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Mediterranean diet may boost endurance exercise within days: Study

The Mediterranean diet is well-established as having numerous health benefits

A cure for HIV? Case studies show feasible treatments not yet realised

The treatment involves destroying a person's own immune system with high doses of chemotherapy or radiation. Then the patient receives a transplant of new stem cells from either themselves or a donor

Major breakthrough in treatment of AIDS: Second patient cured of HIV

London HIV patient's doctors found a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV

COPD: What we know about the disease that killed a million Indians in 2017

Levels of air pollution have risen dramatically over the last two to three decades. That has had a major impact on COPD

Smaller nations are the world's healthiest, Canada tops list

The top 10 in Global Wellness Index includes large nations such as the Philippines and South Korea, but also finds room for Oman, Iceland, Maldives, Netherlands and Singapore

Cycling integral to recovery from injuries, but selection of bike crucial

Cycling deals with impairments such as decreased muscle strength, range of motion, and reduced fitness

Few minutes of intense exercise may be as effective as much lengthier walks

Studies show that interval workouts can improve aerobic fitness, blood sugar control, blood pressure

Adults who quit smoking have lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

Current smokers are also 67% more likely to develop "seropositive" rheumatoid arthritis - when patients have antibodies in their blood that help identify the disease

Relying on dietary supplements will not prevent or treat dementia

FDA estimates that 80 per cent of older adults rely on dietary supplements, to prevent or treat Alzheimer's

US FDA finds cancer-causing toxin in Hetero's blood pressure drugs

In January, the FDA warned of the possibility of additional shortages of hypertension drugs in the United States due to the recalls

A new influenza pandemic? Here are top 10 threats to global health in 2019

Are we ready to face the outbreak of a new disease? WHO ascertains that the world would face another influenza pandemic, but it does not know the when and where of it

Treatment that 'comes close' to immortality still a dream, at least for now

'We're concerned that some patients are being preyed upon by unscrupulous actors touting treatments of plasma from young donors as cures and remedies,' the FDA said

MIT scientists devised new MRI sensor to peer much deeper into brain

Using this technique, they can track signalling processes inside the neurons of living animals, enabling them to link neural activity with specific behaviours

DNA gets a new - and bigger - genetic alphabet

Hachimoji DNA could be a far more durable way to store digital data that could last for centuries

Risks of cardiovascular disease can be cut by adequate sleep: Study

We have discovered that sleep helps to regulate the production in the bone marrow of inflammatory cells and the health of blood vessels

Liquid biopsy to gene therapy, here're some cancer treatment breakthroughs

Early diagnosis and management are the best bets against cance

'Period. End of Sentence': A documentary explores menstruation taboo

The film also sheds light on the negligence and lack of knowledge about female hygiene

How unmonitored pill abortions are a big threat to women's health in India

Of the 7.6 million abortions that took place in 2015 in the six study states, 77% or 5.8 million were carried out through non-facility MMA

India's drug-resistant TB patients face late diagnoses, confusing treatment

India also has the highest share (24%) of drug-resistant TB cases, i.e. patients resistant to one or more first line drugs used to treat the more common, drug-sensitive TB

Pocket colposcope: New hope for India's teeming cervical cancer population

It's a cheap screening device that's gaining acceptance over the more intrusive speculum for its ability to capture cancerous and pre-cancerous conditions using high-quality pictures of the cervix