Wellbeing
Surgery more effective in treating chronic sinus than antibiotics:...
A three-month course of low-dose antibiotics was not found to be helpful, as there was no significant difference in outcomes between those on...
Study shows bacterial infections trigger heart attacks
28 Aug 2025 6:00 PM ISTThe study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, revealed that an infection may trigger myocardial infarction
WHO-recommended spatial repellants effective for tackling malaria:...
28 Aug 2025 3:00 PM ISTIn a systematic review, appearing in the journal eBioMedicine, the team analysed more than 25 years of data on some 1.7 million mosquitoes
Study explains why diabetes drives more aggressive breast cancers
28 Aug 2025 1:00 PM ISTExosomes can reprogramme immune cells inside tumours, making them weaker and allowing the cancer to grow and spread more easily
Ibuprofen, acetaminophen may be silently driving antibiotic...
28 Aug 2025 11:00 AM ISTResearchers from the University of South Australia found that ibuprofen and acetaminophen are not only driving antibiotic resistance when used...
In a hotter world, some people age faster, find researchers
26 Aug 2025 7:25 PM ISTExtreme heat can also present other, less direct risks to health. High temperatures have been found to worsen air quality, and set the stage for other...
Scientists perform first pig-to-human lung transplant
26 Aug 2025 3:45 PM ISTThe organ sustained damage after it was transplanted but functioned to some degree, scientists at Guangzhou Medical University reported in the journal...
Everything links to healthy heart vessels, say experts
26 Aug 2025 6:30 AM ISTResearchers examined a decade of studies on ‘Life’s Simple 7’ – a set of guidelines established in 2010 by the American Heart Association that reduce...
