Health Update

Cocaine abuse compromises sensitivity to monetary reward

Washington, Nov 10 : Offering cocaine users vast sums of money as an incentive to give up the drug may not do any good, for a new study has found that the drug compromises brain sensitivity to such

Green tea could prove to be the perfect elixir for severe sepsis

Washington, Nov 10 : A recent study on mice has found that an ingredient in green tea could prove to be the perfect elixir for severe Sepsis - an abnormal immune system response to bacterial infect

Improving sanitation, sewerage can radically reduce cholera in developing world

London, Nov 10 : A recent study has found that improvement in sanitation and sewerage can drastically contribute towards reducing cholera and other diarrhoel diseases in developing countries.

Acute urinary retention may be lethal for men over 45

Washington, Nov 10 : A recent study has found that one in four men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention (AUR) dies within a year.

Molecular switch behind common breast cancer identified

Washington, Nov 10 : A team of researchers at New York University Medical Center and School of Medicine have discovered that a molecular switch in the protein making machinery of cells is linked to

Non-invasive method to track nerve-cell growth in live human brain developed

Washington, Nov 10 : Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified and validated the first biomarker that permits neural stem and progenitor cells (NPCs) to be tracked non-inv

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