Normal birth and Caesarean: Differences in babies’ bacteria
Shawdesh Desk: Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally, according to the largest study in the field. The UK scientists say these early ReadMore
Post-pregnancy tips to get your glow back
Shawedesh Desk: Being a new mother requires you to always be on your toes and this might leave you sleep-deprived. It can be difficult to even have a few minutes ReadMore
Bangladesh made strides in cutting child, maternal mortality: WHO
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh is among countries that showed “substantial progress” in reducing child or maternal mortality, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More women and their children are surviving ReadMore
Lab-Grown Human Mini Livers Allow Candidate Drugs Screening for Liver Diseases
Rafiq Islam, (Kansas City): Since culturing of human hepatocytes is tricky and cells derived from different donors have a very different genetic make-up, scientists at the University of Pittsburg School ReadMore
Your smartphone might give you cervical spondylosis
Shawdesh Desk: Wherever you go I’ll follow you! No, we are not referring to the famous TV ad, rather your our extended body part–our mobile phone! Is this the way ReadMore
Life-saving surgery but not by a doctor
It takes 10 years to train as a surgeon in Ethiopia, but Seida Guadu learned how to carry out emergency operations in just three. Here she performs a Caesarean section ReadMore
Purdue Pharma files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Shawdesh Desk: Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, the drug widely seen as igniting the opioid crisis, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday night, a move at the centre of ReadMore
California puts abortion pills in public universities
Shawdesh Desk: At a time when conservative states are sharply limiting abortion access, California signalled a new frontier in abortion-rights on Friday with the passage of legislation that would require ReadMore
