A new study published in the BMJ has hinted at a possible link between some SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) antidepressants and increased birth defect risks when taken during early pregnancy. A…
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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games visitors brought measles to B.C.
University of British Columbia researchers have attributed the 2010 measles outbreak in which 84 cases of measures were recorded to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. The study, published in the Journal of…
Instant messaging to soon surpass email, new research finds
Instant messaging will soon surpass email in terms of usage, a new research report claims. According to new data from research and analytical firm Juniper Research, 43 trillion instant messages will be…
Targeted ads aren’t fair to the fairer sex, study says
A new study into targeted ads has found that the mechanism of delivering such ads may be biased because fewer women than men were shown online ads that promised them help getting…
Combination of diabetes and heart disease takes a toll on life expectancy: Study
A new study that made use of latest technologies like ‘big data’ has found that people with a history of both diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have a substantially lower life expectancy that…
Screening mammography doesn’t reduce breast cancer deaths
Researchers have revealed through a new study that screening mammography is effectively an over-diagnosis and that there are no proofs that such a step has helped bring down the number of cancer…
Obese people gaining weight because of their sense of smell?
Researchers have revealed that obese people have heightened ability to imagine odours and can more vividly image the smell of different food and this is possibly the reason why obese people continue…
Some of us age faster than others, study claims based on 18 biological measures
Aging is seemingly a simple process through which all humans have to go through during their lifetime. However, aging doesn’t affect everyone in the same way and as you may have noticed…
Parents’ views on vaccines shifting owing to extensive media coverage
A nation-wide pole in the US has found that parents’ views towards vaccines are changing for the better and also provides a view of how vaccines are being perceived in different states….
Lyme disease cases on the rise; researchers blame flourishing blacklegged ticks
The notorious Lyme disease is gaining a foothold in areas previously known to have no registered cases of the disease and researchers have blamed the increasing number of blacklegged ticks and their…
Old people suffering from spinal cord injury less likely to receive surgery
The gap between spinal cord injury, diagnosis and surgery in older patients has increased substantially, a new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) has claimed. The study has also suggested…
Over 20,000 women in UK diagnosed with lung cancer annually
A leading cancer charity in the UK has revealed that the number of cases of lung cancer in women per year have surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time since the…
Alcohol consumption while being pregnant fairly common in UK, Ireland
A new study of over 17,000 women across UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand has found that alcohol consumption by pregnant women is common in these countries and while women across all…
Research pegs autonomous taxis as environmentally, economically beneficial
Autonomous cars is one of the hottest topics in the technological research world so much so that even web and internet companies like Google are pouring in huge amounts of research funds…
Researchers just one step away from possible dengue cure
Researchers at an arm’s length from a possible cure or treatment of dengue thanks to a discovery of an antibody that neutralises dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2). With over 400 million people…