London, Oct 4 : Women using hormonal contraception are at double the risk of acquiring HIV, and HIV-infected women who use hormonal contraception have twice the risk of transmitting the virus, according to a new study.
The study, which was carried out among 3,790 heterosexual couples in Africa ....
Washington, Oct 2 : Excessive consumption of a fat-rich diet could be fuelling the obesity epidemic in the US and other parts of the world. But not all fats are equal.
While animal-origin saturated fats like lard and butter are strongly linked to adverse health effects, unsaturated and polyuns ....
By Madhusree Chatterjee
The two-minute noodles of our childhood is making way for the 10-minute pasta, cheese and sauce. Italy is hardselling its packaged food to middle class Delhi homes, many of which don't mind digging into the quick meals on busy weekdays and lazy weekends.
Trying to creat ....
United Nations: "Frequent changes" in the leadership of India's health service is affecting the country's ability to eradicate measles, which kills an estimated 200,000 children in India, feels an official of private-public charity United Nations Foundation.
According to Andrea Ga ....
By Shilpa Raina
Stretching and balancing exercises are common in yoga. But how about sweating it out in a room at a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius?
Tortuous as it may sound, there is no dearth of celebrities who swear by the benefits of Bikram Yoga.
Bikram Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, is a ....
By Suraj Saraf
For long there has been a clamour to patent the traditional knowledge of tribals in diverse spheres — preservation of the green wealth and the art and craft, and making use of herbs — but beyond empty promises by government officials and private organisations concerned ....
EGYPT, the cradle of civilisation, is best known for its hieroglyphs, mummies, temples and, of course, its pyramids. Chances are that if you are in Egypt as a tourist, you will probably commence your journey from its capital Cairo.
Beneath the heat and dust, besides traffic jams, squabbling masses ....
London: A drug based on vitamin A could prevent millions from going blind as they get older, say researchers.
The treatment was able to stop the most common cause of blindness in old age during trials.
Researchers behind the drug, fenretinide, found it halted the advance of age-related macular de ....
London: Scientists have identified a gene that may be the "primary cause" of depression, thereby enabling the development of new treatments and early diagnosis of the condition.
Researchers at Yale University in the US have found that a gene called MKP-1 is twice as active in those who ar ....
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Hugh Gantzer, one of India's first travel writers, shoots straight from the hip. Little wonder that, at a travel fair here, he gunned for hippies, backpackers and even "rubbish tourism ministers", saying they were sullying Goa's image as a top tourist dest ....
