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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
