It's too easy to make AI chatbots lie about health information, study findsThe team tested widely available models that individuals and businesses can tailor to their own applications with system-level instructions...
02 Jul, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
Appendix cancer rates quadruple among millennials, raising alarms for younger generationsA new study reveals a troubling trend. Appendix cancer rates are rising sharply among millennials and Gen X. The incidence has tripled or q...
10 Jun, 2025, 04.08 AM IST
Researchers develop new protein risk score to predict death from heart failureThe researchers, from the National Institutes of Health in the US, utilised high-throughput proteomics to develop and validate the protein ...
03 Jan, 2024, 08.58 AM IST
Candida auris: Know about the fatal drug-resistant fungus spreading across US and its symptomsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which claims that it poses a major danger to world health, revealed that 5,754 instances we...
21 Mar, 2023, 08.11 PM IST
Increasing vitamin D intake may lower risk of type 2 diabetesVitamin D has many functions in the body, including a role in insulin secretion and glucose metabolism.
13 Feb, 2023, 10.28 AM IST
Black or green? Drink 2 cups of tea daily to live a long life, says studyTea temperature, or adding milk or sugar, didn't change the results.
01 Sep, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Scientists identify second HIV patient whose body likely rid itself of virusThe researchers noted that some people, known as elite controllers, have immune systems that are able to suppress HIV without the need for ...
16 Nov, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
What to do when blood pressure needs more control. A study has the answerThe new findings could add to discussions between physicians and patients whose blood pressure remains elevated despite starting a medicati...
24 Oct, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine show no antiviral effect against COVID-19: StudyThe study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, evaluated the effects of the two drugs on all-cause, in-hospital mortality...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, suggested that asymptomatic people may account for approximately 40 to ...
13 Jun, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
Don't need a N95 respirator to cover your face. Cloth masks may prevent coronavirus spread tooSeveral layers of cotton fabric can block droplet and other contamination in the environment.
27 May, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Collecting travel history during medical tests may help contain coronavirus: StudyIntegrating travel history information into routine medical tests could help stem the rapidly widening global coronavirus outbreak, as well...
05 Mar, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Avoid taking excessive calcium supplements; it may increase risk of cancerGetting adequate nutrients from food sources is more beneficial than consuming supplements.
10 Apr, 2019, 07.38 AM IST
Love drinking piping, hot tea? It may increase risk of oesophageal cancerThe risk goes up especially if a person also consumes alcohol and is a smoker.
06 Feb, 2018, 07.33 PM IST
Diabetic? Daily glass of red wine can improve heart healthPeople with diabetes are more susceptible to developing cardiovascular diseases and have lower levels of 'good' cholesterol.
13 Oct, 2015, 06.50 PM IST
Early HIV treatment may save patients diagnosed with tuberculosisStarting anti-HIV treatment within two weeks of the diagnosis of tuberculosis improved survival among patients with both infections, a new ...
11 Jul, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Survival rates higher for overweight diabetes patients: Studyoverweight patients had a higher chance of having a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or a stroke, they were three times less li...
16 Jun, 2015, 04.54 PM IST