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Autophagy is a biological process that removes body's accumulated toxins, and recycles damaged cell components. Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi is the sole recipient of 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The medicine Nobel Prize recognizes his research in the mechanisms...

Long-term exposure to air pollution may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke Earlier this year in Kerala a doctor crashed into a bridge and died. It was later found that he died due to stroke while driving a car on the way to his workplace. Lack of sufficient blood...

Are you feeling sick every time you have milk, ice cream...? Lactose intolerance is a condition where the affected loses the ability to digest lactose (sugar) in milk. The fall-out of this condition is evident as diarrhea, gas and bloating. Lactase, an enzyme produced...

The symptoms of zika virus are similar to other arbovirus infections such as dengue. Zika or Zee-ka is a mosquito borne viral disease. It is prevalent in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. The symptoms of Zika virus include mild fever, rash, muscle...

Babies are prone to illness during monsoon Monsoon provides respite from the heat of summer; however it brings with it a host of health issues. Most specially, newborns are greatly susceptible to infections that spread during the monsoon rains. For that matter, rains...

Why do people fall ill more often during monsoon? After a long stretch of simmering heat of the summer, Rahul and his friends found relief in the fresh and cool breath of air ushered by the monsoons. Rahul was playing all day with the climate marked by a drizzle and...