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COVID-19 less severe in fully vaccinated people: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea], February 2 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2019, continues to mutate as it spreads further and infects more people. Vaccination, earlier looked upon with scepticism, has now become the only saviour from the never-ending cycle of the COVID-19 virus. A recent
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Study finds exercise might increase impact of pre-surgical chemo in food p
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): A new study has found that prehab exercise may boost the impact of chemotherapy given to oesophagus cancer patients to shrink their tumours before surgery.
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Scientists discover crucial link between high blood pressure and diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bristol [England], February 1 (ANI): One of the long-standing medical mysteries is the diagnosis of diabetes (high blood sugar) in majority of patients suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension). The reason for this had been unknown. But now, an international team of universities have
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Researchers develop new stratification tool for liver cancer risk after he
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): While Hepatitis C can be now cured with the help of modern drugs, some patients go on to develop liver cancer after that. A research team has now developed a new tool that can determine patients' cancer risk in a single examination.
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Small group of genetic variants found in COVID patients may help understan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has identified a handful of rare structural gene variants, involved in body processes of some of the sickest patients, like inflammation, which the COVID-19 virus needed, to be successful.
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Study finds adults with disabilities in hospital with COVID-19 have worse
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has found that disabled adults have worse outcomes when hospitalised for COVID-19 when compared to patients without disabilities.
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Memorables'- Customized mind-stimulating tools to help Dementia patients
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI/PNN): If you know people who have Dementia, you would probably know how important it is to keep their minds active.
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Flavonoids might reduce risk of death in Parkinson's disease patients: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): People with Parkinson's disease who eat more flavonoids - compounds found in richly coloured foods like berries, cocoa and red wine - may have a lower mortality risk than those who don't, a recent study suggested.
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Hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin doesn't help COVID-19 patients: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): The combination of remdesivir plus a highly concentrated solution of antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 is not more effective than remdesivir alone for treating adults hospitalised with COVID-19, according to recent research.
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India accounts for over half of world's new leprosy patients, shows data
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Despite India being declared "leprosy-free" in 2005, the country still accounts for over half (almost 60 per cent) of the world's new leprosy patients.
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Almost 1 in 7 COVID patients in ICU experienced severe bleeding when given
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Buffalo (New York) [US], January 29 (ANI): A recent study led by University at Buffalo has said that patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) prescribed full-dose blood thinners were significantly more likely to experience heavy bleeding than patients prescribed a smaller yet
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Afghanistan sees sharp spike in Covid cases
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): Airing concern over the sharp increase of patients infected by COVID-19, the doctors on Thursday said that the number of reported patients showing the symptoms of the new COVID-19 variant has risen by 70 per cent within the past week compared to the wee
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