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Authors retract Lancet study on HCQ drug over unavailability of full data
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): Three authors involved in a Lancet article that drew scrutiny over the trial of the antimalarial drug-- hydroxychloroquine-- for curing patients infected with COVID-19 said they retracted items related to it over unavailability of full data set behind the
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Halting hydroxychloroquine trials based on faulty Lancet study is 'knee je
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Shekhar Mande, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) Delhi Director Anurag Agarwal and Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) Chennai Director Rajeev Karandikar have written to
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Lancet study is not randomised clinical trial, only analysis of hospital r
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Dismissing the reports of health risks from Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as per simmering reports cited by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Shekher Mande, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, said on Wednesday t
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Under-5, neonatal mortality rates drop substantially in India since 2000:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): A latest study published by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on child mortality and child growth failure in India from 2000 to 2017 has revealed that the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) and neonatal mortality rate (NMR) have dropped substantially since
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Initial tests of antibody against henipaviruses on healthy volunteers succ
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): Potential lethal infections from certain viruses can be treated through a promising clinical antibody induction.
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Hong Kong residents prone to PTSD amidst unsettling circumstances
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan 11 (ANI): A recent study has found that people from Hong Kong are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after the prolonged unrest in the metropolitan.
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Dr Batra's: Breathe easy with homeopathy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jan 07 (ANI/PRNewswire): According to a study in the Lancet Medical Journal, out of every ten asthmatic patients globally, one is from India.
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Indian surgeons' body slams 'Lancet' for publishing controversial article
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) on Tuesday condemned the prestigious medical journal -- Lancet -- which on August 17 carried an article titled 'Fear and uncertainty around Kashmir future.'
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Worldwide estimates suggest nearly 1 in 2 children with cancer are left un
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): A new study, published in The Lancet Oncology journal estimates there are almost 4 lakh new cases of cancer annually, while current records only count around 2,00,000.
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Genetic testing improves diagnosis of developmental disorders during pregn
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1, (ANI): The health of a child, during the course of any pregnancy, is a source of worry for to-be parents. A new study, published in The Lancet on Thursday sheds light on how genetic testing improves the diagnoses of abnormalities in developing babies that are pi
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Pollution the invisible killer; food the visible healer
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (BusinessWire India): One-sixth of the world's population is impacted and affected by air pollution with various countries taking remedial measures, which are still not enough to curb this menace that continues to jeopardise our lives and that of future generations.
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New brittle bone test may be helpful in preventing hip break agony
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 17 (ANI): In a recent research, a group of researchers have found a new screening test for brittle bone disease that could prevent thousands of women suffering the agony of hip fractures each year.
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