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Deaths from bacterial infections in heart on rise among people who inject
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a recent investigation that was published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, among young US citizens between the ages of 15 and 44, the chance of dying from infectious endocarditis has increased by a factor of two over the past two decades.
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A Walkathon for Stroke Awareness by Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals, Pallikaranai conducted a Walkathon on Nov 9, 2022, from their Hospital in Pallikaranai to highlight the awareness of Stroke among the general public. The Walkathon was inaugurated by N. Kumar, TPS, Deput
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New theory explains recovery delays in COVID-19 and cardiac patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators can take a long time to regain consciousness. New research from Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital is now illustrating that these delays may serve a purpose: protecting the brain from oxygen deprivatio
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UN mission warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Since June, the HNP has been responding to the Government's request for UN-backed multi-sector support for Sri Lanka's debt and food and medicine shortages. "Governments and donor agencies have helped the humanitarian community reach over 1 million of the country's most vulnerable people wit
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Cholesterol medicines lessen risk of degenerative eye disease of ageing
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Regular use of drugs to lower cholesterol and control type 2 diabetes may lessen the risk of the degenerative eye disease associated with ageing, known as AMD, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Dr Subhash Babu, first Indian scientist to be awarded Bailey K. Ashford Me
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dr. Subash Babu is the Scientific Director of the ICER (International Centre for Excellence in Research)- India Programme and is a leader in helminth infections and tuberculosis research, and he is the first Indian to receive both the Bailey K Ashford medal as well as the FASTMH award.
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Study links ultraprocessed foods to premature deaths
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that increased consumption of these foods was linked to more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019.
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India issues comprehensive advisory for students planning to study medicin
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The Indian Embassy on Sunday issued a comprehensive advisory to students planning to study medicine in China.
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Motherland Hospital bags FE Gold Award for "Best Mother & Childcare Ho
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI/SRV): Motherland Hospital was recently felicitated at the prestigious FE Healthcare Summit Gold Awards in the category of "Best Mother & Childcare Hospital" in North India.
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Students who repeat a grade experience more bullying: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Students who have repeated a grade have higher risks of being victims of bullying in countries around the world, according to a new study of nearly half a million students publishing Nov. 11 in PLOS Medicine by Xiayun Zuo of Fudan University, China, and colleagues. The study is a part of the
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Study reveals genetic predisposition for Lupus may protect against COVID-1
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers suggested that genetic predisposition for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may be protective against severe COVID-19 infection.
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Study identifies new treatment target for sleep apnea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people, suggest Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers who did a study on mice.
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