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This monsoon, let's be HepAware!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Hepatitis A is mild to the moderate viral disorder of the liver which is affected by the consumption of contaminated food and water. Unfortunately, monsoons are the best time when air/water borne infections are at its peak.
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This monsoon, don't ignore your feet!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Monsoon is the season of romance, fun, greenery and scenic beauty. Walking on filthy pavements, water logged streets, moist cool atmosphere and dampness leads to sticky footwear, heavy sweating feet, bacterial and fungal infections like ring worm, itching an
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This vaccine can protect your unborn child from Zika infection
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): Good news for would-be-mothers! Immunising women with a Zika vaccine during pregnancy can protect the transmission of virus from mother to her baby in utero.
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Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they lack certain immune machinery common in other cells.
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Kaspersky highlights connect between cyber attacks on South Korean militar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Kaspersky Lab researchers on Monday established a connect between a 2016 cyber espionage attack on South Korea's defense agency and a subsequent attack that infected 60 ATMs and stole the data from over 2,000 credit cards.
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Half of cancer risk factors in China modifiable: Report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): It has been revealed in a new report that half of all the cancer deaths in men, in 2013 in China, and more than a third of those in women were regarded as being caused by potentially modifiable risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, nutrition, weight, physica
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Did you know birds become immune to influenza?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that an influenza infection in birds, especially mallards, protect them from other sub-types of the virus just like a natural vaccination.
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'Petya' Ransomware hits India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port, oper
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): All operations at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) were suspended on Wednesday after reports of the 'Petya' Ransomware infecting India's largest container port emerged.
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Healing garden at your place: Homoeopathy speaks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): One always aspires to be fit and healthy without taking any medicine. If there will be no stress, infections or any other disturbances, there will be no chance of getting ill. But the real world is exactly opposite. There is no life without challenges.
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Britain's Prince Philip admitted in hospital with infection
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 21 (ANI): The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip has been admitted to hospital for treatment of an infection arising from a pre-existing condition.
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Obesity can boost infection risk post bypass surgery
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 19 (ANI): Obese patients have much higher odds of developing an infection soon after heart bypass surgery, according to a recent study.
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Earlier a girl menstruates, likelier she's to marry young
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 15 (ANI): According to a recent study, the timing of a girl's first menstruation may affect her first sexual encounter, first pregnancy and her vulnerability to some sexually transmitted infections.
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