HIV Cases Dip, High-Risk Groups Still A Worry

HIVAIDS epidemic.? The first 29 years were marked with victory as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) metamorphosed from being the deadliest word in public health to jus...

3D Printing Helps Surgeons Plan Life-Saving Operation

A 3D-printed model of the blood vessels inside a woman’s brain has helped surgeons practise life-saving surgery. The surgeons needed to operate to correct a weakness,...

Global Drug Spending To Hit $1.4 Trillion In 2020: IMS

Global spending on medicines will reach $1.4 trillion in 2020, driven by increased healthcare access in emerging markets and high-priced new drugs for cancer and other dise...

Pigeons Could Help Detect Breast Cancer

The latest species to add to that list is the common pigeon (Columba livia). According to a study?by a team of researchers in the US published in?PLOS One, pigeons have an ...

How Does The Gender Gap Affect Cardiologists?

Despite efforts to increase gender diversity in cardiology, major differences in job characteristics and pay persist between men and women who treat heart patients, accordi...

CRISPR Technique Could ‘Turn Off’ Muscular Dystrophy Gene, Study Says

A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy found that, at least for one disease, that may be possible very soon. According to lead resear...

CRISPR Technique Could ‘Turn Off’ Muscular Dystrophy Gene, Study Says

A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Therapy found that, at least for one disease, that may be possible very soon. According to lead resear...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

Chemotherapy Drugs Broke The Blood-Brain Barrier For The First Time

For the first time, doctors at Toronto?s Sunnybrook hospital used ultrasound waves to successfully deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to the affected part of the brain thr...