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Drug injection may cause substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 28 (ANI): A new study now finds that people who inject drugs have a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis. It is a serious infection of the lining of the heart and is possibly linked to increased use of the opioid hydromorphone.
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Gum infection may be linked to Alzheimer's disease: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that gum infection could be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Sri Shivakumara Swamiji's condition stable, says doctor
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Lingayat religious head of Sree Siddaganga Matha, the 111-year-old Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who is being treated for a lung infection is now stable, according to his doctor.
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K'taka, Tamil Nadu record highest TB cases, Sikkim lowest
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Notwithstanding developing new modalities for diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, thousands of people are still falling prey to this infectious disease, which adversely affects human lungs, and leading to death if not properly treated.
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Here's how influenza infection weakens one's body
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 06 (ANI): An individual with influenza infection faces severe weakness owing to an increase in the expression of muscle-degrading genes and a decrease in expression of muscle-building genes in skeletal muscles, a study has concluded.
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Researchers examine consequences of fungal infection in brain
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): To study the short-term consequences of fungal infections, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a mouse model.
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NHRC seeks details from TN Govt, Union Health Ministry on reports of trans
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that a teenage donor, whose blood infected a pregnant woman with HIV, attempted suicide at his home in Tamil Nadu as the families struggled to deal with the tragedy
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Zika infection under control: Rajasthan government
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Rajasthan government has said that Zika infection is under control in the state and no positive cases of Zika virus have been reported or found in the state after October 28.
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Eat Right India: Reducing the Escalating Burden of Noncommunicable Disease
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition, whereby infectious, maternal, and nutritional diseases exist in conjunction with noncommunicable chronic illnesses. India ranks at 130 out of 183 countries in the United Nation's Human
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World's oldest monkeys to help us fight HIV?
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (USA) Dec 15 (ANI): Turns out, world's oldest monkeys -- the Rhesus macaque -- could be prompted to produce neutralizing antibodies against one strain of HIV that resembles the resilient viral form that most commonly infects people.
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MAHE partners with NIAID TB portals program of NIH, USA
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) to become a member of the NIAID TB Portals program (See: https://tbportals.n
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Siddaganga seer Shivakumara Swami stable, recovering
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt is recovering well from the operation he underwent at Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre here and is communicating well. He underwent an operation at the hospital on December 8 to treat his liver and bile d
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