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- Health
Researchers discover our sleep shows how risk-seeking we are
Bern: Researchers at the University of Bern have demonstrated that the brain waves during sleep can determine the extent of an individual’s propensity for risk. The findings of the research were published…
- Technology
Hackers exploiting Google Docs, Outlook users at most risk
New Delhi: Hackers are sending malicious links through comments in Google apps like Docs and Slides primarily to Outlook users — a known vulnerability that has not been fully closed or mitigated…
- Health
Why risk of heart attack rises in winter, explain top cardiologists
New Delhi: Several studies suggest that during winter, risk of stroke, heart failure, cardiovascular issues, arrhythmia and disorders rises several times. Many top cardiologists think that it happens due to body’s physiology…
- Health
Consumption of tea, coffee linked to lower risk of stroke, dementia
Tianjin: According to recent research, drinking tea and coffee might be linked to a reduced risk of stroke and dementia. Drinking coffee was also linked with a reduced risk of post-stroke dementia.…
- Technology
Crypto cartels mushroom sans regulation in India, millions at risk
New Delhi: Millions of innocent Indian users have risked their hard-earned money in highly-volatile cryptocurrencies which are not a legal tender and the country stands on the cusp of an economic disaster…
- Technology
Open internet more at risk now than ever before: Twitter
New Delhi: As debate rises over content moderation and regulation on social media platform globally, including in India, Twitter on Tuesday said that governments which seek to defend and expand online freedom,…
- India
Covid derailed India’s healthcare system, raising risk of other diseases
New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented stress on healthcare infrastructure in India, leaving other infectious diseases largely unattended and raising their risk of outbreaks, according to a White Paper by FICCI-Elsevier…
- Health
How to deal with ‘long Covid-19’ in kids
New Delhi: Coronavirus has left a scar on our minds, and its impact is not only felt by adults but kids as well. The concept of ‘long Covid 19’ is not well…
- Health
Aspirin can cut risk of death in cancer patients by 20%: Study
London: Patients with a wide range of cancers, taking aspirin as part of their treatment, could help to reduce their risk of death by 20 per cent, a major review of existing research…
- India
Dawoodi Bohra community sets up COVID-19 ‘war room’ in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Dawoodi Bohra community has set up a COVID-19 ‘war room’ in Mumbai to facilitate distressed people amid the ongoing second wave of the pandemic. The war room, which has been…
- Technology
Bug in Qualcomm mobile chip puts Android users’ privacy at risk
New Delhi: Cyber security researchers have discovered a high-risk security vulnerability in Qualcomm mobile chip responsible for cellular communication in nearly 40 per cent of the high-end phones offered by Google, Samsung, LG,…
- Health
Kidney disease leading risk for COVID-related hospitalisation
Washington: An analysis of Geisinger’s electronic health records has revealed chronic kidney disease to be the leading risk factor for hospitalisation from COVID-19. A team of Geisinger researchers studied the health records…
- Middle East
Amid COVID-19 six million jobs at risk in Arab countries
Sakina Fatima Riyadh: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a loss of job in the Arab world, with more than 6 million jobs to be loss reported by the Arab Monetary Fund…
- Health
Young adults in Canada face a high risk of COVID-19
Ottawa: Young adults in Canada account for the highest number of COVID-19 cases across the country, a senior health official said. For the week ending July 22, “young adults aged 20-39 years of…
- Lifestyle
Bacteria in infants’ first stool may indicate their obesity risk
London: Researchers have revealed that bacteria in meconium — the earliest stool of an infant — may indicate their risk of obesity. Meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant…
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