Jul 20, 2018, at 06:57 pm
Boston, July 20 (IBNS): Women who eat a high amount of fruits and vegetables each day may have a lower risk of breast cancer, especially of aggressive tumors, than those who eat fewer fruits and vegetables, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Diabetes raises risk of cancer, with women at even greater likelihood, a major new study has found
Jul 20, 2018, at 04:19 pm
New York, July 20 (IBNS): A global review involving almost 20 million people has shown that having diabetes significantly raises the risk of developing cancer, and for women the risk is even higher.
Warming rivers make marked contribution to global greenhouse gas levels: Study
Jul 19, 2018, at 10:42 pm
Birmingham, July 19 (IBNS): Warming streams and rivers could be disproportionately contributing to the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
Jul 19, 2018, at 09:58 pm
Birmingham, July 19 (IBNS): Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Study finds climate determines shapes of river basins
Jul 19, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, July 19 (IBNS): There are more than 1 million river basins carved into the topography of the United States, each collecting rainwater to feed the rivers that cut through them.
Funding shortfalls threaten health services for a million vulnerable Iraqis, says UN health agency
Jul 19, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, July 19 (IBNS): Almost one million vulnerable Iraqis will have to go without basic medicines and other life-saving healthcare if funding is not found to save critical health facilities, the United Nations health agency said on Tuesday.
‘Prevention crisis’ is hampering global HIV response, warns head of UNAIDS
Jul 19, 2018, at 08:28 am
New York, July 19 (IBNS): Complacency over HIV and AIDS has created a “prevention crisis” that risks destabilizing efforts to reach the key 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 new HIV infections per year, the head of the UN agency in charge of fighting the pandemic warned on Wednesday.
Chandra may have first evidence of a young star devouring a planet
Jul 19, 2018, at 08:24 am
Washington, July 19 (IBNS): Scientists may have observed, for the first time, the destruction of a young planet or planets around a nearby star.
Cabinet approves establishment of Medical College, Salempur at Deoria
Jul 18, 2018, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the State Government of Uttar Pradesh for establishment of new medical college at Deoria at a cost of Rs.250 crore under Phase-II of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
The scent of coffee appears to boost performance in math: Study
Jul 18, 2018, at 04:25 pm
New York, July 18 (IBNS): Drinking coffee seems to have its perks.
Early supper associated with lower risk of breast and prostate cancer: Study
Jul 18, 2018, at 04:02 pm
barcelona, July 18 (IBNS): Having an early supper or leaving an interval of at least two hours before going to bed are both associated with a lower risk of breast and prostate cancer.
Strengthen efforts to immunize five million unvaccinated children: WHO
Jul 17, 2018, at 07:56 pm
New Delhi, July 17 (IBNS): Lauding efforts being made by countries to save more and more lives through immunization, including during public health emergencies, World Health Organization today called for further accelerating efforts to reach the nearly five million unvaccinated children in WHO South-East Asia Region.
Record 123 million infants received at least one vaccine in 2017, says UN
Jul 17, 2018, at 09:07 am
New York, July 17 (IBNS): A record-breaking total of around 123 million, or nine out of 10, infants, received at least one dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine in 2017, protecting them from deadly infectious diseases, according to United Nations figures released on Monday.
NASA releases image of 'Mars' crawling on Mars surface
Jul 16, 2018, at 08:32 pm
Washington, July 16 (IBNS): An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, "spiders" begin to emerge from the landscape.
Lunar eclipse on July 27-28, can be seen from all parts of India
Jul 13, 2018, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS): A total lunar eclipse will occur on July 27-28, 2018 with a totality duration of 1 hour 43 minutes.
Rotary’s Role in Rubella & Measles
Jul 12, 2018, at 12:32 pm
Rotarians of India helped create history seven years back. A large, highly populated, diverse country like ours is polio free since January 2011 – a monumental achievement. This incredible success was due to a seamless partnership of Government of India, WHO, UNICEF, CDC, Rotary Foundation, Gates Foundation. Each of these partners excelled in their allotted role.
Heavy rains disrupt normal life in Mumbai, train service badly hit
Jul 10, 2018, at 09:56 am
Mumbai, July 10 (IBNS): Normal life in Mumbai was disrupted as heavy rains lashed the city since Monday and left several areas waterlogged.
4.3 earthquake hits Jaipur district, no casualty
Jul 08, 2018, at 07:12 pm
Jaipur, July 8 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Jaipur district of Rajasthan on Sunday, officials said.
Study finds exercise dose linked to improved cognitive performance in older adults
Jul 08, 2018, at 05:27 pm
London, July 8 (IBNS): Staying mentally sharp – that’s aging Americans' highest priority, according to the National Council on Aging.
Jul 08, 2018, at 04:24 pm
London, July 8 (IBNS): A recent Finnish study shows that a variation in the melatonin receptor 1A gene is linked to the risk of Alzheimer's disease in the elderly.
Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory: Study
Jul 07, 2018, at 08:11 pm
New York, July 7 (IBNS): National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a naturally occurring lipid—a waxy, fatty acid—used by a disease-causing bacterium to impair the host immune response and increase the chance of infection.
Pregnancy loss occurs in 26 percent of Zika-infected monkeys
Jul 07, 2018, at 08:06 pm
New York, July 7 (IBNS): Fetal death in utero occurred in more than one-fourth of monkeys infected in the laboratory with Zika virus in early pregnancy, according to new research published in Nature Medicine.
Texas A&M Study: Ancient dog cancer still around today after 10,000 years
Jul 07, 2018, at 06:43 pm
Texas, July 7 (IBNS): Dogs have been man’s best friend for more than 10,000 years, but a new study shows it has been a doggone tough road to get here: their ancestors in the Americas likely came from Siberia, and these early dog populations almost totally disappeared, but not before leaving a cancerous tumor that is still found in their canine descendants today.
Spending time outside is good for health: Study
Jul 07, 2018, at 04:09 pm
London, July 7 (IBNS): Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft pauses science observations to download science data
Jul 07, 2018, at 07:24 am
Washington, July 7 (IBNS): Earlier this week, NASA’s Kepler team received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running very low.
Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health costs globally
Jul 06, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.
West Bengal: 12 fishermen held for hounding a Royal Bengal Tiger in Sunderbans
Jul 05, 2018, at 03:42 pm
Kolkata, July 5 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday night arrested 12 fishermen for allegedly tormenting a mature Royal Bengal Tiger, while it was swimming across a river, inside the core area of Sunderban National Park in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, reports said on Thursday.
ISRO carries out technology demonstration to qualify Crew Escape System
Jul 05, 2018, at 11:39 am
Sriharikota, Jul 5 (IBNS): ISRO has carried out a major technology demonstration, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight.
Jul 04, 2018, at 02:13 pm
Guwahati, Jul 4 (IBNS): The flood situation has further worsened with the inundation of fresh areas by the flood water in Chirang and Bongaigaon districts in lower Assam.
NASA's NuSTAR Mission proves superstar Eta Carinae shoots cosmic rays
Jul 04, 2018, at 08:21 am
Washington, July 4 (IBNS): A new study using data from NASA’s NuSTAR space telescope suggests that Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is accelerating particles to high energies — some of which may reach Earth as cosmic rays.