Personal Hygiene

Tapeworm cysts found in heart

A breaking incident came into light at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, when three translucent tapeworm cysts were found in the heart's left ventricle of a 22 year old.

Rehana came for her regular check up at JJ Hospital, Byculla, with complaints of weakness when doctors diagnosed the symptoms to be those caused from pregnancy.

Public bathrooms hotbed of germs--study

If you thought you can escape contracting an infection from the germs in a public restroom by adopting hygienic measures like hand washing think again!

A new study has found that basin taps, soap and tissue dispensers, hand dryers, handles, and any object in a public toilet you touch after scrubbing, are thriving with harmful bacteria.

Genetic links to body odour revealed

If you do all under the sun to maintain good hygiene, but still end up sending off a niggling body odour – blame your genes.

According to the findings of a new study, people who send off a foul odour could be suffering from an uncommon genetic disorder, trimethylaminuria .

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