Health-Lifestyle

New York, March 16 (IANS) You must have heard one should sleep for eight hours, but researchers say that it depends on a person's genetics. When it comes to sleep, quality matters over quantity. People with Familial Natural Short Sleep…
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New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur has established a research centre for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in collaboration with Dystrophy Annihilation Research Trust (DART), Bangalore and the All India…
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New York, March 16 (IANS) US drug maker Pfizer has announced that it has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorisation (EUA) of an additional booster dose for adults 65 years of age…
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Addis Ababa, March 16 (IANS) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 11,284,902 as of Tuesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The specialised healthcare agency of the…
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London, March 16 (IANS) With the success of mRNA drug technology in the fight against Covid-19, scientists are looking to use the therapies to develop new treatments for some diseases like cholesterol, heart disease and cancer. RNA gene…
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New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Doctors here have successfully treated a 16-year-old boy suffering from spinal deformity, helping him stand straight on his feet for the first time in his life. The boy, Himeshwar from Gurdaspur in Punjab,…
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New York, March 15 (IANS) Scientists at the University of Texas have developed a vaccine that could protect against the deadly Nipah virus in just three days. Nipah is a zoonotic virus (transmitted from animals to humans), which can be…
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Sydney, March 15 (IANS) A new combination drug therapy against a type of malaria in kids aged 2 to 16 has received the first approval from Australian regulators. The single dose tafenoquine (Kozenis), administered together with the standard…
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