Coffee aid

No heartaches

A protein promises a new lease of life to patients undergoing heart surgery

Zapped

Blasting tumours with particle beams. That's what European scientists are trying to do

Manpower?

Female hormones can boost your sperms

Bad fats

A study distinguishes the "bad" fats from their more harmless cousins

Germ warfare

Oral vaccines could soon be available for rotavirus infection -- a major cause of diarrhoea

It's all in the food

Good nutrition matters even in the womb

More Vitamin C

Better not to blow

The female gaze

Double trouble

The chronically depressed are more likely to develop cancer

Caution!

Infertile couples should think hard before opting for treatments

Sterile fathers, sterile sons

Inhumane conclusion?

Human trials of pesticides can be permitted, state US scientists

Simply Put: Extinction, not evolution

Sharp decline in India’s donkey population might be due to Chinese demand: Brooke Hospital for Animals

The number of donkeys in India decreased by over 60% in a decade

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

Herb to the rescue

Operation Himalayan yew

Gossamer gifts

Breast milk is best milk

Anti-carcinogenic properties of breast milk come to light

Childish foibles

Infected food and unhygienic feeding habits lead to a high incidence of infantile diarrhoea

Down the nuclear trail

Incidence of Down's syndrome linked to fallout from nuclear weapons testing

Saved by a cuppa cha

Green tea could prevent you from becoming liverish and weak-hearted

Drugged to sickness