Type 2 Diabetes Risk Linked to Increased Bone Fracture

Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2016

Diabetes Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels that result from defects in the bodys ability to produce or utilize insulin. About 422 million people are ...

Back Pain? Quitting Smoking Can Help Ease Back Pain

Posted on Sat, 01 Oct 2016

Back pain is the most common problem faced by people. Eight in ten people will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. Back pain affects all age groups. However, it is more commonly seen...

Is Depression in Parents and Grandparents Linked to Depression in Grandchildren?

Posted on Mon, 26 Sep 2016

It was once thought that children could not experience depression. Now, there is evidence that depression in young children could be as severe as major depression.Depression is a serious mental illnes...

Give into your Chocolate Craving! It could make you Smarter

Posted on Fri, 23 Sep 2016

By far the tastiest food on Earth, chocolate is the ultimate comfort food. In times of depression and stress, who needs a shoulder, when you’ve got some reliable chocolate for consolation? Chocolate i...

Genetic Test Can Reduce the Morbidity and Mortality of a Febrile Child

Posted on Wed, 21 Sep 2016

Fever is the most common sign of childhood illness among pre-school children. Normal body temperature varies from one child to another throughout the day. Most acute fever in children is caused by vir...

Dengue Fever - Protect Yourself From Dreaded Monsoon Disease

Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2016

Dengue fever or dengue- hemorrhagic fever (more severe form) is an infectious tropical disease caused by a bite of the mosquito that carries the dengue virus and is prevalent in the tropical regions o...

Thirty One New Genes Linked to Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Posted on Fri, 16 Sep 2016

Blood pressure is the exertion of blood pushing against the sides of blood vessels as it circulates. Elevated blood pressure or hypertension means an increase from the normal blood pressure which exer...

A Strand of Hair Can Help Trace an Individual

Posted on Wed, 14 Sep 2016

Hair is made up of a protein called Keratin. Proteins are made of amino acids which are the building blocks of life. A Protein present in the hair contains a lot of information that can uniquely ident...

Facial Features are Determined by Genes

Posted on Mon, 12 Sep 2016

Genes play a great role in framing character such as decision making and self control but recent studies suggest that genes are involved in the development of facial features and facial abnormalities....

Tips to Ease Back Pain

Posted on Thu, 08 Sep 2016

Back pain is the most common ailment that affects almost everyone at some point in their lives. Pain in the back may be linked to ligaments around the spine, nerves, spinal cords and the skin around t...