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A large number of research institutes as well as 80 private organisations are expected to participate in 'Arogya', a four-day fair on Indian systems of medicine, that begins in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

In trying to understand how "female Viagra" will affect the brain of women users, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that when brain metabolism dipped in monkeys during tests, desire went up in them for popping "female Viagra".

Coconut milk has been proved to be the next best to breast milk and the Coconut Development Board (CDB) is set to promote it as a health drink and one to be used for cooking.

India's health system needs an urgent course correction across several key challenges, if the country is to achieve the government's vision of assuring health for all, says a paper in The Lancet.

Scientists have developed a device that electronically stimulates tear production, which will offer hope to sufferers of dry eye syndrome, one of the most common eye afflictions in the world.

A team of researchers led by the University of Georgia has identified several biological markers that make it possible to classify mental disorders with greater precision. The findings may lead to improved diagnostics and treatments for those suffering from mental illness.

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Children with allergic disease, particularly asthma and hay fever, have twice the rate of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, setting them on course for heart disease at early age, finds a new study.

Five in six women with increased risk of breast cancer turn down drugs that are likely to prevent the disease, finds cancer research scientists in Britain.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have worked with Coventry-based Medherant, a Warwick spinout company, to produce and patent the World’s first ever ibuprofen patch delivering the drug directly through skin to exactly where it is needed at a consistent dose rate.

Some doctors may recommend that patients with the flu take acetaminophen, or paracetemol, to relieve their symptoms; however, a new randomized clinical trial found no benefits to the over-the-counter medication in terms of fighting the influenza virus or reducing patients' temperature or other symptoms.