Category: HEALTH

Chinese scientists have for the first time in the world successfully created kidneys with human cells in pig embryos — a big advance that may one day pave the way for human organ transplantation and tackle shortages.

Spending more time on digital media from Netflix to Instagram to video games may not cause any change in the frequency of psychotic experiences over time, according to a study.

Scientists have designed an artificial intelligence(AI)-based tool that can rapidly decode a brain tumour’s DNA to determine its molecular identity during surgery, guiding surgical and treatment decisions.

A drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials.

Consuming a diet rich in carotenes — bioactive compounds found in yellow, orange, and green fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, mangoes, papayas, and apricots, among others, can help reduce the build-up of fats in arteries, and blockage finds a study.

An elevated heart rate during exercise can induce a stroke in patients with highly-blocked carotid arteries, according to a study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

The number of children diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes continued to rise in the year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to research.

A team of researchers on Saturday said they have utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to develop an eye scan that can help improve the diagnosis of inherited disease of the retina.

Weight-loss surgeries among adolescents have increasingly become a part of obesity treatments in the US, finds a study.

Women engaging in regular exercise such as cycling, walking, gardening, cleaning, and participating in sports may have about 25 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, suggests a study.

UK researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model that can predict if breast cancer has spread to another part of the body including the liver, lungs, brain, or bones.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned all countries to gird up for the next pandemic which could be “even deadlier” than coronavirus.

More than 800 million people will suffer from lower back pain by 2050, a 36 percent increase from 2020, according to an analysis published in the journal Lancet Rheumatology.

About 1 billion people, particularly children, in 43 countries are at risk of cholera, according to a new report by the UN.

US-based brain-computer interface developer Paradromics may be a step closer to getting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its brain implant that can help severely motor-impaired people, the company has announced.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Covid vaccine composition advisory group has recommended that vaccine makers drop the ancestral strain and switch to a monovalent (single-strain) vaccine that contains an XBB.1 descendant lineage such as XBB.1.5.

Obesity has a huge impact on physical health, psycho-social and mental health, and can increase the risk of depression, especially among children and adolescents, said doctors on Friday.

Canadian researchers have identified how vitamin K helps prevent diabetes, a finding that could lead to new therapeutic applications for a disease that affects one in 11 people worldwide and has no cure.