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Study links viral infections during pregnancy to behavioral abnormalities
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 4 (ANI): According to a recent study, viral infections during pregnancy can be linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring.
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Oral infections in childhood may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 28 (ANI): A new study has suggested that common oral infection in childhood is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis in adulthood.
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Study explains how a pathogen causes hospital infections
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Our mouth is home to hundreds of different bacterial species; a few of these oral bacteria are known pathogens. In a recent study, scientists have discovered that three closely related species of bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, know
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Study shows community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infectio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): A new study, presented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle show delivery of an HIV prevention strategy that includes offering in-home HIV testing to everyone, with immediate referral to HIV care, and trea
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Bacteria found in frog skin may help fight fungal infections in humans
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): The past few decades has seen a lethal disease wipe off populations of frogs and other amphibians worldwide, even driving some species to extinction. Yet other amphibians resisted the epidemic.
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Oral antifungal drug linked to higher rates of miscarriage: Study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 19 (ANI): According to a new study, pregnant women may be at a higher risk of miscarriage if they take a commonly a commonly used medication, fluconazole which is used to treat vaginal yeast infections.
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Fiji records 69 cases of leptospirosis, 4 deaths
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Suva [Fiji], Jan 31 (ANI): Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread through the urine of rodents and other animals, has gripped Fiji this monsoon, with 69 cases of infections being reported by authorities until Thursday, while four people have died.
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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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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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Infections during childhood may affect mental health: Study
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 09 (ANI): According to a recent study, serious infections during childhood can be associated with a subsequent increased risk of mental disorders.
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Clinical trial finds new immunotherapy improves MS symptoms
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], Nov 20 (ANI): A world-first clinical trial of a new cellular immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) has found that it improved symptoms and quality of life for the majority of patients.
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Study links drug-resistant infections with higher mortality rates
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers measured the burden of antibiotic resistance in low- or middle-income countries, and reported that in-hospital mortality is significantly higher among patients infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-res
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