BMJ

Weight loss surgeries can increase risk of fractures: Study

We're talking about severely obese and overweight people. However, is this really the right route to take?

Jul 28, 2016, 23:18 PM IST

Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart: Study

For decades now, the world has viewed full-fat milk and bacon with suspicion and replaced pork with chicken, and butter with plant-based margarines and cooking oils. 

Apr 13, 2016, 15:40 PM IST

Faecal transplants need careful monitoring: Experts

There are long term potential risks of transferring microbes to a new host, which could include transferring susceptibility to obesity and even mental illness.

Oct 21, 2015, 15:17 PM IST

Popular antidepressant neither safe nor effective for teens

Depressed teens shouldn't take the widely used antidepressant paroxetine as it is neither safe nor effective, as per a reanalysis of an influential study originally published in 2001.

Sep 20, 2015, 17:34 PM IST