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 Like HIV and Ebola, the hepatitis A virus is of likely animal origin, finds a large-scale study looking into the evolutionary origins of the global pathogen.

Particulate matter and nitric dioxide emissions from industrial plants or vehicles increase the risk of heart attacks, despite being within 'safe' levels of air pollution, a new study has claimed. The study examined the effect of short term exposure to air pollution on the risk of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This type of myocardial infarction (heart attack) has the worst prognosis and is caused by thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery that damages the heart.

Cow & Gate, a baby food company is recalling a batch of its 'Sunny Start My First Banana Muesli' packs after receiving complaints of insects found in it.

The INSPIRE consortium, led by Videregen Ltd, has received approval from the MHRA to start a UK clinical trial with its tissue engineered replacement trachea. The trial, which is expected to start in the first half of 2016, will focus on severe structural airway disease (SSAD), a potentially life-threatening condition believed to affect 19,000 people in Europe and the US.  Along with Videregen as commercial partner, the consortium includes the Cell Therapy Catapult, University College London (UCL), NHS Blood and Transplant in Speke and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Nearly half of the children in the slums of the eastern metropolis are underweight, a survey said on Tuesday, drawing attention to the dismal nutrition scenario in urban slums.

The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa also took its toll socially on the African immigrants in the US, shows an analysis of the news coverage of the Ebola scare.

Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary pattern, comprising of fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts, is associated with preventing the onset of depression, according to s new large study. The study of 15,093 people suggests depression could be linked with nutrient deficits.

Researchers at University of California, San Diego have developed a model that could be used to predict a drug's side-effects on different patients.

Obese people need to have a diet rich in vitamin E as they require more than normal levels of the vitamin and at the same time they get less of it, suggests new research.

An Indian-origin researcher in the US has won a $150,000 grant to study genes linked to the deadly melanoma skin cancer, a media report said.