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When the Steelers and Patriots clash on Thursday in the football’s season opener, you’ll see 250-pound men slam into each other, head o head, at high speed. And get concussions? There’s no easy way to tell. […]
In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug modafinil as a treatment for narcolepsy, a condition in which the brain has trouble regulating its sleep-wake cycle and results in sudden “sleep attacks” where […]
A Brazilian wasp’s venom contains a powerful ingredient which targets and destroys cancer cells without harming normal cells and may lead to an entirely new class of anticancer drugs, scientists say, reports PTI. Researchers have […]
Common anaesthetics used during surgeries may help combat viral and bacterial infections in the lung, including influenza and pneumonia, researchers including an Indian American, Krishnan Chakravarthy of Johns Hopkins Institute of Nanobiotechnology have found. A report on the […]
Indian American scientist & professor Sona Patel, Ph.D. of Seton Hall’s School of Health and Medical Sciences is conducting a new research that could one day make early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other […]
Indian American entomologist Sarjeet Gill is one of only 10 new fellows elected this year as Fellows of the Entomological Society of America for 2015. Gill is a distinguished professor of cell biology and neuroscience at […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Law Commission of India on Wednesday recommended amending the Constitution to ensure that children below six years of age are protected from “all forms” of neglect, harm and exploitation. The Commission […]
SHANGHAI (TIP): Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared the city’s potable water was […]
Twenty one year old Hardik Patel is emerging as the unlikely new leader from Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has built up a new fan following, comprising of people in the […]
ATLANTA (TIP): Former US President Jimmy Carter announced on Thursday that he will begin radiation treatment on cancer that is on multiple spots on his brain. “I get my first radiation treatment for the melanoma […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, August 18, evening approved the world’s first drug designed to stir a woman’s waning desire for sex, a condition that affects an estimated 1 in 10 […]
BEIJING/NEW DELHI (TIP): China set the reference rate for its currency more than one percent lower against the US dollar on August 13, the operator of the national foreign exchange market said, its third consecutive […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): A day after devaluation of the Chinese yuan, the government on August 12 announced a 2.5%increase in customs duty on flat and long steel products, amid a growing clamour for protectionism from […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]
LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s ‘Cycle Man’ and founder of Hero Cycles Om Prakash Munjal died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana on August 13 morning after a brief illness. He was 86 and […]
PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a beauty queen for faking cancer. Miss Pennsylvania champion, Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, of Bellefonte was charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property. The 23-year-old allegedly would […]
KABUL (TIP): An apparent suicide car bombing at a busy roundabout near the entrance to Kabul’s international airport on Monday killed at least four people and wounded another 15, officials said. A huge plume of […]
DALLAS (TIP) — Indian American Dr. Amit Pandya of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, has improved a technique to transplant pigment cells that can repair the affected area of skin discoloration from vitiligo. Vitiligo affects about two million people in […]
An Indian-origin man and his accomplice have charged by the City police after officers located and seized drugs, weapons, cash and a stolen motorcycle from inside a northeast apartment unit. Following a two-week investigation stemming from […]
WELLINGTON: An Indian-origin psychiatrist from the US, charged with stealing the credentials of another US-based doctor so that he could work in New Zealand, was arrested and denied bail, a media report said on Thursday. According […]
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has applauded the role of an Indian-American doctor in researching the health impact of pollution and helping families whose lives are impacted by air pollution. “Doctor, thank you,” Obama said […]
RAMESHWARAM (TIP): This small temple town, with a population of just about 50,000, turned into mini India as one of the country’s most loved sons was laid to rest with full state honors on Thursday, July […]
BOULDER, CO (TIP): Nearly a decade after its inception, The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival is heading to Boulder, Colorado on Sept. 18-20 to host their first-ever U.S. event for three days of books, ideas, performance […]
Spending more leisure time sitting is linked with 10 percent higher risk of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancers in women, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. “The higher risk was present even after […]
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