A new study reveled that a few aspects of autism are hereditary.

The study researchers, who carried out psychological examinations on 42 parents of children having autism, discovered that these parents appeared to be "socially aloof."

Lead researcher Dr. Joe Piven of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and neuroscientist Dr. Ralph Adolphs, of the California Institute of Technology accriied out the research with the help of his fellow workers.

The findings has been published in the July 17 issue of Current Biology.

A recent research by a Harvard university team has said that Tobacco Companies are manipulating the level of Menthol in cigarettes. This is, obviously, being done to attract adults by making the product brand more appealing. However, cigarette industry has denied these charges.

Menthol is being used to increase the addictiveness of the nicotine though Menthol in itself is not addictive in nature. It decreases the harshness of smoke and changes its smell by making it more appealing. Menthol cigarette use among teens increased between 2000 and 2002.

The rural people would no longer want to panic about money for their medical treatment as they can now pay for medical services at the corporate hospitals under ‘Rajiv Arogyasri’ scheme.

Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy stated that approximately two crore white card holders in Hyderabad region will be benefited from the health insurance plan.

Flanked by Union Ministers P Chidambaram and S Jaipal Reddy, the Chief Minister formally launched the Rajiv Arogyasri scheme in Hyderabad district and kicked off the mega health camp organised at Nizam Grounds in the region.

Malaria has gripped Mumbai tightly into its jaws, with the death toll adding another 4 during the last 24 hours.

According to civic functionaries, malaria claimed 9 lives in the last six days.

Civic executive health officer Dr. J Thanekar, who found around 100 mosquito breeding spots in the F South and North wards during a Saturday morning survey, said, “We are a bit worried about malaria.”

“This is because there is water stagnation at most construction sites there,” Dr. Thanekar said.

There is an area in brain which is responsible for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) risk in people. OCD is a psychiatric anxiety disorder.

A new therapy is about to come to cure people who suffer from dementia. The new method uses an anti-dementia helmet for treatment of dementia. The helmet emits infrared radiations at low level.