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India's universal health coverage policy needs to be extensive, considering the role of the states and Centre and lower than expected performance of healthcare services, experts opined here on Saturday at a conference on healthcare.

The controversial pesticide endosulfan, widely used by Indian farmers, not only induces male infertility but also exerts damage on the liver and lungs, says a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru who have obtained conclusive evidence from animal studies.

Teenagers as young as 16 are experiencing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), say researchers, adding that it shows that the condition is much more common in them than previously thought.

Vitamin B12 levels in the brain are significantly decreased in the elderly and are much lower in individuals with autism or schizophrenia as compared to their peers at similar ages, a new study has found.

Neurons present in our gut play a key role in protecting intestinal tissue from over-inflammation, says a new research from the Rockefeller University.

German Scientists have taken an important step forward in understanding "Black Death" that wrecked havoc in Europe hundreds of years ago.

Researchers have identified how two proteins control the growth of the heart and its adaptation to high blood pressure that can help design new strategies to treat heart failure caused by excessive growth of the heart.

There are 60 genetic disorders that affect skin and nervous system in humans, researchers report.

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A team of Swedish researchers has used cells from cow knee joints to grow new cartilage tissue in laboratory that can help treat degenerative joint disease like osteoarthritis (OA).

In what could be termed as “silver bullet” for Ebola viruses, a team of researchers has isolated human antibodies from Ebola survivors which can neutralise multiple species of the virus that has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa in the past two years.