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Amid coronavirus threat, Tamil Language Festival in Singapore postponed un
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, Feb 18 (ANI): The Tamil Language Festival 2020, scheduled to be held from April 4 to May 3 in Singapore, has been postponed until further notice due to the threat of the novel coronavirus disease, local media reported, citing Tamil Language Council chairman.
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AIIMS starts patient-specific jaw joint replacement
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Feb 17, (ANI): While jaw joint is the most complex and maximally used joint in the human body, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has started to perform patient-specific artificial jaw-joint replacement for those who have fused jaw joint due to trauma,
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405 of the 418 samples test negative for coronavirus, says Kerala govt
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Out of the total 418 samples of suspect coronavirus cases sent for testing to National Institute of Virology from Kerala, 405 have come out as negative, while the results for the rest, barring three, are awaited.
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Foot and mouth disease virus to help treat pancreatic cancer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): The dreaded pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rates among all types of cancers. However, a group of scientists are using the foot and mouth disease virus to find a cure for this often lethal condition.
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Youths in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City donate blood for coronavirus patients
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], Feb 16 (VNA/ANI): Young people in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City organised a blood donation camp on Sunday to address the blood shortages faced by hospitals due to the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Death toll from coronavirus in China surpasses 1,660
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone up to 1,665 in China, with the total number of registered cases standing at 68,500 according to the country's National Health Commission.
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Study reveals single dose of HPV vaccine can protect from cervical cancer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, and persistent infection with certain types of the virus can cause cervical cancer. In a breakthrough study in the field, researchers indicated that a single dose of the human pap
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Study reveals subtle decline in cognition predicts progression to Alzheime
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): A recent study reported that early, subtle differences in cognitive performance, such as fewer words recalled on a memory test, are a sign that harmful proteins are accumulating in the brain, even if levels of those proteins do not yet qualify as dange
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Green tea extract combined with exercise may reduce fatty liver: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have come up with a potential health strategy to combat fatty liver disease. They have found that a combination of green tea extract and exercise reduced the severity of the obesity-related disease by 75 per cent in mice
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Scientists use AI to accurately measure blood flow in heart patients
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): A study has used artificial intelligence (AI) for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow in heart patients and its results were found to be able to predict chances of death, heart attack and stroke.
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Third Indian quarantined on Diamond Princess tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Feb 14 (ANI): One more Indian quarantined on Diamond Princess Cruise Ship tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday, taking the total numbers of Indian nationals infected with the disease to three.
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Study reveals differences in airway size develop during puberty
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): A breakthrough study has found that the differences in airway size between the sexes are developed because of hormonal changes around puberty.
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