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M.Sc.

A postgraduate in Bio-informatics with long teaching experience, works for news section, writes and edits articles for Medindia.
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Yoga Improves Cognitive Functions and Delays Aging
Yoga has the potential to prevent aging and can keep you young in mind and body. Yogic meditation slows shrinkage of hippocampus, the region responsible for memory.

World Kidney Day 2016 Focus on Kidney Disease in Children and the Message 'Act Early to Prevent It'
World Kidney day 2016 is being celebrated on 10th March with the theme 'Kidney Disease and Children - Act Early to Prevent It'.

Internet Dating Sites Could Be Responsible for the Spread of HIV
Online dating sites and apps could be the prime reason for the growing number of new cases of HIV among men.

International Women’s Day 2016 - "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality"
International Women’s Day is on March 8 and is the time to step up for accelerating gender equality by changing attitudes among people.

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Treatment of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C
A drug used to treat cancer is found to be effective against Niemann-Pick disease, a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects children.