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Babies are likely to have an increased risk of developing asthma if their mothers during pregnancy take paracetamol a common painkiller, warns a new study.

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Researchers have identified how certain genes can contribute towards a person's susceptibility to stress fracture injuries, a fatigue-induced fracture of the bone caused by repeated pressure over time.

Eating a walnut-rich diet can be effective in losing weight and improving cholesterol level, finds a new study.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) demonstrate grey matter decreases in areas of the brain that process breathlessness, fear and sensitivity to pain, says a new study.

Collaboration and innovation is the key for healthcare and biotechnology companies to develop blockbuster drugs, said leading healthcare experts here on Tuesday.

Certain drugs currently used to treat diseases such as heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia have the potential to be effective in treatment of cancer, new research has found.

A common drug used by diabetes patients to prevent heart disease can be used to aid recovery from a heart attack, reveals a new study.

Australian scientists have developed a revolutionary "bionic spine" which they believe will enable paralysed patients to walk again, the media reported.

Researchers in the US have discovered a new bacterial species that causes the infectious Lyme disease in people.

An implantable device can deliver a particularly toxic cocktail of drugs directly to the highly lethal pancreatic tumours to stunt their growth or in some cases, shrink them all while showing signs that the rest of the body would be spared of the toxic side effects, new research has found.