No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one's health, according to a statement published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in The Lancet......

Addicts' brains bad at decisions: study

Is addiction a brain disease? Yes, if researchers are to be believed, because it changes the way the brain functions. A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that......

Kissing safer than shaking hands: study

Humans are more at risk of passing on an infection by shaking hands than engaging in kiss, experts have warned. A group of hygiene experts from the United States and Britain have published the......

Measuring the real burden of child drug abuse in India

Before Satyan (name changed) dropped out of school after failing Class 5, he only used to smoke cigarettes. Cannabis and heroin use started afterwards. To finance his habit, Satyan stole money......