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Increasing legal age for women's marriage has enormous social, economic be
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Increasing the legal age for the marriage of women has enormous benefits on social and economic fronts including lowering Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), improvement of nutrition levels and more opportunities for women to pursue higher education and ca
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US mortality data indicates COVID-19 death toll nearly double reported tol
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The true death toll from COVID-19 likely exceeds 400,000, nearly twice the official tally, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) based on an analysis of "excess deaths" in the first eight months of the novel c
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Plasma therapy may be removed from national Covid-19 treatment guidelines:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Convalescent Plasma Therapy may be removed from the national guideline for the treatment of novel coronavirus after an India Council of Medical Research study revealed that it did not help in reducing mortality or slow the progression of Covid-19, the ICM
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Vulnerability to COVID less in women as compared to men
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): In the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak, women encountering lower vulnerability and mortality relative to men is the result of the increased consistency of women to coronavirus policies.
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Four drugs for COVID-19 appear to have little or no effect on reducing mor
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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The interim analysis of WHO's Solidarity Trial has revealed that 4 repurposed drugs for COVID-19--remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens-- appeared to have little or no effect on reducing mortality, initiation of venti
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Four repurposed drugs have no effect on reducing mortality in COVID-19 cas
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The interim analysis of World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Solidarity Trial has revealed that four repurposed drugs for COVID-19--remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on reducing m
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COVID: Women are less likely to put themselves in danger
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The increased adherence of women to Coronavirus policies may be one of the reasons for the lower vulnerability and mortality that they experienced, compared to men, in the early phase of the epidemic, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Surveys suggest men, women have different attitudes towards COVID-19 pande
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Scientists have finally cracked why women ruled countries are responding more effectively to coronavirus pandemic as surveys suggest a difference in attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic in the genders which impacts the gender differences in mortality.
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US study reveals more young adults are abstaining from alcohol
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Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Fewer college-age Americans drink alcohol, compared to nearly 20 years ago, according to a new study.
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Study suggests pandemic leads to high level of stress, less employee engag
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Ohio [US], October 12 (ANI): Researchers have suggested coronavirus pandemic may lead people to ponder their own mortality.
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Despite being diabetic capital, densely populated, Kerala keeping COVID-19
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 11 (ANI): Despite being the diabetic capital of India and demographic vulnerability of population density, Kerala with its efficient health system was able to keep the COVID-19 mortality rate low, said Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja.
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Study suggests lower mortality with larger case volumes in pancreatic surg
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], October 10 (ANI): A positive correlation can be inferred between the volume of services and the quality of treatment results: In hospitals with larger case volumes, the survival probabilities for patients are higher overall, fewer fatal complications occur and hospital stay
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