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On World Birth Defects Day, WHO reaffirms commitment to prevent, control b
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down syndrome, but there
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"Is Jaishankar suffering from Stockholm syndrome?" Congress attacks Foreig
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Attacking the Centre over foreign policies, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and said Jaishankar is the most failed foreign minister of the country.
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India's first case of surfactant therapy using salsa technique in a pre-te
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Surfactant therapy has been the mainstay of treatment for preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome. Surfactant therapy is the delivery of a special liquid into the immature lungs of newly born premature babies suffering from breathing difficulty.
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Study gives new insights into understanding of autism
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The study revealed that sensory signals from the outside world are integrated differently in Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most prevalent cause of autism, resulting in them being underrepresented by cortical pyramidal neurons in the brain.
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Study reveals how natural killer immune cells can change tissue inflammati
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers have discovered a previously unidentified function of "natural killer" (NK) immune cells, which has increased our understanding of how the immune system is controlled to prevent disease.
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Study: Weight loss can be early predictor of Alzheimer's disease in people
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers revealed that unintentional weight loss in individuals with Down syndrome may signal the beginning of Alzheimer's disease long before usual cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia become apparent.
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Weight loss could be early predictor of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndro
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Unintentional weight loss in people with Down syndrome may predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease long before typical cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia are apparent.
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White-tailed deer harbor nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from humans to white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer to deer raised concerns about the role of WTD in the epidemiology and ecology of the virus. A study found that White-tailed deer may serve a
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Rela Hospital conducts Asia's first Consensus Conference on Management of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): For the first time Rela Hospital, a Multi-Specialty Quaternary Care Hospital, Chennai hosted the three-day Conference on Prediction and Management of Small for Size Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) and th
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Study offers first glimpse of how many suffer from previously unknown illn
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Even though the syndrome is a rare condition, it has a significant death rate, with up to 50 per cent of sufferers--mostly men--passing away within five years of diagnosis
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Study reveals expanding gene therapy for rare disease that causes blindnes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In an effort to treat the rare genetic condition Usher Syndrome Type 2A (USH2A), a University of Houston researcher is developing a gene therapy technique.
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IBS-related changes in patients can be monitored by wearable devices: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which include chronic abdominal pain associated with bowel motions of one of four types--diarrheal, constipating, mixed, or unclassifiable are difficult to treat.
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