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Water-borne diseases loom large as floodwaters recede in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): As the flood situation in Assam has been improving, the authorities are now worried about rising cases of water and vector-borne diseases in the flood-affected areas.
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Asthmatics may soon be able to breathe easier thanks to recent breakthroug
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Joondalup [Australia], July 9 (ANI): In contrast to mild-to-moderate asthmatics and healthy people, severe asthmatics have a distinct biochemical (metabolite) profile that can be detected in their urine, according to research led by Drs. Stacey Reinke (ECU) and Craig Wheelock (Karolinska Ins
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Portugal confirms first female case of monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], July 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Portuguese Directorate-General for Health on Friday confirmed the first monkeypox case in a woman in Portugal.
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Portugal reports weekly count of 65,364 COVID-19 cases, 123 deaths
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], July 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal registered 65,364 COVID-19 cases in the week between June 28 and July 4, the Portuguese Directorate-General for Health (DGS) reported on Friday.
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Study find that copper leads to protein aggregation, may cause Parkinson's
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Copper exposure in the environment and the protein alpha-synuclein in the human brain could play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Researchers were able to show how the protein takes on an unusual shape when exposed to large amounts
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Zambia to start administering oral antiviral COVID-19 pills
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Zambia will soon start administering Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill, to people at risk of developing severe COVID-19 disease, its health ministry said on Friday.
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Childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, younger ages: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Despite numerous public health initiatives to encourage healthy behaviours and improve living conditions the rates of new cases of obesity in elementary school are higher and are occurring earlier in childhood than they were even a decade earlier, according to
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Researchers discovers plant immunity-boosting molecules
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], July 8 (ANI): Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, in conjunction with colleagues in China, uncovered natural cellular components that trigger crucial plant immune responses.
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Fatty food may damage cognitive function: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Australia [Oceania], July 8 (ANI): Eating fatty meals may not only increase the waistline but also damage cognitive function, according to an international study led by UniSA neuroscientists Professor Xin-Fu Zhou and Associate Professor Larisa Bobrovskaya.
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Remidio's Medios AI shows significant promise in last-mile screening for r
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glaucoma, one of the world's leading causes of irreversible blindness, is expected to affect an estimated 120 million by 2040, globally. Treatment options for the management of Referable Glaucoma (a stage of the disease where immediate
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Philippines logs 1,936 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,936 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,713,131.
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Study finds poor physical and mental health in older adults linked to chil
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 7 (ANI): According to a recently published study by University of Toronto researchers, older persons who experienced physical abuse as children were much more likely to experience chronic pain and chronic physical illnesses in later life. In comparison to those who did
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