CO2 levels hit record high in 3 million years
BERLIN: The levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are higher today than ever before in the past three million years, according …
Healthcare
State govt amends nursing homes act, IMA opposes
The state unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest representative body of modern medicine practitioners in the country, and the Hospital Board of India (HBI), its …
Observing cells’ eating habits may aid cancer diagnosis, finds study
Washington D.C: A recent research has found that if we observe what cells eat, then it may be possible to diagnose and treat diseases …
In India, air pollution is the third-highest cause of death among all health risks: report
The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a-half years while globally the reduction …
India’s largest employer, Indian Railways, enables chat-based medical services
In a major development, Indian Railways have announced a partnership with Microsoft Kaizala to help its employees–both serving and retired– to avail chat-based healthcare …
Psychostimulants play a major role in fatal strokes among young adults
Investigators found that from 2009-2016, psychostimulant users constituted nearly a fifth of the 279 cases of fatal stroke in adults aged 15-44 years, the …
Computational model links family members using genealogical and law-enforcement databases
The notion of using genetic ancestry databases to solve crimes recently crossed from hypothetical into credible when police used an online genealogical database to …
How patents have transformed the Health Care Sector
Currently India is aggressively adopting ‘Smart life’ where everything is driven by smart technology like artificial intelligence and IoT, but a grave reality still …
‘Deep brain stimulation effective treatment for Parkinson’s patients’: Docs
Madurai: Claiming that taking medications for a long time could cause several harmful side effects to people suffering from Parkinson’s disease, doctors here on …
