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US health agency recommends updated COVID boosters, President Biden calls
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The US health agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday authorized, approved, and recommended everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 booster.
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Color of phlegm may predict outcomes for patients with lung disease, bronc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, the colour of phlegm from people suffering from the lung condition bronchiectasis may indicate the degree of inflammation in their lungs and predict their future results.
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Poor water quality has negative impact on socially vulnerable communities:
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent analysis of the links between poor drinking water quality and social vulnerability in the United States, published in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, reveals that these violations disproportionately damage the most vulnerable people.
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Socially vulnerable communities are affected by poor water quality: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent investigation into the connections between poor drinking water quality and social vulnerability in the United States, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by IOP Publishing, shows that these violations disproportionately harm the most vulnerable populations.
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Sedentary lifestyle increases risk of Alzheimer, dementia: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid provides new data on this relationship; the findings confirm the importance of controlling traditional cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, and sedentary lifest
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Study reveals importance of controlling traditional cardiovascular risk fa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In elderly people, cardiovascular disease and dementia frequently coexist. Nonetheless, few long-term studies have been conducted to investigate how atherosclerosis and its related risk factors affect brain health beginning in middle age.
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors are prevalent in young people: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A child with risk factors for heart disease have to wait nearly a year to see a cardiologist in the United States today due to high demand and constrained resources. They could use this valuable time to manage their illnesses and avoid having a heart attack or stroke.
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Report sounds alarm over increase in suicides among elderly in US
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A new report has sounded an alarm over an increase in suicide cases, especially among the older population in the US, as nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022.
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New Covid-19 variant EG.5 on the rise in US
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Covid-19 variant EG.5 is on the rise in the US. The variant is causing about 17 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases in the country compared to 16 per cent for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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Study gives insights into high incidence of youth with risk factors for ca
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Due to high demand and limited resources, a child with risk factors for heart disease (high blood pressure, obesity, etc.) may have to wait nearly a year to see a cardiologist in the United States today. This is valuable time that could be spent controlling their diseases and preventing a he
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Obesity makes ovarian cancer deadlier
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In cancer patients with a BMI higher than 30 (the range for obesity determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the researchers found a particular pattern in the type of immune cells surrounding cancerous tumours.
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Scientists reveal why obesity makes ovarian cancer more deadly
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The majority of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed with the most advanced stage of the disease. Less than a third of people diagnosed with the condition survive five years. According to a recent study, as the third most frequent type of gynaecological cancer, it caused more than 200,000
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