Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Tuberculosis (TB) which becomes resistent to multi-drugs is not caused by irregular doses, as is widely believed, but by speedy drug metabolism, according to a US study.

The body sees drugs as foreign chemicals and tries to rid itself of them, said Tawanda Gumbo, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern, who led the study.

A population of individuals with a genetic trait that speeds the metabolic process ha... Read More

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Want to stave off bowel cancer? Exercise daily, for a new study claims that regular workouts can cut the risk of developing the disease significantly.

An international team, led by University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, has found people who engage in vigorous physical activity may be protected against types of colorectal cancer.

For the study, researchers examined 870 parti... Read More

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Summer is upon us and that means Boxing-Day sales shopping, celebrations and family getaways. During this busy time, it can be tempting to leave the children in the car while you run a quick errand. However, leaving children unattended in a car, even for a short period, is dangerous and can be potentially fatal.

Did you know that on a typical summer day the average temperature inside a parked car can be 20 degrees hotter than the outside temperature? Large cars heat... Read More

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Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) A quarter of severe asthma attacks could be averted if only patients took their prescribed medication regularly, according to a new study by the Henry Ford Hospital

“Our findings demonstrated a relationship between medication adherence and asthma events in a manner that accounts for the changing patterns of inhaler use over time,” says study co-author Keoki Williams, an Internal Medicine physician and associate director of Henry Ford’s Center for ... Read More

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The development opens up the possibility of infertile men being able to father their own children rather than using donor sperm.

Researchers in Germany and Israel were able to grow mouse sperm from a few cells in a laboratory dish.

In a world first a team headed by Professor Stefan Schlatt, at Muenster University in Germany, were able to grow sperm by using germ ce... Read More

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