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Kerala: Parents booked for flouting COVID rules during entrance exam
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 23 (ANI): Kerala police on Wednesday registered a case against about 600 parents of students, who appeared for Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) entrance exam, for flouting COVID-19 protocol on July 16.
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Study suggests increased risks for COVID-19 patients who smoke, vape
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lubbock (Texas) [U.S.A.], July 22 (ANI): Based on the findings of recent case studies of COVID-19 patients, researchers reviewed the role of smoking and vaping that may play in the cerebrovascular and neurological dysfunction of those who contract the virus.
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Uttarakhand launches anti-dengue campaign
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday announced a massive campaign against mosquito-borne diseases like dengue that will involve the wide participation of people in the state preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseas
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Gambusia fish to eradicate Rameswaram mosquitoes
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): The health department in Rameswaram is releasing Gambusia fish in water bodies to combat the menace of mosquito-borne diseases.
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Older people should engage in more physical activity, study explains
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paula [Brazil], July 19 (ANI): The recent research has stressed the importance of physical activity among older people as there are high chances of them becoming prone to chronic diseases, weakened muscles, and frailty.
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Study stresses importance of physical activity among older people
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paula [Brazil], July 17 (ANI): Older adults who do not engage in regular exercise may become prone to chronic diseases, weakened muscles and frailty, according to a recent study.
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WHO, UNICEF alert of drop in vaccinations during coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The world has seen a dramatic decline in the number of children vaccinated during the novel coronavirus pandemic and can experience a surge in preventable diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF
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Study identifies new link between calcium, cardiolipin in heart defects
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): Detection of Energy production in heart muscles result in a variety of cardiac diseases. A team of scientists has now discovered a new link between calcium, heart energy production, and cardiolipin, a type of fat. The discovery helps explain heart defect
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J-K: Srinagar hospital begins 'plasma therapy' for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 10 (ANI): Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura has conducted the first-ever Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for COVID-19 patients to treat the novel coronavirus.
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Bajaj Finserv Digital Health EMI Network Card - Avail Treatments for Commo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): According to a report by the Indian Journal of Community Medicine - "In India non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading cause of death in the country, contributing to 60% of deaths. Four diseases namely, cancer, diabetes
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Study finds new link between calcium, cardiolipin in heart defects
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 8 (ANI): The heart needs the energy to pump blood. So, energy production defects in heart muscles result in a variety of cardiac diseases. In the light of the following information, scientists have now discovered a new link between calcium, heart energy production
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Combating COVID-19: Kerala govt implements additional regulations regardin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 5 (ANI): In the backdrop of increasing COVID-19 cases and in some cases where the sources are not identified, Kerala government has implemented certain additional regulations in the exercise of the powers conferred by of the Kerala Epidemic Diseases
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