Heatwaves in India could rise 400% by century-end, putting health and jobs at risk24 May, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
Chinese medicines bring relief to India’s cancer patientsIndia’s cancer treatment landscape is seeing a shift as lower-cost immunotherapy drugs developed in China and marketed through Indian partn...
10 May, 2026, 08.50 AM IST
In 1898, Marie Curie spent years handling glowing materials by hand and changed modern physics foreverMarie Curie and her husband Pierre discovered polonium and radium in 1898. Their work changed physics, showing atoms were not stable. Radio...
07 May, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Weight-loss drugs may also help cut alcohol intake: StudyA new study shows GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide may help reduce heavy drinking. A trial found weekly injections cut heavy drinking days by h...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.26 AM IST
7-day Indian diet plan for weight loss: Woman who lost 20 kg shares simple home-cooked meal routine going viralA viral 7-day Indian weight loss meal plan shared by Kopal Agarwal is gaining traction for its simple, sustainable approach, focusing on ba...
23 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Liver disease crisis: 130 crore people already affected; what we eat and how we live may worsen the risk by 2050A new study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology reveals that Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease c...
14 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
Nearly two-fifths of stillbirths missed if only late gestation counted: AnalysisNew data analysis shows stillbirth rates are higher than previously thought. Focusing only on late-gestation stillbirths misses almost 40 p...
06 Apr, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
Nearly 50% adults in India insufficiently physically active in 2022: Lancet StudyThe 2022 Lancet study revealed that nearly 50% of Indian adults lacked adequate physical activity, leading to a rise in non-communicable di...
26 Jun, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets: Lancet studyA study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal states that pursuing "green growth" in high-income countries will not be sufficien...
05 Sep, 2023, 01.38 PM IST
Around 1 bn people globally will live with osteoarthritis by 2050, says Lancet studyA recent study published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal predicts that nearly one billion people worldwide will be living with osteoarth...
24 Aug, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Global anaemia burden: Lancet study says the condition affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021Twice as many women than men were found to have anaemia in 2021 according to The Lancet Haematology. Anaemia affected almost two billion pe...
02 Aug, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
India could face third highest economic burden of COPD from 2020-50: Lancet StudyThe global death toll of COPD was found to have increased by 14.1 per cent between 2009 and 2019, an increase that the study attributed to ...
25 Jul, 2023, 06.02 PM IST
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has 77.8% efficacy rate, presents no safety concerns: Lancet studyCovaxin “induces a robust antibody response" two weeks after two doses are given, it said. “Covaxin’s Phase 3 efficacy results have been pe...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccines effective at reducing severe illness, hospitalisation: Lancet study"We are at a critical point in the pandemic as we see cases rising worldwide due to the Delta variant. Breakthrough infections are expected...
02 Sep, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Controversial Lancet study linking HCQ, deaths in Covid-19 treatment retractedThe authors of the research linking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and increased death risk during Covid-19 treatment have retracted t...
05 Jun, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
An almost retracted study on hydroxychloroquine exposes perils of hasty trialsWHO last week stopped one arm of the Covid-19 Solidarity trial of HCQ, only to resume it again this week. Its decision to stop the trial wa...
04 Jun, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
It's official: Lancet study says social distancing most-effective way to stop coronavirus from spreadingComprising quarantine, school closure, and workplace measures are most effective at reducing the number of cases.
25 Mar, 2020, 05.16 PM IST