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Prior knowledge impacts how the brain processes what we see, says a new study. From the smell of flowers to the taste of wine, our perception is strongly influenced by prior knowledge and expectations, a cognitive process known as 'top-down control'.  The study appears online in Nature Neuroscience.

Childhood stress may have a greater influence on weight gain by women than stress during adulthood. The study that appeared online in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

The Indian government has decided to strengthen its regulatory mechanism to prevent the sale of fake medicines in the country. The health ministry will soon introduce mobile drug testing laboratories for surprise checks of medicines available in the market.

The researchers from University of Colorado found that brain structures involved in reward, learning and executive control showed vast changes in women even after a prolonged period of abstinence from drug use. These brain areas are important for decision making, emotion, reward processing and habit formation. The paper published in the journal Radiology.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has launched the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved memantine hydrochloride tablets  USP, 5 mg and 10 mg, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Namenda (memantine HCl) tablets in the US market on July  12, 2015. Dr Reddy’s Memantine hydrochloride tablets USP, 5 mg is available in bottle count size of 60 and the memantine hydrochloride tablets USP, 10 mg are available in bottle count sizes of 60 and 500.

A significant ozone build up has been witnessed this summer in several areas of the national capital, including the one where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal resides, increasing the public health risk, a green body warned today. A latest analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the eve of World Environment Day on June 5 found that the area where Kejriwal resides was "highly vulnerable" to deadly ozone pollution, also "unacceptable" pollution levels were found in Lutyen's Delhi and around hospitals.

Telangana government has embarked on ‘e-arogyam’, an online e-medicine centre in all the government hospitals. The main aim of this programme is to provide quality healthcare services to poor patients in the rural areas.

A method has been found by researchers to separate the medical benefits of cannabis from its unwanted side effects. A study published in the journal PLOS Biology focused on the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, known as Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).