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Good dental health may help prevent heart infection from mouth bacteria: S
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): Maintenance of good oral health is more important than the use of antibiotics in dental procedures for some heart patients to prevent a heart infection caused by bacteria around the teeth, according to a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific stateme
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Study suggests common drug could be used to prevent certain skin cancers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): A new research has suggested that an oral drug currently used in the clinical setting to treat neuromuscular diseases could also help prevent a common form of skin cancer caused by damage from ultraviolet-B radiation from the sun.
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World 'under-prepared' to handle COVID-19 pandemic: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that although humanity has faced many infectious diseases in the past, the world is "under-prepared" to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.
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BALCO's 'Arogya Project' benefitted more than 22,000 villagers through rur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI/ThePRTree): Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), India's iconic aluminium producer is playing a crucial role in the prevention of various diseases, especially Covid-19 in the rural regions of the state through its 'Vedanta Rural Hospital'.
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Liver Diseases and Transplantation Centre launched by Kauvery Group of Hos
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Group of Hospitals launched Centers of Excellence (CoE) - The Kauvery Liver Diseases and Transplantation Centers - across all units - Chennai, Trichy, Salem, Hosur and Bengaluru.
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COVID-19: US begins study assessing allergic reactions to Pfizer, Moderna
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Wednesday that it is launching a study to determine the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines among certain individuals.
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Key brain molecule may play role in many brain disorders, suggests study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): A team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine, have identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to those se
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Fauci raises doubt whether US government will be behind vaccine passports
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci on Monday said that he doesn't think the US government will be the main mover behind vaccine passports, but those individual entities could do something with the idea.
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Union Health Minister approves National Policy for Rare Diseases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan approved the "National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021", which aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases with an increased focus on indigenous research, the health ministry said on Saturda
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Centre organises event to promote Ayurveda as treatment for lifestyle dise
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 31 (ANI): In a bid to promote Ayurveda as the mainstream treatment for the prevalent lifestyle-related diseases, the AYUSH Ministry in collaboration with the Vinoba Seva Pratisthan (VSP) successfully organised a 3-day 'Ayurveda Paravin Bhubaneswar' from Ma
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PM Modi thanks UNITAR for lauding India's remarkable progress to reduce pr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [Delhi] March 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the UN Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR) for lauding India's remarkable progress to reduce pre-mature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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Independent US board expresses concern over AstraZeneca's announcements ab
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): An independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates in the United States has expressed concern over AstraZeneca's announcements about its latest findings, according to a statement posted Tuesday by the National Institute of Allerg
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