Navjot Sidhu’s wife admitted in Delhi hospital

NEW DELHI - The wife of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was rushed to Delhi in an air ambulance from Patiala Friday, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital here.

Wind turbines do not make people sick, says Oz study

MELBOURNE - An Australian study has come to the conclusion that there is no scientific evidence linking wind turbines to the ill health of people living nearby.

Acupuncture helps chronic heart patients in exercising

LONDON - Acupuncture can help chronic heart patients tolerate exercises well, says a clinical pilot study.

Personalized approach to smoking cessation may soon be a reality

WASHINGTON - Personalised approach to help a person kick the butt is on the anvil, revealed a study from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

For women, long life comes with a cost

WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that although women have a longer life expectancy, they experience a much greater prevalence of disability in old age than men do.

Beware of net-based medicine information

WASHINGTON - Beware. Information you seek from the internet on physical problems arising due to sports may not be accurate.

Women living closer to grocery store ‘are more likely to be obese’

WASHINGTON - The closer a woman lives to the grocery store, the greater is her BMI, found a study.

Swine flu shots must for cardiac patients

NEW DELHI - As swine flu cases shoot up across India with the onset of the monsoon, experts are suggesting vaccines for those with chronic illness like heart diseases.

US IQ study slammed as racist

NEW DELHI - A US research suggesting that people in developing countries have lower intelligence quotient (IQ) because their bodies divert energy from the brain to fighting diseases has been slammed as racist by experts here.