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Kaelin, who runs a laboratory at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and is a professor at Harvard Medical School, was honored Monday along with fellow American Gregg Semenza and Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe for their research on how cells sense and... read more

Column- Recent research says good doctors read textbooks, great doctors read fiction, writes Piyush Jha read more

A 2015 paper indicated that Indo-European languages -- the world’s biggest language group that includes Hindi-Urdu, Farsi, Russian, English, French, Gaelic and more than 400 others -- arrived in Europe via the steppes. read more

A study published in The Lancet on Thursday reveals how a one-year ‘lay counsellor’-led health promotion project in government schools in Bihar’s Nalanda district lowered bullying, depression, substance abuse and violence. read more

Irregularities in eating and sleeping schedules due to shift work or other factors may make people more likely to gain weight. read more

Taking two or more standard-dose tablets of aspirin a week for over five years may reduce the risk of developing primary liver cancer, says a new study. read more

Being creatively humorous improves relationships and avoids conflicts within the family. read more

Diet plays an important role while preparing for pregnancy and boosting fertility. According to a study published by Harvard Medical School, the best fertility foods are whole grains, healthy fats, protein packages, and even the occasional bowl of ice... read more

A new study has identified how bacteria produce a protein that allows the disease-causing pathogens to stick to human cells. This finding may lead to the development of novel antibiotics. read more