Medical Explainer
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Video: Could your butt muscles be dying because of your desk-bound lifestyle?
Gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome, may be more common than you think.
Shibika Suresh & Makrand Sanghvi
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What Shubh Mangal Saavdhan gets wrong about erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction may be caused by psychological factors like stress but also physiological factors like bad cardiovascular health.
Prerana Dharnidharka
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Doctors find that the 'boy with bleeding eyes' has cancer
A four-year-old boy in Assam has a rare symptom of leukemia that caused his eyes to bleed.
Priyanka Vora
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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What causes autism? What we know, don’t know and suspect
One of the great and enduring mysteries of autism is what causes the brain to develop so differently.
Andrew Whitehouse, The Conversation
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You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine
Can we harness the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs?
Jo Marchant, mosaic.com
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Why the simple formula for weight loss (or gain) doesn’t often work for dieters
Calories consumed minus calories burned: it's as simple as that. But, then, not all calories are equal.
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, mosaic.com
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Menopause: A condition that affects half the population is woefully neglected
There are a few things science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for, how it works and how best to treat it.
Rose George, mosaic.com
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Why most cancer isn’t due to ‘bad luck’
Two major studies have come to different conclusions – but there's much more to it than chance alone.
Sarah Allinson, The Conversation
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Explainer: What is the 'flesh-eating' disease that's spreading across Syria
The collapse of Syria's health system is helping spread leishmaniasis but not in the way some media outlets have reported.
Michael Barrett, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’