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High-end diagnostics changing the face of medical testing industry

Bigger players in space are getting into sophisticated high end testing, oncology testing, reproductive genetics and other specialised fields, while maintaining basic testing as a revenue safety net

Don't stay up late, and set an alarm! Sleeping right key to a healthy heart

An irregular sleep pattern is linked to a host of cardiovascular risks, including obesity, high blood pressure

Weight training may cut the risk of heart attacks, suggests new research

eople appear to gain this benefit whether or not they also engage in frequent aerobic exercise.

Finnish health start-up mops up $20 million of investments from celebrities

Apple Inc. is among the industry giants that have been seeking to capitalize on the market for wearable health-tracking devices

Breast cancer survivors may have lingering mental health effects: Study

Breast cancer survivors also had up to twice the risk of depression

Heart transplant in India: Favourable for foreigners or few takers here?

Heart transplant surgery is a rare facility available in the country, and no reliable data is available on transplant outcomes of the few facilities in existence

Researchers develop mobile app to non-invasively detect and screen anaemia

The researchers studied fingernail photos and correlated the colour of the fingernail beds with hemoglobin levels to develop the apps algorithm

There is a magic bullet for some cancers, but it's not a slam-dunk

'What you don't want to do is use therapy where it brings no value to patients, adds to cost and doesn't lead to better results,' said Joseph Alvarnas, a hematologist oncologist at City of Hope in Dua

New antibiotic may protect against neurodegenerative diseases: Study

The study, published in the journal eLife, shows that minocycline prevents this build-up even in older animals with age-impaired stress-response pathways

World AIDS Day: What people need more than just treatment and medication

Care has just collapsed into treatment, people need more than just treatment and medication when we are talking about care.

Peers slam Chinese scientist for 'deeply disturbing' gene-editing claims

He Jiankui had told a packed biomedical conference he was 'proud' to have successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born to an HIV-positive father

Prevention is better than cure: Here's how to ward off winter infections

According to the National Health Profile report, more than 40 million cases of acute respiratory infection were reported in India in 2016

Even when families have issues, eating together can improve teen diets

The differences in healthy food intake were small but statistically meaningful

Over 98 mn Indians will suffer from Type-2 diabetes by 2030: Study

For the study, the team used data from the International Diabetes Federation and 14 cohort studies

Nutritional powerhouse: Here's a low down on why you should eat grains

Grains are also a good source of some B vitamins, which help release energy in the body

Diarrhoea, pneumonia kill one child every two minutes in India

In 2016, almost 261,000 Indian children died before their fifth birthday due to diarrhoea or pneumonia

Pneumonia may kill over 1.7 mn children in India, 11 mn in world by 2030

As many 880,000 children, mostly under the age of two, died from the disease in 2016, the most recent year for which full data is available

Blue light exposure may reduce risk of developing cardiovascular disease

The reduction of blood pressure from blue light is similar to what is seen in clinical trials with blood pressure lowering drugs

From brahmi and ashwagandha: Herbs that kill stress, improve memory

Brahmi also improves behavioural alteration and prevent oxidative damage

How bold political choices, aligning schemes can improve India's healthcare

That health is not 'merely the absence of disease or infirmity', but 'is a fundamental human right'