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Mouth Bacteria can tell the Status of Liver Disease
Analysing the ratio of good-bad bacteria in saliva, not just in the gut as earlier thought, could help doctors predict which liver cirrhosis patients would suffer inflammations and require hospitalisation, say researchers, including one of…
10,000 Indo-Canadians throng Modi’s ‘Rockstar’ Show
Just as the organizers had advertised, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public interaction with the Indian diaspora at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on Wednesday had all the trappings of a rockstar concert as Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh,…
NCDC to Study Goa deaths due to Mysterious Virus
A National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) team from Delhi is being summoned to Goa to probe a mysterious viral fever, caused by wild ticks, in the rural, forested Goan village of Pali that claimed nine lives over the last few weeks.…
Wristband that can help Tackle Depression: Study
A wristband that records motion throughout a 24-hour cycle may be a great aid in treating depression, says a study. The wristband may help the doctor in determining which patients with major depressive disorder will respond best to commonly…
Modi, Kejriwal among Time’s 100 Most Influential People
Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have been voted among the 100 most influential people in the world in a poll conducted by the prestigious Time magazine.
Modi, who became prime minister…
Lung Tissue can regenerate after Injury: Study
A team of US scientists, including an Indian-American researcher from the Duke University has discovered that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team, including Indian-American researcher Rajan Jain, found that lung tissue has…
NASA says, it will Discover Extraterrestrial Life by 2045
NASA scientists are now convinced that extraterrestrial life is a fact, not a mere possibility, and says man will find conclusive signs of life far from Earth by the year 2045. For scientists, the big question about alien life is no longer…
Most Stem Cell Therapy at Experimental Stage: Scientist
Though there are many stem cell therapies that are being explored, bone marrow transplant is the only one which has been tried and tested, a noted scientist has said. Stem cell therapy is the use of stem cells to treat or prevent a disease…
iPads in Kindergarten Schools can make Your Toddler Smarter
Making a strong pitch for the use of iPads in kindergarten schools, a Northwestern University researcher has found children in classes with shared iPads significantly outscored their peers on achievement tests who were in classes that had…
NASA Probe completes 1,000 Orbits around Red Planet
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe - the first mission ever devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere - has completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary…