How carcinogenic is your CAR?
Do you want a country full of cars? Cars cause cancer. Scientists can even measure the cancer potency levels of the cars we ride. The so-called …
Patients having atopic dermatitis, food allergy have structural differences in skin
Identifying such differences will help prevent children at an elevated risk from developing food allergies
Bugs for breakfast
There is more to your average germ than you can digest with a straight face. These bacteria can prevent allergies and fight ulcers
No more shrinking from shrimps
Scientists in Bangalore have identified the protein that makes people allergic to the meat of shrimps, crabs and prawns. Now they will be able to …
Roach trouble
Researchers establish that exposure to cockroach allergen is a major cause of asthma in children
Food allergies: what you need to know about the role your skin plays
The reasons for the rise in allergies are complex, but the skin is now recognised to play an important role as a gatekeeper for the body’s …
Respiratory, cardiac diseases on the rise
In ten years from now, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai together will record the highest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution
Smog and health of aam aadmi
The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …
Pollen rain
Breaking past records, the city Atlanta was enveloped by a coat of pollen from the trees of northern Georgia
Deadly Dimensions
Diesel may be the most commercially viable fuel at present, but one that raises serious doubts on the future of urban health. Sundeep Salvi of …
Breathing easy
A hundred medicines, a dozen therapies but no cure, that is the story of asthma treatment world wide. Complementary medicine fill the vacuum
Gasping millions
Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler …
Your season of birth is stamped on your DNA and can affect your risk of allergies
Those born in autumn or winter are more prone to allergies
New, more palatable medicine promotes gut bacteria to prevent all food allergies
Treatment has been successfully tested in mice
Not all green is healthy
A cure for peanut allergy
Dangerous make-up
A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs
No kidding
Kids' asthma linked to cat allergens
No chapattis
For some young children, wheat is like poison
Smells like danger: Counterfeit perfumes may hide harmful chemicals, BAN Toxics calls for strict action
Lethal chemicals in counterfeit fragrances can cause contact dermatitis, cancers, chronic diseases, studies show
Roasted peanuts cause more allergic reaction than raw ones
Exposure to high temperature induces chemical changes in peanuts, says study
Gut bacteria can help cure food allergies
Clostridia, a class of bacteria, have been able to block peanut allergens in mice
Genetic secrets of peanut varieties unveiled
Scientists found that its sequence was comparable in size to that of the human genome
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