Exercise vs depression: How regular physical activity rewires brain to improve mental healthRegular exercise is emerging as one of the most consistent and widely endorsed strategies for improving mental health. While medications an...
05 Aug, 2025, 11.17 PM IST
Have we found the solution to reversing aging in magic mushrooms? Scientists believe they're closer than everEmory University researchers discovered that psilocin, derived from magic mushrooms, significantly extends lifespan and enhances health in ...
23 Jul, 2025, 07.01 AM IST
Matthew Perry died of a ketamine overdose; Elon Musk is reportedly a frequent user - what does ketamine do to the body?Recent attention has been drawn to ketamine's risks and increasing use, highlighted by Matthew Perry's death and Elon Musk's reported heavy...
30 May, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
Abortion pill inventor Etienne-Emile Baulieu dies aged 98French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, the inventor of the abortion pill, died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris on Friday, his wife t...
30 May, 2025, 10.15 PM IST
J&J's ketamine-based nasal spray Spravato approved by US FDA to treat depressionThe FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's Spravato, a ketamine-based nasal spray, to treat adults with major depressive disorder who have not re...
21 Jan, 2025, 06.49 PM IST
What is Kodo millet or Varagu? How did a staple food turn deadly for 13 elephants in MP? How does the poison work?Ten elephants died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve due to suspected mycotoxins from kodo millet. The mycotoxins largely stem ...
04 Nov, 2024, 09.26 AM IST
Exercise & diet play key role in enhancing survival for cancer patientsThe mainstays of cancer treatment remain surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and hormone therapy. But...
27 May, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Pill for postpartum depression can help new mothers boost their mental well-beingThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression. The medication is fast-acting, with clinica...
05 Aug, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
Ketamine may be the answer to chronic depression, claims studyKetamine has been used as a powerful general anaesthetic for more than 50 years.
15 Jul, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
Researchers reveal therapy for treatment-resistant depressionFor years, DBS has been used to treat patients suffering from movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremor, and dystonia, and stu...
20 Aug, 2022, 07.23 AM IST
Nearly 60,000 TB cases recorded in Mumbai in 2021; marginal decline from pre-COVID daysOf the total TB patients, 3 per cent are drug sensitive and 14 per cent drug resistant in Mumbai. Annually, around 4,000 to 5,000 drug resi...
25 Mar, 2022, 06.31 PM IST
International Women's Health Day: Facial hair, acne can mean PCOSHere is what women need to know about PCOS.
28 May, 2018, 12.27 PM IST
Nomura bets on startup to help smokers kick the habitCureApp Inc, which develops mobile applications to treat ailments including tobacco addiction, received $3.4 million this month from invest...
09 Feb, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Here's how the brain regulates social behaviour differently in males & femalesWomen have higher rates of depression such as posttraumatic stress disorder, while men more frequently suffer from autism.
01 Nov, 2016, 06.42 PM IST
Courtney Love sued by psychiatristDr Edward Ratush claimed in his lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week, that the 50-year-old rock songstress owes him USD 48,2...
11 May, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
ET Recommendations: Book, gadget and appThe Emerald Light in the Air', the title story, narrates the protagonist’s battle with depression but ends on a small note of salvation and...
23 Nov, 2014, 06.53 AM IST
Private sector deserts war on Tuberculosis, funding down 33% since 2011Multi-drug resistant TB is rapidly spreading with 450,000-odd new cases reported in 2012 by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
25 Oct, 2014, 11.13 AM IST