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Laparoscopic Surgery at Jehangir Hospital: A Minimally Invasive Alternativ
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 30: Surgical interventions are vital for specific health problems, and the choice of procedure rests with the doctor. Understanding the best option is crucial for insights into postoperative pain, recovery, and hospital stay. While open surgeries were once
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Scientists find sleeping too much or too little can make you sick
Updated : 3 years ago IST
All kinds of issues can be resolved with a good night's sleep, but recent research suggests that getting enough sleep may also reduce your susceptibility to illness.
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Researchers find gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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COVID-19 vaccines prior to infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study in California prisons found recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but Infection risk remains high. Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in California prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to an analysis b
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Researchers reveal particles that determines potential infection risk
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Study revealed particles emitted by diseased people frequently carry infectious disease pathogens. However, depending on where in the respiratory system they originate, these aerosol particles can have a wide range of sizes. The lung produces PM5, or microscopic particles, generally with a d
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Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services: UN re
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/ New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) re
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Research discovers COVID infection risk rises after second vaccine dose
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 28 (ANI): A new research has discovered a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Study finds COVID infection risk rises after second vaccine dose
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI): A new study has found a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Exposure density and neighbourhood disparities in COVID-19 infection risk:
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Researchers report that neighbourhood changes in exposure density--a measure of activity associated with increased risk of exposure to COVID-19-infected individuals--in New York City in response to a statewide stay-at-home order were associated with COVID-19
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Pollution increases risk of COVID-19 infection: Health Ministry officials
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Officials from the Health Ministry on Friday informed a parliamentary committee on Urban Development (UD) of the risk of coronavirus infection due to pollution.
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Researchers compare social benefits and COVID-19 transmission risk of US l
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 11 (ANI): To prevent the spread of COVID-19, policymakers have imposed restrictions on work, activities, and gatherings, which vary across location types. Decisions about the types of locations to restrict reflect trade-offs between infection risk and benefits to th
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Glenmark to start new phase 3 clinical trial for hospitalised patients of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced a new randomised, open-label study to test the combined efficacy of two antiviral drugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir as a potential Covid-19 treatment strategy.
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