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ADB approves another $2 million to help Asia Pacific tackle coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feb 26 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a further two million dollars to help developing countries in Asia and the Pacific contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and improve resilience to this and other communicable diseases.
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Suffering from lung disease, girl carries oxygen cylinder to examination h
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Safia Javed, who has been suffering from lung disease and requires a steady supply of oxygen, carries an oxygen cylinder to the examination hall in order to appear in Class X board exam after she was granted the permission.
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LANXESS product Rely+On Virkon effective against coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India] Feb 26 (ANI/Newswire Gujarat): The coronavirus continues to spread. Authorities around the world are therefore tightening measures to stop the further spread of the lung disease. With no vaccine available, disinfection is of the utmost importance.
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Diphtheria, tetanus booster shots unnecessary for adults who were fully va
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): A new study has suggested that adults do not need tetanus or diphtheria booster shots if they've already completed their childhood vaccination series against these debilitating diseases.
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Obesity related diseases get classification system
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Maryland [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): A new obesity-related disease classification system that appears to be medically actionable has been proposed in a new study.
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Kidneys weighing 7 kgs and 5.8 kgs removed from 4-yer-old man at Mumbai h
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): A 41-year-old man, suffering from Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) recently underwent kidney transplant surgery at a hospital in Mumbai in which doctors removed both of his kidneys weighing 7 kilograms and 5.8 kilograms each.
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New disease classification system for obesity
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Maryland [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): In a recent study researchers proposed a new scientifically correct and medically actionable disease classification system for obesity based on the concept of Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease (ABCD).
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Consuming Mediterranean diet may slow down ageing process, says study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Minnesota [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): A new study has suggested that consuming a Mediterranean diet may slow down the process of ageing.
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Japan's Shimizu Corporation produces artificial intelligence suitcase
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Feb 23 (ANI): In recent years, the number of people with visual impairment is on a rise due to age-related issues which has led to the onset of eye disease such as glaucoma. People with such impairment face a number of challenges; among these, one of the largest hurdles that p
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Coral disease risk factors revealed by tools used to study human disease:
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): In a recent study, a team of international researchers have used a statistical technique typically employed in human epidemiology to determine the ecological risk factors affecting the prevalence of two coral diseases -- growth anomalies, abnormalities li
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Italy to restrict movement of people amid spike in coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Italian regions most affected by the new coronavirus will now be able to restrict the movement of people in order to prevent the spread of the disease, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced after an emergency ministerial meeting.
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Death toll from coronavirus in China's Hubei province reaches 2,340
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hubei [China], Feb 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people who have died from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Chinese province of Hubei has gone up to 2,346, regional health authorities report, saying that the total number of people infected with the virus in Hubei has surpass
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