For IIT aspirants, AIEEE-2009 was a cake walk as the exam followed the IIT-JEE pattern of the past threeyears.AIEEE, which was held at various centres in the city, had a huge turnout on Sunday with over 35,000 students writing the test at Hyderabad c ..

Sonam Kapoor, Adhyayan Suman, Jackky Bhagnani and Mimoh Chakraborty have something in common apart from their Bollywood connection. All of them once belonged to the league of overweight celebrity kids who cut the flab to enter filmdom and match the A ..

Up to 70 percent of hepatitis C cases are curable if early treatment is sought, according to a new international study.The study by National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) also found that a standard combination drug treatm ..

Patients suffering from nocturia, the need to urinate at least twice during the night, may have a significantly increased risk of mortality.Research has shown that there was a significantly increased mortality rate in elderly patients living in a Jap ..

Drinking diet soda is likely to reduce the risk of forming kidney stone, according to a new study.The research by the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) suggests that the citrate and malate content in sodas may be sufficient to inhibit t ..

The fatter you are, the greater the risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) you carry, researchers say.The researchers evaluated insurance claims of 95,962 people over a five-year period (from 2002 through 2006) to identify whether obesity is associate ..

After the US and Mexico, Canada Sunday confirmed six cases of swine flu. The human swine flu outbreak originated in Mexico where 80 people have already died.The US, where 20 cases with mild symptoms have been confirmed in California, New York, Texas  ..

Mexico will get $205 million from the World Bank, including $25 million immediately, to combat the growing swine flu epidemic that is already believed to have claimed more than 80 lives.Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said the $25 million w ..

An Australian father-of-three who had "hated" his right leg for 25 years told Sunday how he plunged it in a bucket of dry ice for six hours so surgeons at a Sydney hospital had no choice but to amputate below the knee."I'm tired of ..

Imagine a kidney the size of a basketball. That's what doctors at a Delhi hospital discovered after a 48-year-old man came for a medical checkup for hernia.Ravi Bhatura, a senior sales manager in a private company, had no clue that he was sufferi ..

The Geneva-based World Health Organisation Saturday declared the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the US a "public health emergency of international concern".At least 20 deaths in Mexico have been confirmed as swine flu, among a total of ..

Delhi Police may record statements of classmates of Shano Khan, who died after allegedly being meted out corporal punishment by her teacher, to establish the circumstances that led to the death of the Class 2 student."Days have passed since the  ..

Medical equipment marketing and manufacturing firm Trivitron Healthcare Ltd is planning to set up a medical equipment park in Pune, a top official said."It will be a mini industrial park for manufacturing small sized medical equipment. We will l ..

A 10-week study has thrown up evidence that consumption of fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened beverages, can adversely affect both sensitivity to insulin and how the body handles fats, creating conditions that invite heart attacks and strokes. ..

Wild mice have given experts some clues into why some parasites like lice are important for the conditioning of our 'natural' immune system.Jan Bradley, University of Nottingham parasitologist, said: "Our understanding of mammalian immun ..

a bit of dialogue and support can be more effective than exercise in helping women not only keep off the weight, but also stay smoke-free, a new study has found."A lot of college women report smoking to keep their weight down. We think that by p ..

Dental diseases are rising in India with periodontitis or diseases of the gums affecting as much as 70 percent of Indians in the 30 to 55 years segment, according to dentists."In India, the incidence of periodontitis (diseases of gums) was as hi ..

Eight of India's leading scientists were Friday honoured with Thomson Reuters Research Excellence - India Research Front Awards for their groundbreaking work and influential contribution to global research and development.The eight awardees were  ..

Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai spent $12,000 once to upgrade its electricity system, and is saving $17,000 a year on power bills. Many firms don't even have to pay any money upfront. They just save on the power bill, and pay a percentage of that sav ..

Akkriti Bhatia, a Class 12 student of Modern School Vasant Vihar in the national capital, died of asphyxiation stemming from an asthma attack, according to the post mortem examination report, police said Friday."The post mortem examination repor ..