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There is little in India’s smoldering and impoverished capital New Delhi to bring a smile to your face. Yet every morning in dozens of parks across the city, men and women gather simply to have a good laugh, swearing that the practice improves their physical and mental health. A voiced report. (more…)

Canadian researchers have identified the main factors that worsen glaucoma, a disease that can destroy sight. (more…)

Viruses that plagued our ancestors some 4 million years ago may have affected how susceptible humans are to HIV today, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have found. By resurrecting a key part of the virus, researchers showed that humans have a… (more…)

People with eye cancer treated with radiation who have radiation retinopathy can keep their sight longer if treated with Avastin, say New York researchers. (more…)

Canada’s Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics Inc. will exclusively license a type of stem cell technology to U.S. firm Stem Cell Authority Ltd. (more…)

Manufacturers of dietary supplements will need to prove that what they describe on the label is actually in the bottle under new regulations announced by U.S. regulators on Friday. (more…)

The first and only over-the-counter weight loss pill for overweight adults, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is now available. (more…)

Using a combination of experimental techniques, a gene implicated in a third of all breast cancers has been discovered, perhaps leading to new treatments, according to a report published in the journal Cell. (more…)

Echinacea, a medicinal herb that came to prominence thanks to its use by Sioux Indians, can more than halve the risk of catching a cold, a wide-scale study has confirmed. Taking echinacea supplements can reduce the risk of a cold by 58 percent and may also shorten the duration of a cold almost one and haf days, according to the paper, published on Sunday in the July issue of the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. (more…)