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Cholera outbreak in Amravati claims 5 lives, total 181 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI): Five people died of cholera in the Amravati district of Maharashtra and as many as 181 patients have been diagnosed with the disease, the state public health department confirmed.
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Do you know your brain's neurons function even in sleep?
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): A new study has found that your brain is tasked with hearing sound functions even when you are sound asleep.
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Genetic testing can be beneficial for depression patients, suggests study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): Pharmacogenomic testing can help providers avoid prescribing antidepressant medications that may have undesirable outcomes, suggests a new US Department of Veterans Affairs study.
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COVID-19 booster vaccine beneficial for lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI): Those with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after receiving the full dosage are about half as likely to experience a subsequent "breakthrough" COVID-19 infection, according to a recent study.
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Research reveals patients with lifelong disability tend to have far higher
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a Michigan Medicine study, patients with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental diseases are substantially more frequently prescribed opioids at higher rate than people without these conditions. This finding raises worries about addiction, overdos
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Study finds adults with blood cancer respond to booster dose of COVID-19 v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, less than half of patients with hematologic malignancies developed detectable antibodies after the initial COVID-19 vaccination, but 56 per cent of "nonresponders" developed antibodies after receiving a booster dose.
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Family member's death can be fatal for heart failure patients, suggests st
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, heart failure patients who face grief due to a close family member's death are at higher risk of death, particularly during the first week of demise.
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Jehangir Hospital wins Digital Business Innovation Award for healthcare
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Digital healthcare technology has improved and grown tremendously in the past two years. It offers opportunities to revolutionise the way care and services are delivered. Technology is reshaping the relationship between patients, doctors, an
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Aiming to help patients, engg students develop cheap two-wheeler ambulance
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Gooty (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 7 (ANI): Moved by the sight of people carrying their loved ones in personal vehicles without any medical support during the peak of second wave of COVID-19, two students of an engineering college in Andhra Pradesh have developed an affordable two-wheeler
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Study finds new way to reduce inflammation and prevent repigmentation in p
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): According to a recent study, a group of researchers from the University of California, Irvine found out that the cell-to-cell communication networks could perpetuate irritation and help to prevent repigmentation in patients with vitiligo disease.
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Death of a family member may increase heart failure mortality risk
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): Heart failure patients experiencing grief or in mourning following the loss of a close family member are at an increased risk of death, particularly during the first week following the family member's death, according to a new study.
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Research shows new guidelines set to standardize swallowing fluoroscopy
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, or prolonged intubation. In spite of its widespread use, there wasn't any stan
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