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Identifying and Properly Treating Hepatitis C Are Keys to a Cure About 3% of the global population, or about 170 million people, are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to World Health Organization estimates. HCV causes liver inflammation and often results in the blood-borne infection hepatitis C. In…

For Better {Mental Health} Preserve Your Hearing [Taj Life Sciences] Hearing loss is the largest modifiable risk factor for developing dementia, exceeding that of smoking, high blood pressure, lack of exercise and social isolation. Every now and then I write a column as much to push myself to act as…

Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce the risk of dementia People can reduce their risk of dementia by getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, controlling their weight, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, according to new guidelines issued…

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts In 2010, an unusual protest erupted over a still negotiated and secret free trade agreement between India and the European Union. Protesters were people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer. They saw a threat…

7 Women’s Health Topics We Need To Talk About In 2020 As the decade changes and we consider the state of women’s health in India and U.S remain same, and issues that generations of women haven’t been talking about, but need to. We requested outspoken doctors and health advocates to…

WHO signs MOU with International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association to promote access Full access to medicines is hampered by a variety of factors. Two important barriers are high prices and regulatory issues such as long lag times in bringing medicines to market. To address these issues, Dr Tedros Adhanom…

Researchers have developed a new method for detecting and destroying the dengue virus that could be adapted for other viruses. Researchers from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications alongside those at the Wadsworth Center and Fen Zhou of New York University have developed a new method for detecting and destroying…

Wound healing events in mucous tissues during early infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, or SIV, guard some primate species against developing AIDS, a recent study has learned. The research looked at why certain species can carry the virus throughout their lives, and still avoid disease progression. SIV is closely related…

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have released the findings of a new study that uncovers the role of the circular, 3D shape of extrachromosomal DNA in augmenting mutant oncogenes in cancer cells, resulting in more aggressive tumors with higher resistance to therapy. A paradigm shift in cancer…

A process called sporulation that helps the dangerous bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to survive inhospitable conditions and spread is regulated by epigenetics, factors that affect gene expression beyond the DNA genetic code, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. This is the first discovery that…