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April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. We are celebrating Autism Spectrum Disorder this month by sharing information with you and of course, lighting up the world blue!   What are...

When was the last time you paid attention to your bowel movements? We tend to not pay attention to such activities until there seems to be a problem with it,...

During their journey (for many decades? centuries? … we don’t know!) of proving that it’s not always a man’s world, generation after generation, women retained, honed, and passed on traits....

Time and again the medical community is reminded that we have to continue learning, accept the limitations of science and most of all, listen to our patients. If you ask...

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common form of birth defects affecting over 7 in 1,000 children worldwide. In Asia, the prevalence of CHD is about 9.3 per 1,000...

MapmyGenome currently has teams providing genetic services across India. ThinkGenetic co-founder and president, Len Barker says, “While we do not provide medical services ourselves and continue to be US-based. Hyderabad: The US-based ThinkGenetic...

While most of the ThinkGenetic knowledge base is currently written in English and focuses on those in the U.S. and Canada, ThinkGenetic currently has visitors from over 170 countries and...

On May 14, 2013, Angelina Jolie wrote a piece in the New York Times titled ‘My Medical Choice’ describing her experience of learning about the change in the BRCA1 gene...

“The revolution in cancer research can be summed up in a single sentence: cancer is, in essence, a genetic disease.” —Bert Vogelstein Cancer. Surprising how this one word elicits a whole...

The Salad is a dish made up of fragments of food, which may be mixed with a sauce or seasoning depending on its recipe and flavour. Salads can be eaten...

According to latest statistics, India is the second worst country affected by obesity & diabetes. In a family of 4, two or three of them are above their body mass index...

Vasant Panchami or Sree Panchami marks the worship of Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of wisdom and knowledge. The devout wear yellow clothes and offer food flavored with saffron and turmeric. As this...