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Study finds obesity drug helps teens lose weight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A drug called semaglutide, which is approved for adults with obesity or overweight, also helps adolescents shed pounds and have healthier hearts, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at Obesity Week 2022.
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Air pollution causing more disability than tobacco smoke: Ex-AIIMS Directo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dr Guleria, who is also HOD of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and sleep disorders while speaking to ANI said, "it is causing more disability than even tobacco smoke. We talk a lot about smoking, but not about using tobacco. But now the burden of disability has shifted more towards a
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Even people without respiratory problem history coming for emergency treat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Since the winters have arrived and the air quality index has already been about 400 AQI in last two to three days now, this smog is giving all types of respiratory problems. People are suffering from breathing issues like asthma, bronchitis. The symptoms are increasing," said Dr Nikhil M
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Innovating to improve medicine adherence: Elevating diabetes care
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI/Mediawire): A total of roughly 77 million are diagnosed with diabetes, making the country home to the second-largest population with diabetes in the world. The widespread and rising trend of diabetes is a growing public health threat. This can be attributed
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New computational method builds detailed maps of human tissues
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their approach promises to accelerate studies on organ-scale cellular interactions and could enable powerful new diagnostic strategies for a wide range o
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Janaushadhi Kendra is medicine shop of the poor: Union Minister Mandaviya
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana has made phenomenal Progress in the last 8 years and Janaushadhi Kendra become the Medicine shop of the poor in the Country, Union Minister for Health and Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.
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Potential new treatment target for sleep apnea identified during study
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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Study finds pandemic-related stress associated with changes in menstrual c
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
We know that the pandemic has been a very stressful time for many people, and we also know that stress can appear in women's bodies as alterations in menstruation function. Researchers found the link between them in a recent study.
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Cancer drug might be helpful against malaria: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A ground-breaking discovery by a multinational team led by Penn State researchers has given new hope against malaria, which kills over 500,000 people each year, disproportionately impacting children under the age of five, pregnant women, and HIV patients.
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Researchers find new drug to fight UTIs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new drug combination has been found to be more effective, especially against persistent, drug-resistant infections, according to an international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments for complicated urinary tract infections.
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New medicine discovered to be beneficial for treating complicated urinary
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A combination of the drugs cefepime and enmetazobactam was more effective in treating both complicated urinary tract infections and acute pyelonephritis (AP), a bacterial infection causing kidney inflammation than a standard treatment combining piperacillin and tazobactam.
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Researchers suggest standard threshold not accurate to assess testosterone
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Testosterone deficiency is typically regarded as a disease affecting elderly men. A recent study found age-specific cutoffs not accurate when assessing testosterone levels in younger men.
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