Health-Lifestyle

London, July 19 (IANS) Older adults appear to be twice as likely to develop mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, alongside suffering from financial difficulties after contracting Covid-19, finds a study. The study,…
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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Monkeypox infection is not showing signs of slowing down and is on track to hit 100,000 cases by August as per an earlier forecast, top US epidemiologist and health economist Eric Feigl-Ding warned. About 60…
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New York, July 19 (IANS) Pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, had double the risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a study. The study, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases…
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New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Even as a recent study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) showed the silent spread of Zika in many states, health experts on Monday said that the virus may have already become endemic in India.…
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Paris, July 18 (IANS) Use of nitrates in processed meat products like ham and sausage increased the risk of colon cancer, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has confirmed. Nitrates and…
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Toronto, July 18 (IANS) Canadian researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle - the main chamber of heart - in the lab. In the human heart, the left ventricle is the one that pumps freshly oxygenated blood into…
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London, July 18 (IANS) Loss of the Y chromosome - male sex chromosome - in elderly men causes development of fibrosis in the heart, impaired heart function, and death from cardiovascular diseases, finds a study. Men die, on average, several…
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New York, July 18 (IANS) A team of researchers in the US has produced antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat Covid-19 or as a preventative measure for people exposed to…
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