Researchers have invented a new drug for treating pancreatic cancer, which also showed promising initial results.

Radiation and the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine, which are the standard treatment for pancreatic cancer, both work by causing damage to DNA. But pancreatic cancer has a way of repairing that damage, which limits how effective these therapies can be.

Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 10 : A study reveals that administering a single dose of ketamine - a drug commonly used as general anesthetic or a rapid-acting antidepressant - one week before a stressful event, can buffer against a heightened fear response and may also prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

Texas [United States], Feb 4. : Did you know that foetal malnutrition can lead damage the growth of muscles in your newborn child?

Washington D.C. [United States], Feb.01 : In a latest discovery, a study has found out that why some women with healthy BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes develop cancer.

The new study, published in Oncotarget states that defects in a key gene - long thought to drive cancer by turning off the protection afforded by the well-known BRCA genes - spur cancer growth on their own, according to a study led by researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 27 : Dear parents, you cannot force your opinion on your little daughter, as a new study finds that girls as young as six are influenced by the societal stereotypes about intellectual ability and start believing that they cannot be as 'brilliant' as boys.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 26 : Mediterranean diet loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats for six months may benefit people with HIV and Type 2 diabetes.

According to researchers, through healthy food and snacks HIV-positive people were more likely to adhere to their medication regimens, and people with type 2 diabetes, were less depressed and less likely to make trade-offs between food and healthcare.

Washington D. C. [USA], Jan. 26 : Teenagers beware! Smoking marijuana as early as 14 may worse your verbal IQ and cognitive abilities by the time you turn 20, warns a study.

Researchers from Universite de Montreal in Canada suggest that there may be little ill-effect if teenagers delay smoking marijuana till the age of 17.

Washington D. C. [USA], Jan. 26 : Meditation always helps! A study reveals that mindfulness meditation significantly reduced stress-hormone and inflammatory responses to a stressful situation.

Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center found that anxiety disorder patients had sharply reduced stress-hormone and inflammatory responses to a stressful situation after taking a mindfulness meditation course.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 7 : Good news for parents, if your kids are anaemic! As a new study finds that anaemia may protect your kids against malaria.

The study further said that treating kids with anaemia with iron supplementation may remove this protective effect of Iron deficiency.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 6 : Have you ever noticed that the ability to recognise faces, a critical aspect for everyday social interactions, improves from childhood to adulthood?

A study has revealed that in humans, a part of the brain responsible for face recognition continues to grow into adulthood, while the region that helps to recognise places stays the same.

The study was published in journal of Science.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 5 : Eating bananas, potatoes, grains and legumes, foods that are rich in resistant starch support gut health and enhance satiety, reports a study.

The study was published in the journal of Nutrition Bulletin.

Researchers examined the potential health benefits of resistant starch, a form of starch that is not digested in the small intestine and is therefore considered a type of dietary fibre.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 5 : Researchers have developed a new antibiotic which can be used to treat the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, which has become highly drug-resistant strain.

The study was published in the journal MedChemComm.

Washington D.C. [USA], January 4 : A new study says that patients taking medication for depression report more side effects, if they also suffer from panic disorder.

The study has been led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Washington D. C. [USA], Jan. 3 : According to a recent study, alcohol abuse affects your heart as much as other well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity.

The study has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Excessive intake of alcohol increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack and congestive heart failure.

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 3 : Add a modest amount of zinc in your diet to reduce 'wear and tear' on DNA, suggests a study.

The study has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) show that a modest 4 milligrams of extra zinc a day in the diet can have a profound, positive impact on cellular health that helps fight infections and diseases.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 31 : A team of researchers has found that by removing senescent cells, it may bring us one step closer to the "fountain of youth".

However, experts warned that an anti-ageing serum could be a few years off yet as the drugs may be unsafe for elderly people.

A drug has previously been found to help elderly mice regrow their hair, run faster and live for longer.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 31 : The would-be-mothers taking certain omega-3 fatty acid supplements during their third trimester of pregnancy can reduce the risk of childhood chronic wheezing problems or asthma by age five, finds a new study.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 : Smoking cessation is beneficial to the mental health of psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, suggests a study.

The research has been published in the Community Mental Health journal.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 : In-bed bicycle exercise during a patient's stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) of hospital might help him recover more quickly, suggests a study.

The research was published in the journal of PLOS ONE.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 29 : A team of researchers has found that a combination of a diabetes medication and hypertension (high blood pressure) drugs can effectively combat cancer cells.

The study, published in Science Advances, also reported that specific cancer cells respond to this combination of drugs.

The findings indicate the cocktail of these two drugs is effective in a wide range of cancers.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 29 : A new study has found that the use of marijuana increased and the drug's perceived harmfulness decreased among teenagers in Washington after it was legalised for recreational use by adults.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 27 : Researchers have decoded the genetic sequence of the ash tree to help the fight against fungal disease.

Tens of millions of ash trees across Europe are dying from the Hymenoscyphus fraxinea fungus -- the most visible signs a tree is infected with ash dieback fungus are cankers on the bark and dying leaves.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 24 : Abortion care in the UK is 'heading towards a crisis' and reformation of the law is needed to remove stigma, encourage doctors to provide terminations and improve equitable access to excellent, modern abortion services, says a new study.

The study was published in the journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 23 : Extra Vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, according to a study on mice, giving hope in the fight against risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.

Scientists have now discovered that Vitamin D deficiency is necessary for this syndrome to progress in mice, with underlying disturbances in gut bacteria.

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 22 : Researchers have developed a new therapeutic approach to prevent heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases by finding a protein inhibitor drug that can stop blockage development in blood vessels.