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Researchers find 'long colds' may exist, as well as long Covid
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet's EClinicalMedicine, discovered that people may endure long-term symptoms -- or 'long colds' -- after acute respiratory infections that tested negative for COVID-19.
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Heart Savers– CPR training for a healthy world on the occasion of World He
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28: In India, it is estimated that about 5-6 lakh people die every year due to sudden cardiac death (SCD), with a good proportion of them being under the age of 50. In fact, India and other developing countries are facing an epidemic of cardiovascular
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Dengue Outbreak in Monsoon Worsens in India: Know How To Prevent It
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 15: Dengue is one of the most serious illnesses in India during the monsoon season. While present for centuries, recent escalation owes to population surge, urbanisation, and inadequate vector control. In 2022's January-October period, India recorded 1,1
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Treating COVID with Metformin reduces Long COVID rates
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], June 10: A new study published in The LancetInfectious Diseases supported by the Parsemus Foundation found a 41 per cent reduction in Long COVID rates among people who used metformin at the time of COVID infection. The trial also saw a 42 per cent reduction in emergency roo
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Metformin lowers risk of long Covid: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
University of Minnesota researchers discovered that metformin, a medicine typically used to treat diabetes, reduces the development of protracted COVID in a recent study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring lowers hospitalisations for he
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In patients with chronic heart failure, remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring improves the quality of life and lowers the number of heart failure hospitalisations, according to the first investigator-initiated study on the topic. The research was released in The Lancet and was presente
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Mobile health intervention can help to prevent secondary stroke: ICMR stud
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The results of the trial were published in the Lancet Global Health journal on February 14, 2023.
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Residues of antibiotics in water harmful for health: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to research published in 'The Lancet Planetary Health', antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions surrounding China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance, and drinking water may pose a threat to human health.
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Osteoporosis screening lags behind other disorders: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a recent perspective piece published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, osteoporosis screening and treatment lags behind other diseases, resulting in significant morbidity, death, and economic implications.
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New treatment for atopic dermatitis shows promising result
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who participated in a clinical trial of rocatinlimab--a novel, patient-tailored monoclonal antibody therapy--showed promising results both while taking the drug and up to 20 weeks after the therapy was stopped, Mount Sinai researchers report
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Research finds poor health outcomes related to substance use disorders
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Individuals with a history of hospitalisation for substance use disorders had considerably worse results following the onset of a wide range of physical health illnesses, according to experts from the UK and Czechia.
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