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World Asthma Day: Severe heatwave may trigger, worsen asthma, says experts

Even as climate models have indicated an increasing heatwave this summer for India, people suffering from asthma, a respiratory disease, may be at significant risk, said experts here on World Asthma Day.

May 2, 2023

UK begins first human clinical trials of new Zika vaccine

The UK has begun the first human clinical trials of a new Zika vaccine, after it showed promising results in animal studies.

Apr 29, 2023

Health Byte: Eating handful of walnuts daily may boost attention among adolescents

Boys and girls who eat a handful of walnuts a day, or at least three times a week can have substantial improvements in cognitive abilities, including attention, suggests a study led by Spanish researchers.

Apr 27, 2023

Abbott's Thyroid tablets: Firm recalls mislabelled batch of Thyronorm tablets sold in MP, Telangana

Drugs Control Administration of Telangana has directed drug inspectors in the state to keep a strict vigil on the movement of a mislabelled batch of thyroid medicine Thyronorm, which has been recalled by healthcare major Abbot.

Apr 27, 2023

Even mild Covid made arteries stiffer, raising cardiovascular risks: Study

Even mild cases of Covid-19 raised arterial stiffness in young adults, increasing long-term detrimental effects on cardiovascular health, according to a study, led by an international team of researchers.

Apr 27, 2023

"Activity snacking" to keep Type-1 diabetes in check

Long periods of sitting time can be harmful to our health, even if you exercise regularly. Light intensity walking for 3 minutes every 30 minutes can help people with Type 1 diabetes to manage their blood sugar levels, according to a study.

Apr 26, 2023

Vaccine printer: Soon get vaccines via skin patches, no injection needed

A novel mobile vaccine printer, developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, may one day help people get vaccinated via skin patches, eliminating the need of needles.

Apr 25, 2023

A Research Scientist Discovers Novel Machine Learning Framework to Detect Cardiovascular Disease at Early Stages

Ketan Gupta said The novel healthcare framework is a complex, interconnected, multi-layered neural network-based model that identifies the severity of cardiac arrest based on the patient's age, ejection fraction of heart chambers, and the patient's follow-up time to the physician

Apr 25, 2023

Vitamin D levels may affect body's response to cancer treatment: Study

Vitamin D levels may be key in determining the human body's response to anti-cancer immunotherapy, especially among people with advanced skin cancer, according to a study.

Apr 24, 2023

Scientists decode role of glucose in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease

Researchers have identified how healthy neurons metabolise glucose, an advance which may have implications for understanding neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Apr 24, 2023

Maternal colorectal cancer linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes: Study

Women with an earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer could be at an increased risk as well as raise odds of adverse outcomes in babies, showed a study.

Apr 22, 2023

Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina kills over 40

A severe outbreak of dengue fever in Argentina has killed more than 40 people and infected over 60,000, the media reported.

Apr 22, 2023

Bournvita effect: Noise grows around packaged food, opaque labels & misleading names of sugar [details]

There are close to sixty different names of sugar that can sneakily get into the packaged food and go undetected in a cursorial glance at the labels.

Apr 19, 2023

Deadly superbug found in 40% of supermarket meat samples; how dangerous is it [details]

In an alarming find, researchers have discovered multi drug-resistant E. coli in 40 per cent of supermarket meat samples.

Apr 16, 2023

New implantable device shrinks pancreatic tumours

Researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer - one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers - by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumour with a device that is smaller than a grain of rice.

Apr 15, 2023