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Africa's traditional Chinese medicine boom cause for concern: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): Rise in the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products in a number of African countries in recent years is fuelling demand for endangered species whose body parts are used to make certain ingredients, according to a report from the Environmental
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Doctors shouldn't practice unethical, immoral, unscientific COVID-19 treat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): India's top virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang has called the prescription of monoclonal antibody therapy by the doctors in the private hospitals of the country for the treatment of Omicron variant of COVID-19 patients "unethical, immoral and unscientific"
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Study finds lactic acid in body that may increase knowledge about cancer m
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): A new study by the University of Copenhagen reveals that specific enzymes can remove lactic acid marks from proteins and this will increase our understanding of the effect of cancer medicine, among others.
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Study finds shorter treatment better for young kids with outpatient pneumo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A new study has found that five days of antibiotics is superior to ten days for children with community-acquired pneumonia who are not hospitalised.
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Dedicated COVID hospitals fully functional in all Odisha districts, says c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 19 (ANI): Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said that "dedicated COVID hospitals" in all districts of the state are fully operational and all these facilities have sufficient and necessary medicines.
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Researchers find placebo effect accounts for more than two-thirds of COVID
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 19 (ANI): The placebo effect is the well-known phenomenon of a person's physical or mental health improving after taking a treatment with no pharmacological therapeutic benefit - a sugar pill, or a syringe full of saline, for example. Sometimes placebo ef
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Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Stanford (California) [US], January 19 (ANI): A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours -- a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.
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UNICEF provides aid to 800 families in Afghanistan including food, medicin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) distributed aid to 800 vulnerable and needy Afghan families including food, medical supplies and winter supplies.
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Pak's mini-budget aftermath: Medicines, cellular services become expensive
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): Amid soaring inflation in Pakistan, the rates of medicines, prepaid cellular cards and sales tax rate on import of electric vehicles have increased due to the mini-budget worth Rs 360 billion, which was passed by the National Assembly last week.
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India tackling another COVID-19 wave while maintaining economic growth: PM
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasized India's fight against another wave of COVID-19 caused due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus while maintaining the economic growth of the country.
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India saved many lives by supplying essential medicines, vaccines during C
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Prime Minister, Narendra Modi while delivering 'State of the World' special address at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda on Monday via video conferencing stressed how India saved many lives by supplying essential medicines and vaccines while foll
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India is pharmacy to world, saved crores of lives by supplying medicines,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): India has saved crores of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic by supplying vaccines and essential medicines to many countries under One Earth One Health vision, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasising that India is now pharmacy to the world and is
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