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Doctors perform complex, rare heart surgery on man with dwarfism
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) In a remarkable medical achievement, doctors have successfully performed a complex and rare aortic valve replacement surgery on a 39-year-old patient with achondroplasia - the most common type of dwarfism.
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Rising infertility rate may impact demographic future of India: Experts
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) India is seeing a significant spike in infertility rate that may impact the demographic future of India, said experts on World IVF Day on Thursday.
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Complex 5-hour-long spine surgery gives Manipur boy a new lease of life
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) In a highly challenging and life-changing medical feat, a team of doctors successfully corrected severe scoliosis in a 14-year-old boy from Manipur.
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582 mn people worldwide will be chronically undernourished in 2030: UN report
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) About one in 11 people or 733 million people globally faced hunger in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published on Wednesday by the UN agencies.
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Daily statin use may lower heart risk in HIV patients by 35 pc: Study
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Daily use of statins, or cholesterol-lowering drugs, may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks, and strokes in people with HIV by 35 per cent, according to a study.
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Doctors successfully remove cricket-ball sized rare vulvar tumour weighing 30 grams
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman has been given a new lease of life after doctors successfully removed a cricket-ball-sized rare non-cancerous tumour from the outer part of her genitalia.
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New antibiotic may make bacterial resistance nearly impossible
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A newly discovered antibiotic that disrupts two distinct biological targets will make it 100 million times harder for bacteria to evolve resistance, according to a study.
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More lung cell types infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought: Study
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A lot more lung cell types can be infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic, and the number is higher than what was previously speculated, according to a study.
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