Does your doctor often prescribe costly, big brand medicines? The decision may have to do with his training.


Why physicians prescribe costly medicines


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Stem cell transplantation to treat patients with a serious but very rare form of chronic blood cancer called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) improves the condition, finds a study.


Stem cell transplantation benefits in leukemia


Unlike other milks, pesticides do not accumulate in breast milk.


Pesticides don't accumulate in mother's milk


An Indian-American music professor has created an online education platform offering inexpensive creative arts courses from some of the world's leading institutions, including Stanford University and Princeton University.


Indian-American digitises arts education


Just a slight bump in oxygen level facilitated the early appearance of animals on the Earth, shows a study.


Small jump in oxygen helped first life on Earth


Researchers have discovered how severely damaged DNA is transported within a cell and how it is repaired - a discovery that can unlock secrets of how cancer operates.


'DNA ambulance' can reveal how cancer begins


Some of the earliest civilisations in the Middle East and the Fertile Crescent may have been affected by abrupt climate change, says a study.


Abrupt climate change destroyed civilisations


Scientists have developed an interactive tool to help researchers and clinicians explore the genetic underpinnings of cancer.


App to help scientists study cancer genetics


The discovery of a four-legged fossil of a snake in Brazil's Crato Formation suggests that this suborder may have evolved from burrowing, rather than marine, ancestors.


Snakes' ancestors had four legs


Mangrove forests could play a crucial role in protecting coastal areas from sea-level rise caused by climate change, a new study has found.


Mangroves help protect against sea-level rise


Conscious and unconscious biases against lesbian women and gay men are decreasing across all demographic groups in the US, a new study shows.


Biases against lesbians, gays ebbing: Study


Absence of an hormone in the brain may trigger overeating behaviour in people who eat for pleasure rather than hunger, researchers report.


Hormone deficiency in brain may cause binge eating


President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said contributions made by the alumni of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) would result in the productive development of the great organisation.


Make contributions to develop ISI: President to alumni


Sixteen students from India and the US will brainstorm to come up with innovations on tapping space technology for environmental sustainability, it was announced here on Thursday.


Indian, US students to 'hack' space tech for environment


A unique saturated fat found in fish and whole fat daily products can reverse diabetes, researchers have reported after discovering that dolphins suffering from prediabetes were cured when fed with a modified diet rich in the saturated fat.


Whole fat butter may control diabetes in humans


Dark matter may not be an exotic substance as has been assumed -- a new theory proposes that it acts remarkably similar to subatomic particles known to science since the 1930s.


Dark matter may not be as mysterious as thought


Much of the nicotine in e-cigarettes is the addictive form of the compound like their traditional counterparts, says a new study.


E-cigarettes are equally addictive: Study


It's not just humans who perform better in tests or athletic events when slightly nervous but dogs too perform equally well under stress, says a new study.


Just like humans, dogs do well under stress


A dynamic "smart"  drug that targets inflammation in a site-specific manner and could enhance the body's natural ability to fight infection and reduce side-effects has been developed.


New smart drug only reduces site-specific inflammation


Patients suffering from chronic cardiopulmonary diseases could soon be able to accurately monitor their health and also alert doctors at the first sign of trouble.


Smartphone can regularly monitor your heart health


Scanning teeth may reveal your lifetime exposure to toxins and metals linked to brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.

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