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Diabetic retinopathy is one of the biggest causes of preventable blindness among Indian adults, doctors said. Calling diabetes an uncontrolled disease in India with 65 million cases, the doctors say that at least 40 percent of the severe diabetics will suffer from diabetic retinopathy if steps are not taken to control it.

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It may appear counterintuitive but including a little bit of sweets in your meal could help you stop gaining unhealthy weight, new research suggests.

An experimental drug aimed at combating Alzheimer's disease has a host of unexpected anti-ageing effects in animals, a new study says. To combat the disease, the drug targets Alzheimer's major risk factor - old age.

If you are a diabetic, having diets rich in potassium may help you protect the heart and kidney health, says a new study. Individuals with Type-2 diabetes are at increased risk of developing kidney failure and heart disease.

If you are asthmatic, reducing anxiety can help you better manage the respiratory condition, new research has found. The findings suggest that when people with high level of anxiety also have asthma, their suffering can be far more debilitating and dangerous, because they have difficulty managing their asthma.

The Indian Pharmaceutical Association's West Bengal chapter on Thursday urged the union health ministry to take steps to limit the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in livestock in the wake of increasing antibiotic resistance in India.

West Bengal's drug controller has sounded an alarm on the indiscriminate use of pregnancy hormone oxytocin in dairying, which could lead to major hormonal imbalance in humans, an official said on Thursday.

A new drug can help patients with blood cancers who are resistant to current chemotherapy lead a normal and active life, show results of an international clinical trial, a first-in-man study of the drug.

WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Incand Eli Lilly and Company announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop, manufacture and commercialize a novel small molecule in China.

Not just your wife, emotional relationships with siblings, friends, neighbours and co-workers can also result in lower testosterone levels as you age, researchers including an Indian-origin scientist report.