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'Good' bacteria show promise for clinical treatment of Crohn's disease, ul
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates that a consortium of bacteria designed to complement missing or underrepresented functions in the imbalanced microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, prevented and treated chronic immun
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Consignment of 200,000 Amphotericin B doses used in black fungus treatment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): A consignment of 200,000 AmBisome (Amphotericin B injection), used in black fungus treatment reached India on early Sunday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 4.81 mln
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Africa], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,812,313 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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New study provides key to infant's healthy brain
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Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have shed new light on how our brains develop, revealing that the very last step in cell division is crucial for the brain to reach its proper size and function.
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Study: Blood oxygen levels could explain why memory loss is early symptom
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London [UK], May 29 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, scientists from the University of Sussex have recorded blood oxygen levels in the hippocampus and provided experimental proof for why the area, commonly referred to as 'the brain's memory centre', is vulnerable to damage and degeneration,
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Black Fungus: Punjab CM orders ramp-up of alternate drugs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 28 (ANI): With as many as 188 cases of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) reported in the state so far, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a ramp-up of stocks of alternate drugs to treat the disease in view of the shortage of Amphotericin.
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Deconstructing black fungus: Experts talk about myths, misconceptions arou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Mucormycosis, previously known as zygomycosis and sometimes termed as black fungus, is a serious fungal infection, found generally in people with less ability to fight infection. As the cases of black fungus infection continue to rise in India, doctors and sc
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Plant-based dinner could reduce risk of heart disease: Study
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Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): People who eat too many refined carbs and fatty meats for dinner have a higher risk of heart disease than those who eat a similar diet for breakfast, according to a nationwide study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Meta
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Foundation Holdings to invest 218 crore in healthcare and education in Bah
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Manama (Bahrain), May 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Foundation Holdings, a healthcare and education investment firm with major investments in India and the Gulf including Mumbai-based Ed
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Black Fungus: Owing to costs of treatment, poor families stand helpless wh
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New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Soon after the battle for Covid-19 is over, recovered patients are falling prey to mucormycosis in huge numbers, which leads to fungal infection. The Centre declared it as a notifiable disease while 11 states have already declared it as an epidemic.
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Researchers uncover mechanism related to severe post-COVID-19 disease in c
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): A multidisciplinary team from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), Brigham and Women's Hospital and other institutions has identified the mechanism of how an extremely rare but serious post-COVID-19 complication develops in children and adolescents.
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Pregnant woman with rare disease, COVID-19 treated in Lucknow hospital, de
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 25 (ANI): A 38-week pregnant woman suffering from a rare disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and from COVID-19 also, was successfully treated at Queen Mary's Hospital in King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow and gave birth to a baby gir
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