Health
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Chest pain, diarrhoea more common in new COVID-19 patients: Doctors
New Delhi: Amid rising daily COVID-19 cases, patients are presenting more non-specific symptoms like diarrhoea and chest pain leading to heart attacks, experts said here on Tuesday. India on Tuesday reported 8,813…
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BCG vaccine for tuberculosis protects diabetics from COVID-19: Study
Boston: A widely used tuberculosis vaccine protected people with Type 1 diabetes from COVID-19, according to a study that demonstrates the potential of multiple doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) preventive against…
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Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine proven safe in clinical trials
Hyderabad: Vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech announced on Monday that its intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 has been proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in subjects in controlled clinical trials. The Hyderabad-based company completed…
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New AI algorithm can detect brain abnormality, help cure epilepsy
London: An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect subtle brain abnormalities which cause epileptic seizures has been developed by a team of international researchers. The Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection (MELD) project,…
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An inflammatory diet may lead to depression: Research
Boston: The association between depression, eating, and the onset of frailty was discovered in a recent study. The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences published this study. Frailty is defined as an identified…
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Gardening can promote better mental health: Study
Washington: New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants even if they’ve never gardened before. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE,…
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Gout flare-ups may up heart attack, stroke risk for upto 120 days: Study
London: The risk of heart attacks and strokes temporarily increases in the four months after a gout flare, finds a study. The research, by experts at the universities of Nottingham and Keele…
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Monkeypox isolated, possibility of developing vax: Health min
New Delhi: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday informed the Upper House that scientists have isolated the monkeypox virus and a vaccine, like that for COVID-19, might be developed. While replying to…
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80% of rural diabetic patients need amputation of limbs
Hyderabad: As many as 80 per cent of patients with diabetic foot in rural areas need amputation while only 20 per cent of patients in urban areas face this situation, said doctors…
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Monkeypox vs Chickenpox: Difference in symptoms of diseases, say docs
New Delhi: Skin rashes and fever, the common symptoms in both monkeypox and chickenpox have caused confusion among people although doctors have stressed that there is a difference in the way the…
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How chickenpox virus is linked to onset of Alzheimer’s disease
New York: An international team of researchers has found that varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles, may activate herpes simplex (HSV), another common virus, to set in motion the…
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Undetected hypertension adds to India’s rising stroke burden
Undetected and untreated hypertension is the top risk factor for stroke which is the second leading cause of death and disability after ischemic heart disease across the world. Studies have shown that…