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Study: Hospitalised patients' infections may develop from their own bacter
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hospitals have strict hygiene and sanitation protocols to protect patients from bacteria that rarely sicken healthy people but can be deadly for vulnerable patients already hospitalized with serious illnesses. Nearly 100,000 people die every year in U.S. hospitals of infections they develop
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A Nellore patient with a rare heart condition Dextrocardia with Situs Inve
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 12 (ANI/PRNewswire): A Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) was performed on a 47-year-old person whose heart is on the right side of the chest (Dextrocardia) at Medicover Hospital in Nellore successfully. The doctors at Medicover Hospitals, Nellore,
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Extinct species of Himalayan Owl found in Kanpur, days after rare Himalaya
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Days after a rare Himalayan Griffon Vulture was captured by locals, an extinct species of Owl which is rarely found in the plains, was discovered in the city's new market, informed officials on Wednesday.
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J-K: The simple pleasure of sipping Noon Chai at Bashir's stall
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Noon Chai, a kind of tea, is popular in the Kashmir Valley, Chenab and the upper reaches of the Pir Panjal region, and is readily available in shops there, but is rarely consumed in the winter capital of Jammu.
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Rare Himalayan Griffon Vulture captured from Kanpur cemetery
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Locals at Colonelganj's Eidgah cemetery in Kanpur captured a vulture of rare species, which they later handed over to the UP Forest Department.
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Researchers discover toxic process involving 'jumping genes'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.
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Study finds new trigger of brain inflammation in Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that an inflammatory trigger similar to that found in viral infections is higher in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain illness.
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"Lives of 432 patients under threat": BJP MP Varun Gandhi requests govt to
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Lok Sabha MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday in an official letter lamented the inability of the central government to provide benefits to patients under the National Policy of Rare Diseases scheme.
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Researchers unravel the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers unravel the genetic complexity of two rare inherited vitamin B12 conditions identifying them as hybrid syndromes that are both a vitamin B12 disorder and a disease of ribosomes, the protein-building machinery of the cell.
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MP: Woman gives birth to twin girls, one declared still born
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A 25-year-old woman gave birth to twin baby girls in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district on Wednesday morning. Of the twins, one infant was born without a head and hands. She was declared still born while the other girl child was said to be in good health.
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Massive 'marimo' algae balls at risk from deadly winter sunburn
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Climate change could overexpose rare underwater "marimo" algae balls to sunlight, killing them off according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Marimo are living fluffy balls of green algae. The world's largest marimo can be found in Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan's northern main isla
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Tripura govt launches mobile common service centre for benefit of people i
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The IT department of the Government of Tripura launched 'Mobile Common Service Centre ' today to provide services to Panchayat and interior areas where internet access is rarely available.
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