Once a week, a month, or never: Doctors reveal how often you can drink alcohol without risking cancer, heart, or brain damageDoctors and research confirm that no amount of alcohol is safe, dispelling myths about its benefits. Alcohol consumption, even in moderatio...
18 Sep, 2025, 11.37 AM IST
Liver cancer: 3 in 5 cases are preventable, experts reveal what we're doing wrong and how obesity is fueling the crisisLiver cancer: A recent Lancet study reveals that 60% of liver cancer cases are preventable, urging immediate action against rising obesity,...
05 Aug, 2025, 11.20 AM IST
Altimmune’s stock plummets over 60% as liver drug falls short in trialAltimmune stock took a huge hit after its liver disease drug, pemvidutide, failed to show strong results in reducing fibrosis during a key ...
26 Jun, 2025, 09.48 PM IST
This disease might be silently killing millions quietly, says research. Are you at risk?A new international study has found that over 15 million people across the US, UK, Germany, and France are unknowingly living with metaboli...
06 Jun, 2025, 11.59 PM IST
Anti-obesity drug market gaining traction in IndiaAccording to research firm Pharmarack, the market has tripled in two years after witnessing a sluggish growth till 2021. Over the last five...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
Lilly rides wave of weight-loss drug demand, working to expand capacityShares were off about 1% at $696.82 after gaining about 11% in January, making Lilly the eighth largest company in the U.S. by market capit...
07 Feb, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
From high blood pressure to poor heart health, the dangers of not getting ample sleepLack of sleep may even create memory problems and in later age, dementia.
19 Oct, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
Even a glass of alcohol is enough to cause several health scares: WHOThere's no such thing as a safe limit to alcohol consumption.
17 Jan, 2023, 08.13 AM IST
WHO says there's no safe limit of liquor consumption after cancer agency lists alcohol as high-risk carcinogenThe agency has previously found that alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer.
11 Jan, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
COVID linked to loss of brain tissue, but correlation doesn't prove causationNow, a new study from the University of Oxford suggests that COVID can lead to long-term loss of brain tissue. This is a worrying find, whi...
29 Jun, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVIDThe death rates — posted online this week by federal health authorities — add to the growing body of evidence that the number of lives lost...
09 Jun, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
COVID-19: Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents, says state govtThe Uttarakhand government's announcement comes after Goa and Karnataka issued similar directions.
12 May, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
Covid patients at five times higher death risk than those with flu, says studyCOVID-19 patients were also more likely to be hospitalised for longer, an average of three extra days.
17 Dec, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
97 people died while travelling on Shramik Special trains: Railway Minister Piyush GoyalA total of 51 post mortem reports have been obtained from respective state police forces so far, in which the reasons for deaths have been ...
19 Sep, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
Running on a treadmill, exercising for 15 hrs a week can lower colon cancer risk in menPhysical activity was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in women.
27 Dec, 2019, 06.53 PM IST
Tea consumption reduces risk of cancer: ExpertNot only cancer, tea consumption is also useful for prevention of metabolic diseases like diabetes as well as cardio-vascular ailments.
13 Nov, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
- Booze is the secret of Kerala’s fiscal energy
In Kerala, sales tax collections from petrol, diesel, ATF and kerosene has been eclipsed by tax revenues from brandy, whisky, wine, gin, ru...
19 Aug, 2010, 07.27 PM IST