Washington: By studying stroke victims who have lost the ability to spell, researchers have pinpointed the parts of the brain that control how we write words.

New Delhi: Approximately 81% citizens in country want life saving drugs customs exemption to continue. 

Santa Monica: If the person you love loves chocolate, grabbing a gift for Valentine’s Day is a breeze. But if the person you love has diabetes or prediabetes, you have to think outside the heart-shaped box, says Debora Nagata, diabetes educator at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica.

Washington: Sudden cardiac arrest happens when the heart suddenly stops working and can no longer function properly. It occurs in more than 350,000 individuals in the United States yearly. While heart related deaths occur much less frequently in young people, it is especially devastating to families, schools and the extended community when young, apparently healthy people die unexpectedly.

Durham: Meditation eases anxiety, fatigue and pain for women undergoing breast cancer biopsies, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. They also found that music is effective, but to a lesser extent.

Washington: The Zika virus outbreak and related health issues — including an observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations in Brazil — led World Health Organization officials to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Feb.1.