PARIS: Scientists yesterday said that they had identified six genetic variants linked to glaucoma, a discovery that should help earlier diagnosis and better...
PARIS: Scientists yesterday said that they had identified six genetic variants linked to glaucoma, a discovery that should help earlier diagnosis and better...
GENEVA: Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned yesterday, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands...
New Delhi: Patients no longer need put off blood tests for fear of painful needle prick. Butterfly needles are here, making blood collection...
MELBOURNE: An Australian hospital apologised after sending out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients telling them they had died instead...
A surfer in action during round 1 of the Mr Price Pro Ballito surfing event as part of the ASP World Tour in...
Actress Taraji P Henson poses with fake money during a photocall for the film “Think Like A Man Too” in Beverly Hills, California,...
Indian schoolchildren make a human ‘No Smoking’ sign during an awarness programme on the eve of World No Tobacco Day in Patiala yesterday....
Residents watch from their apartment window as a competitor performs at the FMX Course competition during the World Extreme Games in Shanghai yesterday....
A group of people pose for pictures with Wayne Garrett and Caitlind Brown of Canada’s light installation “Cloud” during a media preview of...
Japanese Misao Okawa, the world’s oldest woman, eats her birthday cake as she celebrates her 116th birthday in Osaka, western Japan, yesterday. TOKYO:...
LONDON: Dennis Aabo Sorensen lost his left hand when a firework rocket he was holding exploded during New Year’s Eve celebrations 10 years...
PARIS: Inspired by nature and by the aviation pioneers of the early 20th century, scientists in the United States said yesterday they had...
A Chinese security guard stands outside the entrance of an aquarium specialising in sharks in Beijing yesterday. China is under increasing pressure from...
BRUSSELS: The Belgian capital has long been known for the quality of its fine dining, but Brussels is fast emerging as a major...
LONDON: Rugby and soccer players who suffer multiple knocks to the head during their careers are at added risk of brain damage that...
WASHINGTON: Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heatwaves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen...
Newly graduated Libyan police officers show their skills during their graduation ceremony in Tripoli yesterday.
NEW YORK: A heavy turkey dinner caused one worker to sleep through his shift. Another said his false teeth flew out the car...
