Research & Development

Sydney, Australia, October 31: Boozing one cup of coffee before going on a long journey could help drivers keep drowsiness at bay, suggests a new Australian study.

London, United Kingdom, October 20:A British scientist has found the secret to a long and healthy life: just add tea, coffee and chocolate to your diet. Gary Williamson, professor of 'functional foods' at Leeds University, has suggested that in order to lead a long and healthy life one should regularly consume "lifespan essential" foodstuffs.

Italy, October 5: Having an extra marital affair can do more harm than just hurting your marriage. An illicit romantic and sexual relationship could prove fatal, especially for migraine sufferers, warns a novel Italian study.

Men and women who are living alone or got divorced are at a significant higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in later years of life, a Swedish study suggests.

Sleep Apnea, a condition in which breathing stops for more than 10 seconds during sleep, may do more harm than just disrupting your good night’s sleep. The sleep-related disorders due to sleep apnea may put a person an increased risk of dying, new study suggests.

People whose mothers had late-onset Alzheimer's disease are at an increased risk to undergo brain metabolism changes that might lead to Alzheimer's, a mind-robbing condition, according to new findings presented at the Alzheimer's Association 2008 International Alzheimer's Disease Conference held in Chicago.

In an exclusive interview in Mombasa on Thursday, the Kenyan scientist Arthur Obel announced that he had yet again, discovered a new drug for treating HIVdefine positivedefine people. He claimed that his new drug named OSCean could reduce an infected person’s viral load to zero.

In a proposal seeking permission for using tissue from those who have died, in order to promote further research in the field of cloning human stem cells, the health ministry of UK has now aimed at making the consent of the donor unnecessary for any such research.

ImClone Systems Inc's biologic drug, Erbitux when administered along with standard chemotherapy to patients ailing from advanced non-small cell lung cancerdefine, prolonged the patients’ survival by nearly five weeks than chemotherapy alone, results of the company’s long awaited clinical trial revealed.

In a verdict that was expected to tilt the balance on either sides, the Supreme Court of Brazil has finally voted in favour of conducting embryonic stem cell research in the country, authorising it and at the same time paving way for new advancements in the field.