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Need for state-specific policies to seize rapidly rising epidemic of metab
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
There is a need for urgent state-specific policies and interventions to arrest the rapidly rising epidemic of metabolic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India, according to a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research--India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB).
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Study reveals how new brain mechanism associated with anxiety, OCD
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The epidemic and its effects have heightened anxiety to unprecedented proportions. However, the causes of anxiety-related disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), remain unknown. In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah Health identified the role of a
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Study finds reduced emissions during epidemic aggravated climate change
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that Covid epidemic shutdowns in South Asia significantly reduced the number of short-lived cooling particles in the air while having no effect on the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases. Researchers were thus able to demonstrate how lower air pollution emissi
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Reduced emissions during the epidemic exacerbated climate change: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found that the Covid epidemic shutdowns in South Asia significantly lowered the number of short-lived cooling particles in the air while having no effect on the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases. Researchers were, therefore, able to show how lower air pollution emissio
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India has developed its own mechanism for estimating TB burden: Mansukh Ma
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mandaviya was addressing at a Quad Plus side event on tuberculosis during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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Epidemic endangers coral reefs in Mideast, Eastern Mediterranean
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Coral reefs act as nurseries and habitats for countless marine species, providing shelter, food, and protection from predators.
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Study: Fear of childbirth intensified by Covid-19 pandemic
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new Dartmouth study, the COVID-19 epidemic increased expectant women's anxiety about childbirth.
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Pakistan: Balochistan facing injection, medicine shortage amid epidemic
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With more and more cases of the Leishmania epidemic coming in Balochistan, the list of affected victims increased and impacted the supplies of medicine and injection.
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Senior Nephrologists and Experts came together to address rising chronic k
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council (IHW Council), in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited and Apollo Hospitals, organised a unique 'Kidney Health Summit 2023' to address the rising epidemic of chronic kidney diseases in
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US President Biden mourns for those killed in Mississippi mass shooting, e
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Enough. We are 48 days into the year and our nation has already suffered at least 73 mass shootings. Thoughts and prayers aren't enough. Gun violence is an epidemic and Congress must act now," the US president said on the mass shooting in Tate County, Mississippi, according to a White House
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Psychological stress impedes performance, even for Olympic athletes: Resea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Not only did the 2020 Tokyo Olympics take place during the COVID-19 epidemic, but it was also the first athletic event to measure and broadcast competitors' heart rates while world-class archers competed for Olympic gold. Yunfeng Lu (Nanjing University) and Songfa Zhong (the National Univers
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Chinese health expert claims 80 pc of people infected with COVID-19 in cou
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention has claimed that the present "wave of epidemic has already infected about 80 pc of the people" in China.
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