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Fit & Proper: How to protect children from electronic screen syndrome

According to current guidelines, infants less than two years of age should not get any screen time and kids between 2 and 5 years should be allowed to watch television only for an hour

Gene therapy to conquering hepatitis C: A decade of medical breakthroughs

Putting aside prices for a moment, it's been an exciting period for medical progress

Is it possible to keep diabetes under check? Here are a few ways to manage

The most important thing for diabetic patients is to keep their blood sugar level under control to avoid hospitalization

Researchers decode how body becomes prone to rotavirus infection

The findings, of their study, published in the journal Science Immunology, revealed that this inhibition prevented a robust antibody response in adult mice to rotavirus

Alzheimer's tests may be common soon. Should you get yourself tested?

There is a blood test on the horizon that can detect beta amyloid, and researchers are experimenting with scans to look for another protein, called tau, also characteristic of Alzheimer's

New ultrasound scan uses laser instead of acoustics to image human body

"We're at the beginning of what we could do with laser ultrasound," said Brian W. Anthony, a senior author on the paper from MIT

GSK's HIV venture fails to get USFDA approval for once-a-month injection

ViiV Healthcare received a complete response letter from the Food and Drug Administration, which cited "chemistry manufacturing and controls," according to a statement from the HIV unit

In a first, WHO approves medicine to make breast cancer treatment cheaper

The trastuzumab drug has shown "high efficacy" in curing early stage breast cancer and in some cases more advanced forms of the disease

Food labels with caloric costs may lead to healthier choices

Pooled data from 14 randomised trials showed that labels with activity times induced consumers to cut back nearly 65 calories per meal more than labels that simply listed calories

GSK seeks licence to market baby-friendly HIV drug dolutegravir

If approved by regulators, the medicine will be the first new generation HIV medicine available in baby-friendly form

HIVEC is next big step to prevent recurrence in superficial bladder cancer

Currently, bladder cancer in India is treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) intravesical immunotherapy

Social media use linked to disordered eating behaviours in teens

Compared to teens without any social media accounts, boys and girls on social media were more likely to report disordered eating behaviours

Trial successful in slowing Alzheimer's: Spain's pharmaceutical Grifols

The latest results strengthen Grifols' research on plasma protein replacement therapies

Avoid obesity, maintain healthy lifestyle to lower risk of knee replacement

A balanced diet can help in maintaining good metabolism in the body in patients with obesity, diabetes, and cardiac illness

Weight-loss surgery between pregnancies tied to better outcomes

Researchers examined hospital records from 2002 to 2014 for more than 1.6 million women

India has largest number of multidrug-resistant TB cases, says MoS Health

Prime Minister had launched 'TB Free India' campaign on March 13, 2018 to end TB in India by 2025

Piramal Pharma partners with Norway firm to develop leukemia treatment drug

Piramal Pharma Solutions will partner, Bemcentinib, an AXL protein inhibitor for oncology which was recently designated as a Fast Track drug by the US Food and Drug Administration

Hepatitis B: Know about this silent killer's symptoms, treatment and cure

What is Hepatitis B, what are its symptoms, treatment and how to prevent Hepatitis B - these are some of the questions we'll be answering

One in four young people are addicted to smartphones, says global study

By analysing literature published since 2011 when smartphones first became widespread, the range of studies showed that 10-30% of children and young used their smartphones in a dysfunctional ways

Treating HIV+ infants early may substantially improve health: Report

HIV infections in newborns pose a huge health burden in developing countries. One study estimated that 300 to 500 infants are infected every day in sub-Saharan Africa