Dr Wrishi Raphael All young children can be naughty, defiant and impulsive from time to time, which is perfectly normal. However, some children have extremely…

Technological advances have made medical imaging an invaluable tool for noninvasive diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. Tests such as cardiac computed…

Aditya Kalra New HIV infections in India could rise for the first time in more than a decade because states are mismanaging a prevention program by delaying…

World Stroke Day is on Thursday the 29th October 2015. The World Stroke Organization’s theme for World Stroke Day 2015 is ‘I am Woman’.…

A stroke or brain attack, is caused by the sudden loss of blood flow to the brain or bleeding inside the head. Both can cause brain cells to stop functioning…

Over 300 risk factors have been associated with coronary heart disease and stroke. The major established risk factors meet three criteria: a high prevalence…

DR. MASWOODUR RAHMAN PRINCE BLOOD is supplied to the brain through two pairs of large arteries: the carotid arteries bring blood from the heart along…

Camille Noe Pagán Do you know how to tell the difference between a cold and allergies? Are you sure? It's easy to get them confused. Just ask…

The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in countries across the world every October, helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early…

The world's largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancers returning has begun in the UK. About 11,000 people who have had early bowel, breast, prostate, stomach and oesophageal cancer will be involved. Uncertainty about the drug's possible anti-cancer qualities has led…

Scientists have identified a gene that puts women at higher risk of heart disease, an early study suggests. The work showed that women who had a particular version of the BCAR1 gene were more likely than other women to have heart attacks and strokes. In contrast, men who had the gene were not at increased…

Dyanavel XR is the first, extended-release amphetamine-based oral liquid for the treatment of ADHD The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved…

Betamethasone is a steroid. It prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. Calcipotriene is a form of vitamin D. It works…