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Move over contact lenses, LASIK is better
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 22 (ANI): Good news for those who underwent LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) for correction of their vision, as a recent study has found that the rate of cornea infection is lower.
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How treating traveler's diarrhea with antibiotic risks your health
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 1 (ANI): Turns out, antibiotic use for travelers' diarrhea favours particularly resistant super bacteria, increasing the patients' risk of getting an infection.
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Larger the vitamin C doses, greater the cut in common cold duration
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 31 (ANI): Suffering from common cold? You may want to pop more vitamin C pills as a recent study has suggested that doing so may lead to a greater reduction in the duration of the viral infection.
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Cure for antibiotic resistant infections comes closer to reality
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 31 (ANI): A team of researchers has come up with a new treatment pathway for antibiotic resistant bacteria and infectious diseases with benefits for patients and health care providers.
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Beware! Those heartburn drugs up risk of diarrhea, inflammation of colon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington.D.C. [USA], Mar. 29 (ANI): A study finds that gastric acid suppression drugs increase the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection - which causes diarrhea and life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
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Under-nutrition makes children susceptible to TB: Doctors
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Emergence of multi drug resistant TB and complications aggravated by high rates of co-infection with HIV-AIDS has renewed the threat of TB epidemic in India. With widespread prevalence of the infection, children experience a serious risk of contracting Tuber
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How to avoid mother-to-child infection transmission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 22 (ANI): Despite existing prevention methods, transmission of infections with HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis or rubella from mother to child before and during birth as well as in infancy still occur across Europe.
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How infections during pregnancy may affect your baby
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 21 (ANI): A team of researchers has shed some light on how infections during pregnancy may interfere with the genes linked to prenatal brain development.
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Air pollution alters effectiveness of antibiotics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 3 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Leicester have, for the first time, discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic t
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34 crore children to be dewormed on Third National Deworming Day
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 15 (ANI-BusinessWire India): In order to combat the public health threat of intestinal worm infections in children aged 1-19, the Government of India is observing the third annual National Deworming Day on February 10, 2017. A mop-up day will be held on February 15, 2
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Less water intake accelerates urine infection
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 9 (ANI): Winter problems are no longer restricted to cough, cold and flu. When the temperature drops and the cold winds begin to blow, the air becomes drier and our bodies get less moisture than they do in warmer months, leading to dehydration. And that is the first s
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Researchers use tiny 3D spheres to combat tuberculosis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a new 3D system to study human infection in the laboratory.
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