New study uses mathematical analysis of walking patterns for early detection of Parkinson’s disorder.

Health

New Delhi
20 Jul 2018

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)—diseases related to the heart and blood vessels—are the number one cause of death in the world. In India, CVDs account for close to 25% of the total deaths—higher than tuberculosis and respiratory diseases combined, which are second and the third cause of death.

New Delhi
27 Sep 2018

Diabetes, a chronic condition, is the fastest growing disease in India, affecting about 49% of our population.

Gandhinagar
13 Mar 2018

A recent study by researchers from the Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Assam, and the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the groundwater in the Brahmaputra floodplains has revealed some alarming information. The study has detected the presence of arsenic, uranium and fluorides (compounds of the element fluorine) that can affect the wellbeing of the people in this region.

St. Louis
26 Sep 2018

Researchers at the University of Washington in St. Louis have identified a subset of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons that help the body clock readjust to jet lag.

Seattle
26 Sep 2018

Researchers have presented an extensive statistical estimation of the damage caused by firearms worldwide.

Lucknow
14 Mar 2018

Clean drinking water is an essential prerequisite for good health. In a country like India, where 21% of communicable diseases spread through unsafe water, and more than 500 children under the age of five die each day from diarrhoea, the accessibility to clean drinking water is paramount. Researchers from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, have developed a frugal water purification system, Oneer, to help overcome our water woes.

Hyderabad
23 Sep 2018

Researchers provide insights into the potential of developing a novel insecticide to control mosquitoes and filarial parasites.

Bengaluru
21 Sep 2018

Scientists are always on the lookout for novel chemical compounds with medicinal properties to fight many of the diseases we know. In one such effort, researchers from the Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, and their collaborators have developed three compounds with steroids and pyrimidines with remarkable biological applications. The results of the study are published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.

Chennai
20 Sep 2018

Researchers studied how aged garlic extract can help fight cancer and repair damaged liver.

Bengaluru
19 Sep 2018

Researchers from IISC, Bengaluru, investigated the role of the protein Sirtuin 6 in the process of energy generation from glucose in a failing heart.