San Francisco is the first U.S city that bans the sale of e-cigarettes, a measure that affects both brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers. The

Experts at the Center for Tobacco Research and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J.

New oral formulation of Amphotericin B is identified to treat systemic fungal and parasitic infections by the researchers at the Wasan Laboratory in the

The International Water Management Institute is promoting the Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) initiative to expand the use of solar irrigation systems throughout Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

Scientists at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) were invited to contribute to a number of chapters in WWDR 2020, including chapter 4 (Water-related extremes and risk management).

Water-related natural disasters are major impediments to human security and sustainable socioeconomic development. Climate change has made extreme weather events more severe by altering their frequency, timing, intensity and duration.

A game stimulates a mind – at any age - to explore and wonder. A board game, often based on a near-life setting, offers a safe informal environment where players can interact and learn from each other.

Scientists have reported substantial variability from state to state and region to region in the number of donor organs recovered from drug-intoxication-related deaths.

Nine patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) after receiving lifesaving heart transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease

Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs into people who are in dire need for a new organ, reports a new study. The findings

Scientists have created a simulated organ market and placed a dollar value factor using data from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

New study provides incentives to boost organ supply without compromising organ quality or inducing excessively high costs of donating. The findings of

A tool to assess organ acceptance practices by transplant centers found wide variability in centers' willingness to use less-than-ideal donor kidneys has been developed by researchers.

Mesenchymal stromal cells from liver were found to have immunoregulatory qualities that make them more effective than similar cells derived from adipose,

Genotyping helps identify and predict the risk of subjects wishing to donate a kidney. Those who are at high-risk of developing the disease can be removed

A strong majority of Americans agree that organ and tissue donation for research contributes to health and medical breakthroughs and acknowledge significant shortfalls for donation.

Introduction of a soft opt (and) #8208;out system of consent significantly boosted organ donation consent though the impact was not immediate, reports a new study.

It's a season of shame for Indian sports!! This time it is not the overated, well-heeled cricketers who found

Thousands of people die every year waiting for someone to donate an organ that is so vitally important and could have

The Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday pronouncing gay sex illegal in India has caused uproar among gay rights acti

China's first-ever anti- domestic violence law was approved. Campaigners said that the law fails to cover some potential victims and has taken too long to pass.

Nobel medicine prize board member has resigned from the body over an investigation into controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Urban Lendahl, a

Some form of physician-assisted dying is legal in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and in a handful of US states. Now, Canada has taken

Theranos, a blood-testing laboratory, has announced that US civil and criminal authorities were conducting a criminal investigation into the company.

The Medical Board of Australia has proposed draft guidelines for cosmetic medical and surgical procedures carried out extensively in the country. Australians

So far 13 European Union nations have legalized marijuana-derived medicines including Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

The usage of a "triage tool" that can help law enforcement more accurately assess threats of violence and predict attacks against police, judges and other

Inorganic arsenic and its presence in the food has harmful effects on health. O in 2016 EU imposed a maximum limit of inorganic arsenic on manufacturers in a bid to mitigate associated health risks.

A new review published in i Frontiers in Neuroscience /i explores the current literature and advancements in the applications of neuroscience in law.

Since the Union cabinet has banned the commercial surrogacy, many people from the industry have called this move as regressive and insensitive while some

Narcotics laws may be reformed in Thailand. The government might legalize the use of cannabis for medical purpose only. The Thai government on Tuesday

Intensifying small-scale irrigation is an especially urgent imperative for sub-Saharan Africa, where scarce or variable rainfall severely handicaps agriculture, curbing productivity and resilience. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and its partners have taken bold steps to tackle this challenge, developing business models for irrigation technologies and exerting a positive influence on government policies and […]

A group of nursing academics has accused the BBC of belittling Florence Nightingale by depicting the Lady of the Lamp as a "manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman".

On the occasion of International Nurses Day Indian President Pratibha Patil gave away Florence Nightingale Awards to 36 meritorious nursing personnel

Michigan already faces a shortage of doctors much larger than the national average, and it will grow as millions of Americans qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

An Indian-origin nurse in Singapore will receive this year's International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)

New study has illuminated clinical factors that are associated with the occurrence of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in newborns. It revealed

Switching to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), also known as vaping, during pregnancy could be harmful to the respiratory systems of both mothers

Reprimo gene, which is expressed by specific neurons in the brain, may play a role in menopause-related weight gain, a phenomenon not associated with increased eating, reports a new study.

Oocytes from women who are obese or overweight have a different fatty acid composition compared with oocytes of women with normal weight, reports a new study.

Experimental HIV vaccine successfully elicited broad antibodies that can neutralize a wide variety of HIV strains. The vaccine was developed by scientists

Mobile vans dispensing antiretroviral treatment (ART) and other treatment in parts of Africa significantly increased viral suppression, reports a new study.

Alcohol-based hand disinfectants are effective against the novel coronavirus, according to the study published in the journal iEmerging Infectious Diseases/i.

Males infected with the Toxoplasma parasite were found to impact their offspring's brain health and behavior, revealed Australian researchers. Studying

Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) in patients with drug-resistant bacteria can reduce hospital stays and treat infections easier, reports a new study.

During the COVID-19 crisis, gardening is a great activity to reduce anxiety or get active outside. As a result, gardening is growing in popularity in

Healthcare services under Telangana's Arogyasri scheme came to a halt as nearly 240 private hospitals in the state ceased providing services over non-payment

Eighteen individuals developed symptoms of bacterial infection, and all these patients were admitted to hospitals, of which 14 have been discharged.

Haemophilia patient's urinary bladder was reconstructed at the privately-run Fortis hospital through surgery; an official said. "The surgery was

New study calls attention to the risk posed by overreliance on COVID-19 testing to make clinical and public health decisions. A false-negative test could