eat sensibly as kids today are at a greater risk of falling prey to obesity. In a panel discussion consisting of Dr Navjot,...

The Salk researchers' findings could explain why shift workers are unusually prone to diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity. "We believe that it is not shift work per se that wreaks havoc with the body's metabolism but changing shifts and...

Thus do the mint-flavoured affairs of the world go round and round. Now a team from Newcastle University appears to have proved what Brazilian herbalists have known for thousands of years: Brazilian mint tea can be as potent a painkiller...

NEW DELHI: The dengue menace continued unabated in the national capital with 25 fresh cases being reported today, taking the total number of those suffering from the vector-borne disease to 970. The city has reported more than 340 cases of...

appropriate treatment that may included medication and talk therapy . Depression is real and so is its treatment. It can effect people of any age group including the aged, adults and children and can be fatal. Fortunately, depression is treatable...