‘I’m a fitness coach. I tried a GLP-1 drug for three weeks’

After 15 years of helping people manage their health and fitness, coach Arvind Ashok decided to try a GLP-1 drug for three weeks.…

A first step towards a universal vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis

Scientists are looking for a universal pneumococcal vaccine that can target all the hundred or so forms of Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria, and prevent…

How transplant oncology is rewriting the story of liver cancer

A transplant solves two problems in a single operation: it removes every tumour, eliminates the scarred field that keeps producing them, and restores…

Red hexagon on your snack pack: What FSSAI’s new proposed warning label means | Explained

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on August 28, has proposed that…

New senior citizens’ welfare department takes shape in Keralam

The UDF government’s first Budget allocated ₹10 crore to support a range of welfare initiatives for the State’s rapidly ageing population.

UN charts course to manage global warming-limit breach

UNEP’s detailed 'overshoot, peak and decline' pathway seeks to hold the peak as low as possible and then bring temperatures back down below…

Why have people fallen sick after Chloroquine administration in Andhra Pradesh | Explained

Fatal incident in Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram district raises questions about the safe administration of Chloroquine, a commonly used malaria treatment, as a seven-year-old…

ICMR-NIN study shows Vitamin D3 outperforms D2 in supporting muscles and heart

ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN), Hyderabad, researchers have found that vitamin D3 is more effective than vitamin D2 in maintaining and restoring muscle…

GLP-1 weight loss drugs effective even at low starter doses

The GLP-1 drugs semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk, and Eli Lilly's tirzepatide, sold under ‌the brand names Mounjaro and…

Keeping cool saves thousands of lives yearly, but at a cost of worsening global warming, experts say

A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning
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