Mumbai: More than 2,000 people treated for dengue in BMC hospitals

Officials said intermittent rains in the city has led to an increase in the dengue-spreading mosquito, Aedes Aegypti.

Scroll Staff

· 10 hours ago

Video: New insight into how a growing brain sets up communication systems

Understanding this system provides clues as to why autism, schizophrenia or ADHD occur.

Scroll Staff

· 11 hours ago

These women in Rajasthan survived sterilisation surgeries but still became pregnant

After their surgeries failed, some women went on to have their fourth or fifth child. Among them, many did not know they were eligible for compensation.

Menaka Rao

· 14 hours ago

India moves towards treating disease by targeting not just causes but also symptoms

New programmes are being set up based on evidence that early palliative care improves patients’ survival and quality of life.

Priyanka Vora

· Yesterday · 06:30 pm

Lab notes: Using radiation and magnetic fields to controlled nanoparticle drug delivery

The system can be used to deliver a drug on demand for longer periods of time.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Yesterday · 05:30 am

Living wills: If relatives can decide to withdraw medical treatment, why not patients themselves?

A living will can make a decision of stop medical care easier for families and for physicians. It also allows a person to choose a dignified death.

Priyanka Vora

· Oct 16, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Lab notes: Epigenetic manipulation of an energy pathway gene may stop spread of breast cancer

Epigenetic manipulation involves adding methyl groups to stretches of DNA to suppress genes.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 16, 2017 · 05:30 am

My sudden synaesthesia: How I went blind and started hearing colours

One woman lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch changed the way she saw.

Vanessa Potter, Mosaic

· Oct 15, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Drug resistance threat: India is failing to curb sales of unapproved antibiotics

Many fixed dose combination drugs that have not been approved by the drug regulator are still available in the market.

Patricia McGettigan, Allyson Pollock, The Conversation

· Oct 14, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Worse than Iraq, Bangladesh and even North Korea – these charts show how hunger haunts India

India ranks 100 out of 119 countries on an index that weighs the abilities of countries to provide food security for their citizens.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 14, 2017 · 06:30 am

The Nobel Prize for medicine reminds us how important sleep is. So, how well do Indians sleep?

Indians might be among the most-sleep deprived people in the world. Among the worst affected are call centre employees.

Vijay Shankar

· Oct 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Lab notes: High doses of Vitamin C and B3 can kill cancer stem cells

The finding may be taken forward to establish therapeutic doses of vitamins for cancer treatment.

Yogesh Sharma

· Oct 13, 2017 · 05:30 am