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Dr. Ambrish Vijayakar gets conferred with award of Trendsetter 2022 for hi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI/Target Media): India is a country where homeopathy is considered to be a national medical system and the market is growing at a rate of 25 percent every year, with more than 100 million people relying completely on this form of therapy for their health care.
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Steroid treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy may depend on time of d
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ohio [US], February 22 (ANI): Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and other systemic damage. Every year, about 20,000 children are diagnosed with it. Now, a new study has reported that the time of day for providing the drug may be c
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COVID-19 genetic risk variant protects against HIV: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Solna [Sweden], February 22 (ANI): The SARS-CoV-2 infection affects some people severely, while others have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. A recent study has revealed that in addition to risk factors such as advanced age and chronic diseases, like diabetes, our genetic heritage al
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Scientists who treated HIV infected patient with special stem-cell transpl
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Denver (Colorado) [US], February 20 (ANI): HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) a virus that attacks the body's immune system has been known to have no cure. However, a patient living with HIV who received a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukaemia has been free of the
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Exercise post vaccine shot boosts antibodies? Research suggests so
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Iowa [US], February 12 (ANI): Exercising post vaccination surely gets the heart pumping but can it increase one's antibodies? Researchers at Iowa State University suggested that 90 minutes of mild to moderate-intensity exercise directly after a flu or COVID-19 vaccine may provide an extra im
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65 per cent of people with hybrid immunity neutralised Omicron variant of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 10 (ANI): Hybrid immunity is effective in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, reveals the study conducted by Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, a rheumatologist and medical director at CARE Hospital in Kochi.
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Study finds how liver and immune cells communicate while fasting
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], February 9 (ANI): People often fast for losing weight. Sometimes they do it for better digestion. Previous studies have shown how fasting can influence the immune system to improve different chronic inflammatory conditions, but little is known about how immune responses mig
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Old drug may protect against COVID-19 lung injury, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 9 (ANI): Lung infection and lung injury was the cause for many deaths in the second wave of COVID-19. Doctors everywhere tried their best to find a drug that cured the lung infection. Now, a new preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cold Spr
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Studies explore Omega-3 Index benefits for immunity and cell membrane inte
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sioux Falls (South Dakota) [US], February 4 (ANI): Two pivotal studies featuring the Omega-3 Index have shed light on how they impact the body. The first discussed how the Omega-3 Index relates to red blood cell (RBC) distribution width (a measure of cellular integrity) and the second explor
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First virus infection in infants linked with infections later in life: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Edinburgh [Scotland], February 2 (ANI): When a baby leaves the protection of its mother's womb and comes into the world, its body takes time to adjust to the new environment. It is natural for them to have infections in their first few days and weeks, but a recent research has something else
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Pandemic Impact: Indians turn to life insurance to boost financial immunit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI/Mediawire): In the middle of the pandemic, Indians learnt new lessons about health and wealth. It was not just building physical immunity that was key, but also financial immunity.
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78% Indians believe insurance plays an important role in financial planni
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI/Mediawire): The pandemic swept in a lot of uncertainty along with the novel coronavirus. Globally, not only did a lot of people lose their jobs, a lot of people had to deal with pay cuts or a lot worse like loss of loved ones. India was no different. Today,
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