A medical check-up camp titled “The Dental Specialist”, will be organized on November 2 (Sunday) from 10 am to 5 pm at the Indian Medical Association (IMA) hall at Shivabhagh in Mangalore.

While talking with media persons, Dr Chetan Hegde said, “As soon as the camp will be concluded, a dental education camp will also be organized by us on the same day.”

A new Australian study has disclosed that gym exercises, yoga head stands, swimming, or playing a musical instrument may lead to eye diseases like glaucoma and short-sightedness.

Professor Charles McMonnies, from the University of New South Wales School of Optometry and Vision Science, said, “Yoga head stands, weightlifting, sleeping face down, playing instruments like the trumpet and swimming laps are some of the many ways of causing eye pressure spikes.”

Increasing population has forced humans to once again step into the domain of animals.

The FDA has issued two warning letters to Bayer for not submitting proof that the Bayer Women’s Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium and Bayer Aspirin With Health Advantage are useful in fighting heart disease and osteoporosis in women.

"These are not FDA-approved products," agency spokeswoman Rita Chappelle said. "They are selling products that are illegal."

The FDA has given a warning to Bayer to remove the medicines from the shelves or else face legal action.

But Bayer defended the medications and its right to market them.

"We stand behind both products and all marketing claims made in their support," the German drugmaker said in a statement.

A research by Rudolph Tanzi of Massachusetts General Hospital and his team have found four more genes that affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Tanzi's team analyzed samples from more than 1,300 families to come to a conclusion. They also feel that the latest study would help in finding better treatment for the disease.  "We are on the cusp of a rare 'science moment' that could alter the way we diagnose, treat and prevent Alzheimer's disease," said Rudolph Tanzi.

Hot flushes, night sweats and painful joints are good signs for women who are on hormone – based drugs for breast cancer. The symptoms mean that the tumors are less likely to recur in these women.

According to a new study led by Jack Cuzick of Cancer Research UK, women who were taking anastrozole or tamoxifen for breast cancer and experienced menopausal like symptoms had less likelihood of recurrent tumors.

The researchers used data from 4,000 women with early-stage breast cancer. It was found that for women who developed joint symptoms after the treatment, the recurrence rate was reduced by about 41 percent. But those who developed more vasomotor symptoms, the recurrence rate decreased by 47 percent.