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AGO trap: Eliminates female mosquitoes to help curb chikungunya virus
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A disease control centre developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGO trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitoes looking for a site to lay eggs. After which researchers reported that AGO traps successfully protected people from infection with chiku
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Discovery of new liver cells can make liver transplants redundant
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): Researchers have found single-cell RNA sequencing to identify a type of cell that may be able to regenerate liver tissue, treating liver failure without the need for transplants.
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Safeguard your health this rainy season with a Monsoon Insurance from Baja
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The monsoon season usually records an increase in the number of injuries due to rain-related accidents. Additionally, several regions in the country also witness an outbreak of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.
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Nipah patient discharged, Minister applauds Aster Medcity for successfully
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India] July 24 (ANI/BusinessWire): After a 53-day hospital stay, 23-year-old Nipah patient has discharged from Aster Medcity on Tuesday. All the hospital expenses of the patient were borne by the hospital. Health Minister KK Shailaja visited the patient before he was disch
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Paleo diet could increase risk of heart diseases: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), July 23 (ANI): People who follow paleo diet were found to have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker that is linked closely to heart diseases, suggests a study.
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Doctors should provide only generic medicines: DCC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): To promote usage of generic medicines, the Central Drugs Control Standard Organisation's (CDCSO)- Drug Consultant Committee (DCC) has proposed that doctors should give only generic instead of branded medicines to patients.
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Study discovers how diabetes leads to vascular disease
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): A team of scientists and physicians identified a cellular connection between diabetes and one of its major complications - narrowing of the blood vessel - which increases risks of several serious health conditions, including heart disease and stroke.
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Is it about time we recognise obesity as a disease?
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): With obesity affecting such a massive chunk of the world's population, is there a need to now recognise it as a disease?
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Ease the sting of vector-borne diseases with Dengue Cover from Bajaj Finse
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria are spread through mosquitoes and affect many people across India every year. As per the reports from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, in 2018, more than 89,974 d
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Here's why Alzheimer's is more prevalent in women than men?
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 18 (ANI): While the accumulation of proteins in the brain is a marker to indicate the onset of Alzheimer's, a new study analysed the ways in which these proteins spread, that might help in describing why the disease is more prevalent in females than males.
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Community efforts in right direction can prevent Vector Borne Diseases: Ha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan emphasised on the need of community efforts in the right direction to help in preventing Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) such as Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya.
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Hyderabad witnessing spurt in vector, water-borne diseases with onset of m
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city.
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