Health

Researchers develop new stratification tool for liver cancer risk after hepatitis C

Washington: While Hepatitis C can be now cured with the help of modern drugs, some patients go on to develop liver cancer after that. A research team has now developed a new…
Study finds exercise slows progression of Parkinson’s disease

Washington: Researchers have discovered that people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, who regularly got one to two hours of moderate exercise twice a week, may have less trouble doing daily physical activities later.…

Study finds unexpected benefits of fat in type 2 diabetes

Geneva: A team of researchers has discovered how a cycle of fat storage and mobilisation allows cells to adapt to excess sugar. The study has been published in the ‘Diabetologia Journal’. These…
Nurses face sleeping issues due to work stress, schedules: Study

Washington: A recent study led by an international team of researchers has found that more than half of nurses went through sleeping issues during the first six months of the pandemic which…
Study asserts depression in pregnancy can be predicted by blood markers

Washington: A study has revealed that signs of inflammation in the blood can reliably predict and identify severe depression in pregnancy. The study was led by scientists at Van Andel Institute and…
Covid was in Europe weeks before first confirmed cases: Study

Oslo: Covid-19 was likely far more widespread in Europe, and around the world, before a first official diagnosis was made, claimed a study. The virus was officially announced from an outbreak in…
Lethal ‘NeoCov’ only 1 mutation away from infecting humans: Wuhan scientists

New Delhi: Wuhan is back in the news as a team of scientists there have warned of a lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’ that requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells and…

NeoCov’s potential danger to humans requires further study: WHO

Geneva: Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has latent ability to mutate, the World Health Organisation has said its potential…
Depression in pregnancy can be predicted by blood markers: Study

Michigan: While giving birth to a new life gives utmost happiness to any woman, it also brings in something not very pleasant with it — depression. Now, a study has revealed that…
Study finds Vitamin D, fish oil supplements might reduce risk of autoimmune disease

Washington: According to a study, taking daily vitamin D supplements – or a combination of vitamin D and omega-3 fish oil – appears to carry a lower risk of developing autoimmune disease,…
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 gradually increasing in India: Centre

New Delhi: The prevalence of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 is gradually increasing in India, said Sujeet Kumar Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), here on Thursday. Addressing a Health Ministry press…
Anti-Covid pills work against Omicron, antibody drugs less effective

New York: The drugs behind the new pills to treat Covid-19 remain very effective against the Omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests also…
Explained: How Omicron is able to evade antibodies, remain contagious

New York: An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the Omicron variant. Their observations explain how the virus is able to evade antibodies…
Blood proteins could be the key to a long and healthy life: Study

Edinburgh: As people age, their bodies begin to decline after they reach adulthood, which results in age-related diseases and death. A new research investigated which proteins could influence the ageing process. Two…
Cerebral palsy can be genetic: Study

Boston: Cerebral palsy is a non-progressing motor impairment that begins in early childhood. It has widely been viewed as the result of oxygen deprivation during birth or other birth-related factors such as…