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COVID-19 Pandemic: Depression, Anxiety Spiked After Lockdown Announcement

Sudden lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic has increased depression and anxiety among millions of people living across the world. Research by the University




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COVID-19 Pandemic: Simple Tips to Improve Mental Health among College Students

COVID-10 lockdown has turned college students' lives upside down. Adjusting to complicated schedules, managing highly competitive environments, and navigating




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COVID-19 Lockdown: Too Much Family Time Causes Conflict between Parents and Children

Being confined within the four walls of the house due to COVID-19 lockdown has increased family time among most workaholics. However, as a famous quote




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Cognitive-behavioral Therapy by Telephone Benefits People With Parkinson's

In people with Parkinson's disease, cognitive-behavioral therapy by telephone was found to be effective for treating depression, revealed study published




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Transgender Teens Have High Rates of Depression, Suicidal Thoughts: Study

Two-thirds of transgender teenagers are at an increased risk of depression, suicidal thoughts and self-injuring behavior, revealed research accepted for




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New Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Works by Changing Parent Behavior

Parent-based treatment known as SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is as efficacious as individual cognitive-behavioral therapy




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Depressive Disorders Are Less Recognized, Treated In HIV Patients

HIV patients are at increased risk of depressive disorders. But they often go unrecognized or untreated, according to a literature review in the iHarvard Review of Psychiatry/i.




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Daily Exercise can Boost Your Mental Fitness

Regular exercise can improve mental fitness. So, hurry up, plan a daily workout schedule to keep your mind sharp. A healthy body is home to a healthy




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Natural Mood Regulation Low or Even Absent in People With Depression: Study

In people with depression, natural mood regulation is low or even absent, revealed research published today in JAMA Psychiatry, from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.




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Kids can Tell When Parents Suppress Their Stress, Says Study

A new study has revealed that parents suppressing stress feelings around their children were found to actually transmit those feelings to the children.




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Schizophrenia: New Findings

A deficiency in the brains of people with schizophrenia that could lead to the development of new drug therapies has been discovered by researchers at




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Older People with Persistent Insomnia are More Likely to Remain Depressed

Older primary care patients with depression who exhibit worsening or persistent sleep disturbance are at higher risk for persistent depression and suicidal ideation, reports a new study.




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Mental Health of Frontline COVID-19 Staff

During this time of COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are psychologically impacted by their work and require psychological support from multiple levels




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New E-tool Helps Kids With Mental Health Issues

The Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach launched by Mayo Clinic can help children and teenagers to work through anxiety treatment resources at the comfort of their home.




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WaterPartnership.org.au: AWP and IWMI to collaborate on water management across the Asia-Pacific

Strengthening DFAT and AWP’s partnership with IWMI provides the opportunity for working more closely together on critical water challenges facing the region








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MongaBay.com: Restoring tank irrigation can strengthen rural climate resilience

Less than 10 percent of defunct tanks have been restored over the past two decades according to researchers.




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TheNews.com.pk: With Kabul River flows controversy

Is joint management of Kabul River by Pakistan and Afghanistan possible as the orphan river finds few takers?








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International Women’s Day

Translating research evidence into change for gender equality.




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SundayTimes.lk: Better waste management options explored at NIBM workshop

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) was a valued partner in conceptualising the workshop content and was well represented at the workshop with the participation of its senior officials.





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Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 El Niño weather event replenished groundwater very differently in southern Africa and in East Africa just below the equator.





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Simulating trade-offs in the water-energy-food nexus

In the Omo-Turkana and Zambezi basins in Africa, complex relationships emerge from the balances struck among hydropower generation, irrigated agriculture, water quality and environmental flows.




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No Recent Spikes in Fever and Pneumonia Cases

There is no spike in fever and pneumonia cases, no flooding of ICUs with patients. Data-sets indicate there is nothing to suggest a large-scale spread of viral infection in the country.




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India's Battle Against COVID-19 is People Driven: PM in 'Mann Ki Baat'

Addressing people through the Mann ki Baat program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's fight against coronavirus was people-driven. Speaking




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40% COVID-19 Patients In Telangana Are In 21-40 Age Group

Official data from Telengana has confirms that as many as 40 per cent of patients are in the age group of 21-40. Gender-wise, more men have been affected than women.




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Chennai's Koyambedu Market Is Now A Corona Hotspot

Chennai's Koyambedu wholesale market has turned into 'Corona wholesale market' because of the 527 persons who tested positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hour.




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Next-gen Method Helps in Hunt for New Cancer Drug Combinations

A new technology developed by scientists was found to help reveal the inner workings of individual cancer cells - potentially identifying more effective treatment combinations for people with cancer.




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New Study Reveals Which Ovarian Cancer Patients Won't Benefit from Immune-PARP Combo

New study published online today by Nature Communications revealed which patients with ovarian cancer won't benefit from immune-PARP combo. The study




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Risky Men are Less Likely to Use Biopsy For Prostate Cancer Detection

African-American men who are at high risk of prostate cancer, are less likely to use a more targeted biopsy option for detecting prostate cancer, according




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Be Alert As Ovarian Cancer Has 'Silent' Symptoms

Since ovarian cancer has very silent symptoms, women can take care of themselves by staying vigilant and going for regular health checkups. It is a




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New Effective Stem Cell Transplant Method can Aid Blood Cancer Patients

New study developed a novel way to make blood stem cells present in the umbilical cord 'more transplantable' that could improve the treatment of a wide range of blood diseases in kids and adults.




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New Drug may Reverse Treatment Resistance in Advanced Multiple Myeloma

New drug, called FL118, was found to be more effective against advanced multiple myeloma cancer cells than the newly diagnosed cases, reports a new study.




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Targeted Treatment may Offer New Hope for Babies with Brain Tumors

Babies with brain tumors are more likely to get benefitted from targeted treatment, finds a new study. Brain cancer in infants is biologically distinct




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Fresh Insights into Brain Tumors in Children

In children with brain tumors, hereditary genetic defect was found to destabilize protein regulation, revealed scientists from the Hopp Children's Cancer




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Shorter Radiotherapy Treatment can Benefit Bowel Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, bowel cancer patients will benefit from the use of effective, shorter, and safer radiotherapy treatment, reports a new study.




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Study says 222nm UVC Radiation Is Non-carcinogenic and Safe

Direct and repetitive illumination from 222nm ultraviolet radiation C does not cause skin cancer, according to the joint research between Kobe University and Ushio Inc.




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Tool That Helps Leukemia Patients Plan For Cancer Treatment

New prognostic tool foretells how long someone diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) should wait before starting cancer treatment. Researchers




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Link Between Obesity And Breast Cancer Found

It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increases the risk of developing breast cancer, as well as other cancers.Based on his ongoing research, Bing Li, Ph.




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Regular Exercise can Help Prevent Liver Cancer Development

New study offers evidence that doing regular exercise can help prevent the most common type of liver cancer hepatocellular carcinoma. The study also identified




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Diagnostic Biomarkers Identified For Rare Kidney Cancer

New biomarkers were identified by scientists from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center to diagnose rare chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC)




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New Investigational Drug Offers Hope In Preventing Cancer Relapse

Re-growth of tumors can be stopped by a new drug under investigation, named Quisinostat, according to the study by the team of researchers at the Francis