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In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is emerging as an easy way of having twins and triplets for working parents and Indian couples desirous of having twins were deliberately opting for IVF treatment, doctors said on Friday.

Bacon, ham and sausages have the same cancer risk as cigarettes, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), set to be published on Monday, a media report said.

The latest edition of Grand Challenges India (GCI), which aims to boost innovation by Indian researchers through technological advancements, will target nutritional interventions in child health, an official said on Friday.

he repetitive babbles of babies primarily are motivated by the infants' ability to hear themselves, shows a US study.

Researchers have developed an accurate method of predicting the probability of developing diabetes following childbirth.

Plague has been endemic in the human population since the beginning of the Bronze Age, more than 5,000 years ago, new research has found.

A substance originally found in bananas and carefully edited by scientists could lead to drugs that fight off a wide range of viruses, including those that cause AIDS, Hepatitis C and influenza, new research suggests.

With identification of a biomarker, researchers have found that a single blood test could reveal whether an apparently healthy person is likely to die of pneumonia or sepsis within the next 14 years.

UN agencies on Thursday declared an end to the 2013-2014 polio outbreak in Somalia, which affected nearly 200 people, most of them children.

Treating high blood pressure with antihypertensive medication can greatly reduce your risk for heart attack, stroke and heart failure, but such treatment cannot undo all of the previous damage or restore cardiovascular disease risk to ideal levels, says a study.