Browsing Category
Health-Lifestyle
US FDA okays 5th Covid booster shots for 50 and older
Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a fifth Covid-19 booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna for people aged over 50 and some immunocompromised individuals.
The FDA had previously authorised a single!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
19-km Green Corridor formed to transport live heart, lungs
Gurugram, March 30 (IANS) The Gurugram Traffic Police on Tuesday created a 19-km long green corridor for two ambulances from Artemis Hospital in Gurugram to the Gurugram-Delhi border on the national highway to facilitate the transport of a!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Covid fuelled substandard medical products in Indian markets: Report
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) While the menace of substandard and falsified (SF) medical products is not new in India, such incidents saw a significant increase during the Covid-19 pandemic - rising by 47 per cent from 2020 to 2021, according!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Healthtech AI startup Qure.ai raises $40 mn
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Healthtech AI platform Qure.ai (Qure) on Tuesday announced it has secured $40 million in a funding round led by Novo Holdings and HealthQuad, along with existing investor MassMutual Ventures.
Qure.ai offers advanced!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Soft drinks, instant noodles harming human, planetary health
Sao Paulo, March 29 (IANS) Ultra-processed foods are having a negative impact on the diversity of plant species available for human consumption while also damaging human and planetary health, according to a commentary published in the!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Covid not only infects human retina, but can also replicate in it
London, March 29 (IANS) Though SARS-CoV-2, virus causing Covid-19, majorly causes infections of the respiratory tract, it also affects other organs of the human body such as the eyes and brain.
While there is growing evidence to show that!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Men, women process pain signals differently: Study
Toronto, March 28 (IANS) Neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women compared to men, suggests a study.
The finding, published in the journal BRAIN, could lead to better and more personalised treatments for chronic!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Is there a link between Covid brain fog, chemo brain & Alzheimer’s?
New York, March 28 (IANS) Several researchers have found a common link between people who have undergone chemotherapy for any life-threatening disease and previously healthy people who have had a relatively mild Covid infection, and are now!-->…
Read More...
Read More...