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Lithium, a drug used successfully for decades to treat adults with bipolar disorder, can also be safe and effective for children suffering from the chronic brain condition. The study was published in Pediatrics.

The mosquito-borne parasite that causes malaria also produces a protein that could help stop cancer, new research has found.

Researchers say that both belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into the brain. People often turn to ideology when they are confronted by problems. The research was published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

A new study has revealed that increasing insulin dose to manage diabetes was found not to be associated with increased cardiovascular death. The findings were published in Diabetes Care.

Living in a neighbourhood dotted with fast food outlets can be linked to poorer bone development in early childhood, a new report suggests.

Using genomic analysis, researchers have found that a woman in Liberia contracted the deadly Ebola virus early this year after having sexual intercourse with a male survivor of the disease.

A new method for treating cancer, using light to destroy cancerous tissue and currently available in China, will be introduced soon in India, the technology developers said on Thursday.

Women with Type 2 diabetes find physical activity more difficult than non-diabetic women, which in turn threatens to make them more sedentary and cause their health to worsen, according to a new study.

With one in every three Indians suffering from hypertension and heart ailments responsible for over 30 percent of deaths in the country, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are acquiring epidemic proportions in India, warn experts.

Human breast milk, which provides essential nutrients and antibodies to newborns, also serves as a newborns for bio-molecules that help clear infections, reduce inflammation, combat pain and heal wounds.