December 2015

Researchers have developed a new vaccine strategy that reduces the risk of flu infections in cancer patients at highest risk for influenza.

Reduced antibiotic prescribing by doctors is associated with lower patient satisfaction, a Britain-based survey shows.

Consumption of tea, particularly black and green, greatly reduces the risk of cancer in human beings due to the presence of anti-oxidant agents, according to a researcher with a US university.

Reduced cell density in certain parts of the hippocampus - a brain region that processes and stores memories - may be linked to deficits in short- and long-term memory in people with epilepsy, particularly those with seizures that affect the temporal lobe, new research has found.

Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of slow-growing blood cancer, may have a better alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, results of a phase three clinical trial show.

With diabetes affecting a large section of India's population, the chronic health condition can adversely affect the country's economic growth, experts have warned.