Forget 10,000 steps: Harvard study reveals how far you really need to walk for a healthy heart and longer life. The number is much lessA new Harvard-led study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has debunked the 10,000-step fitness myth, revealing that walki...
24 Oct, 2025, 08.28 PM IST
After prostate cancer diagnosis, doctors say Joe Biden has this many years to liveJoe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has raised big questions about his health and future. At 82, the former president is battling metastatic prost...
20 May, 2025, 12.09 AM IST
Is US staring at a ‘quad-demic’? Flu, COVID-19, RSV, norovirus surge nationwideThe United States is facing a surge in influenza, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus, raising concerns about a potential ‘quad-demic’.
22 Jan, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
Meet the man who underwent world's first face and double hand transplant. He just got engagedJoe DiMeo, the first person in the world to undergo a successful face and double hand transplant, has announced his engagement to his longt...
18 Nov, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
That message from your doctor? it may have been drafted by AIMany patients receiving those replies have no idea that they were written with the help of AI. In interviews, officials at several health s...
25 Sep, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
How this new tech can offer hope for patients waiting for transplantsFaced with a shortage of organ donations, a new technique called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) has been developed. This...
21 Aug, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
New York nurse fired after accusing Israel of committing 'genocide' in Gaza Strip. What exactly did she say?Amid the geopolitical turmoil due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, and the trending 'All Eyes on Rafah' situation, an NYC nurse has been fi...
01 Jun, 2024, 01.22 AM IST
Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's lifeLisa Pisano's combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options. Then d...
24 Apr, 2024, 07.38 PM IST
Pig kidney functions in donated body for two-months: Could this transplant be the end of organ shortages? Medical breakthrough explainedA genetically modified pig kidney has achieved an unprecedented milestone by functioning successfully within a human body for approximately...
14 Sep, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
Berberine: All about the controversial dietary supplement hyped for weight loss by social media usersBerberine has become popular on social media as users have claimed that it aids in weight loss. Here are all the details related to Berberi...
02 Jun, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
One in 5 cardiac arrest survivors can recall the near-death experience vividly, reveals studyThe out of body experience is one of a kind.
30 Nov, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
19-year-old man shot dead by gun-weilding robber at BJ’s Wholesale Club parking lot in BrooklynA 19-year-old man lost his life when he was getting robbed by an 18-year-old gun-weilding man at a parking lot of BJ’s Wholesale Club in Br...
05 Aug, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
In first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patientWhile it's too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for l...
11 Jan, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
In a first, surgeons attached a pig kidney to a human — and it workedAlthough many questions remain to be answered about the long-term consequences of the transplant, which involved a brain-dead patient follo...
20 Oct, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Are Delta symptoms different? Headaches, sore throat more common, loss of taste & smell not as muchBreakthrough infections, while rare, tend to produce milder symptoms that are of shorter duration.
17 Aug, 2021, 06.14 PM IST
Americans get stern holiday COVID warning: 'No Christmas parties'A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to recommend emergency-use authorization of a vac...
11 Dec, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
Can we get a vaccine early? How the rich are preparing for coronavirusResources like money, transportation and information give people head starts on protective and preventive measures.
07 Mar, 2020, 05.57 PM IST