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Postmenopausal women with periodontal or gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not have the chronic inflammatory disease.

Japan's health ministry conducts a probe into a pharmaceutical firm over its suspected mishandling of a potentially lethal toxin which can be used for biological warfare.

Confirming links between gut bacteria and cardiovascular disease, researchers have demonstrated that targeting microbes in the gut may prevent heart disease brought on by nutrients contained in a diet rich in red meat, eggs and high-fat dairy products.

In a first, a research team has succeeded in producing 3D images showing oxygen and carbon dioxide transport in the lungs, thus providing hope for better treatment of respiratory diseases.

Daily magnesium intake may be beneficial in preventing pancreatic cancer, researchers from Indiana University (IU) have found.

Vices such as AIDS and drug addiction are against the Indian tradition and should be tackled effectively, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha said in her address on the eve of the state's Liberation Day.

With nearly 5.2 million medical injuries recorded each year in India, an Assam professor, who recently lost his wife due to "utter callousness" of doctors has begun spreading awareness about medical negligence which he claims has acquired "endemic proportions" in the country.

In a rare surgery, a 26-year-old youth saved his father's life by donating a portion of his liver in spite of having a different blood group, hospital officials said on Saturday.

A researcher from George Washington University is exploring the possibility of using a new technique for human reproduction and its ethical and practical implications.

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Chronic alcohol use, when combined with repeated binge drinking, causes more damage to the liver than previously thought, says an Indian-origin researcher from University of Missouri-Columbia.