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Why sitting for hours without any movement may be bad for your brain

Delivering blood to our brains is one of those automatic internal processes that most of us seldom consider, although it is essential for life and cognition

Start including mental illness in your health covers: Irdai to insurers

According to the Mental Healthcare Act-2017, every person with mental illness shall be treated as equal to persons with physical illness in the provision of all healthcare

66% Working Indians earn less because of childhood stunting: World Bank

India's childhood stunting rate is one of the world's worst, surpassed only by Bangladesh (73%) and Afghanistan (67%)

Nanoparticle therapy may deal double blow to cancer, say scientists

Using nanoparticles to get drugs directly into a tumour is a growing area of cancer research

Health matters: How machine learning is helping beat chemotherapy

OncoStem diagnoses chances of breast cancer relapse via data

Phones are useful, but here's how not to let it ruin your next vacation

If you're going to spend your trip trolling Instagram, what's the point of leaving home?

New vaccine Shingrix can make the severity of illness less severe: Study

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, typically develops in older adults who had chicken pox

Simple, yet effective things you can do to enjoy the weather right

Excess sweat and oil gland activity coupled with grime and dust often lead to problems such as prickly heat, heat boils, acne, folliculitis, and fungal infections

New alzheimer's drug reduce plaques in brain, slows dementia in early trial

More extensive trials will be needed to know if the new drug is truly effective

LV Prasad Eye Institute does transplant using cells from patient's own body

Cells harvested from patient's healthy eye are transplanted onto the affected eye, doing away with the need for immunosuppressants

India sees major reduction in HIV infections but challenges remain: UN

The report underscored the public health benefits of decriminalising sex work

Out-of-pocket health expenses plunge 55 mn Indians into poverty in 2017

About 68% of the Indian population has limited or no access to essential medicines

Glenmark Pharma gets final nod from USFDA for cholesterol lowering drug

The approved product is a generic version of Daiichi Sankyo Inc's Welchol

Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for iron regulating drug, eyes $150 mn mkt

Drug will be manufactured at firm's Ahmedabad SEZ unit, group now has 202 approvals, has so far filed over 330 ANDAs since commencement of filing process

Anaemia crisis in Indian women: Delaying pregnancy, using toilets can help

Higher proportion of Indian women who were pregnant were anaemic in 2016 (50%) when compared to China (32%), Bangladesh (46%), and Nepal (40%), according to data from the World Bank

Can a bar of soap transmit infection?

Occasional studies since then have documented the presence of environmental bacteria on bar soap, but none have shown bar soap to be a source of infection

Normalisation of 'plus-size' may undermine the efforts to tackle obesity

Analysis of data from almost 23,460 people who are overweight or obese revealed that weight misperception has increased in England

A common virus may play role in triggering Alzheimer's disease: Study

The study, published Thursday in the journal Neuron, found that viruses interact with genes linked to Alzheimer's and may play a role in how Alzheimer's develops and progresses

How to safeguard your spinal cord from injury. Tips from an expert

Fit & Proper: Your weekly health guide

Indian-American surgeon named CEO of new Amazon-led joint health care

Gawande said he was "thrilled" to be named the CEO of the health care initiative