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Coffee can prevent autoimmune liver disease?

May 20, 2013
Research has shown that regular coffee drinkers are at a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis  - an autoimmune liver disease. PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and …

Top 15 women’s health concerns

April 26, 2013
Wonder why our grandmothers and moms are so fit, when they hardly had access to gyms and ‘healthy’ options to eat like we have now? While rapid urbanization and redefinition of gender roles are giving women more freedom and …

New strategy to fight arthritis

February 9, 2013
American scientists have zeroed in on a new strategy that holds promise for improved treatment of arthritis and other auto-immune disorders in people. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have demonstrated a new strategy for …

Drug that boosts immune cell could end childhood diabetes

February 6, 2013
In a pioneering work, the British scientists are testing a drug that could stop children from developing diabetes. This could help to keep the disease at bay in future by giving the drug to youngsters after screening for …

Kidney disease can be a silent killer!

January 10, 2013
The kidney is a vital organ and assays some essential regulatory roles. It is required to get rid of waste accumulated in our body, helps regulate blood pressure and in the reabsorption of water, glucose and amino acids. So …

Can anti-inflammatory drugs treat depression?

September 4, 2012
A drug that eases inflammation may offer new hope for people with difficult-to-treat depression, says a new study. "Inflammation is the body's natural response to infection or wound," says Andrew H. Miller, senior study author …

Pregnant women more vulnerable to Hepatitis E-induced liver failure

November 19, 2012
July 28 is World Hepatitis Day. In one of the widest single-centre studies conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, it was found that water-borne Hepatitis E was the basic cause of acute liver …

World Hepatitis Day 2012: You may be more more vulnerable than you think

October 3, 2012
July 28 is World Hepatitis Day. Casual one-night stands and multiple partners could be the starting points of serious health concerns. Not just for HIV, which most people are now aware of, but more for hepatitis. Expressing …