Have you finally amended your habits and stopped smoking inside the house to protect your kids from exposure to second-hand smoke? That may not be good enough!


Even 'third-hand' smoke kills


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In what may help treat a rare but devastating auto-inflammatory condition in children, researchers have identified a gene that may cause the disease named STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI).


Gene linked to rare disease in kids found


Kids with asthma who take corticosteroid drugs via inhalers run the risk of less growth, an study suggests.


Asthma inhalers suppress growth in kids: Study


Researchers found that 98.8% of the patients survived cancer for 10 years after their surgery

Robot-assisted surgery controls prostate cancer

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The use of cholesterol-lowering statins may help prolong the lives of people with diabetic cardiovascular disease, says a new research.


Statins may increase life of diabetics: Study


Men may find it hard to report anything in their breast, even if it is a lump, but the fact is breast cancer is not exclusive to women and though the proportion is small, men too can have it.


'Include men in breast cancer trials'


In what could result in specific behavioural interventions to treat obesity, researchers have found that obese women are better able to identify cues that predict monetary rewards than those that predict food rewards.


Food strikes obese women with learning impairment


Irrespective of whether they are suffering from psychiatric disorders or not, cigarette smokers are more likely to commit suicide than people who do not smoke, a study shows.


Smokers at higher suicide risk: Study


Dealing with diabetes could soon be a lot easier as researchers have developed an injection that can restore blood sugar levels to normal for more than two days without any side effects.


Injection to control diabetes without side effects


Removal of river water for irrigation and habitat fragmentation by irrigation dams are decreasing the number of Indus river dolphins, says a study.


Dams reducing Indus river dolphin numbers


In a first, researchers have replicated a rare but deadly human brain disease in nematode worms and successfully treated it with a drug called resveratrol, suggesting a cure could be found for humans.


Clue for deadly brain disease found in worms


Scientists have discovered a new pathway the dengue virus takes to suppress the human immune system, expressing hope for the development for more effective drugs to tackle the deadly disease.


Scientists decode how dengue virus evades immunity


Women with a history of pregnancy loss are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease later in life than other women, says a study.


Pregnancy loss ups heart disease risk


Abu Dhabi, July 17 (IANS/WAM) Plans to open the world's first centre dedicated to paediatric research into rare diseases are to become a reality thanks to an over $100 million gift from a leader of the UAE.


UAE leader donates $100 mn for pediatric research


India and Brazil Wednesday signed an agreement in Brasilia on cooperation in augmentation of a Brazilian earth station for receiving and processing data from Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS), the Prime Minister's Office said.


Brazilian earth station to get data from Indian satellites


Traditional industries will be the focus of the 27th edition of the Kerala Science Congress (KSC) in Alappuzha from Jan 27 to 30, next year.


Traditional industries theme of Kerala Science Congress


In what could alleviate the deadly problem of adulterated drugs in the developing world, researchers have created an inexpensive and simple chemical test, or assay, that can spot fake anti-malaria drugs.


Now, dirt cheap test to spot fake malaria drugs


Large companies with prominent brand images and good corporate reputations are more vulnerable to be "named and shamed" by activists than their less prominent counterparts, says a study.


Activists target only large firms with good reputation?


For women who want to conceive, stop staying up late at night as every time you turn on the light, it slows down the production of the fertility hormone.


Want babies? Avoid being a night owl


Typically, prostate cancer occurs more frequently as men age into their 70s or 80s, but a US-based analysis has found that the number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased nearly six-fold in the last 20 years.


Prostate cancer among young up six times in 20 years


For millions who wished they could prevent Alzheimer's disease by taking B vitamins, Oxford University researchers have bad news.

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