The more things change, the more they stay the same. Almost two two decades after Princess Diana’s struggle with bulimia made headlines in Britain and beyond, new-princess-on-the-block Kate Middleton’s rapidly shrinking size has led to a global debate on her newfound contours.
As India agrees to phase out endosulfan over 11 years, affected villagers of Kerala ask when they will be free of the toxin.
Since Prostate cancer may occur without symptoms, all men should get screened at 50 years. Men with a family history should do it at 40 years.
Dr Ashutosh Tewari and Dr Abhishek Srivastava write.
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Now, an "electronic nose" which can sniff out cancer with a simple breath test, say scientists.
Each one of us has a brain that is 94% similar to everyone else’s, including Einstein’s, shows the world’s first computerised gene map of the brain. Sanchita Sharma reports.
Games people play, That bloody look in your eyes, The lowdown on the caffeine high, Exercising your way to the baby’s heart.
People who fear the dentist’s drill now have the option of getting their teeth fixed using a near painless procedure.
Dr Ashish Kakar writes.
Wannabe stripper-turned-wuss Poonam Pandey’s kidney stones, infrequent actor-turned-covergirl Sonam Kapoor’s stomach distress and former size-zero postergirl Kareena Kapoor’s frequent fainting spells are likely to have the same cause: ‘infrequent and irregular meals’, the kinder term for dieting. Sanchita Sharma writes.
Emotional highs and lows are great as long as they don’t linger beyond the moment. For some, however, mood swings can persist over time, leading to radical changes in behaviour.
US-based Medtronic Inc has revealed a prototype of a new leadless pacemaker that is a little bigger than a capsule. It is expected to hit the market, including India, by 2014/15.
Giving tranexamic acid, an anti-fibrinolytic drug used to stop nosebleeds, within three to eight hours of injury can save the life of 12,500 of the 85,000 people who bleed to death in road traffic accidents in India each year, reports a study in The Lancet.
A snapshot of the current thinking in medicine, fitness and lifestyle trends that impact your life.
Last week, I met a three-year-old princess who was very, very sad. Unlike fairytale princesses who get their smile back with a wave of the fairy godmother's magic wand, this little princess needed a whole lot of pills and counselling before she learnt how to laugh again.