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‘Vitamin D cuts complications, risk of death in Covid patients’
A new research adds to the growing body of evidence that patients with sufficient levels of Vitamin D are less likely to experience complications and die from Covid-19.According to the study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, hospitalised…
Common diabetes drug linked to low risk of major heart issues
Drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are associated with a lower risk of major heart problems in patients with type 2 diabetes than dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, say, researchers.According to the…
Smokers increasingly trying e-cigarettes to quit: Study
Researchers have found that people who smoke are increasingly using e-cigarettes to try to quit smoking.The study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, found that between 2016 and 2018 the…
Researchers find potential drug for dangerous enterovirus
Some good news in the search for antiviral drugs for hard-to-treat diseases as researchers have identified a potential new drug candidate against enterovirus 71, a common cause of hand, foot and mouth disease in infants and young…
World Alzheimer’s Day: Avoiding drugs, healthy lifestyle key to combat disease
World Alzheimer's Day is observed every year on September 21. The Alzheimer's disease is seen in people especially after 65 years of age where they are unable to remember things or tasks. Taking necessary precautions while maintaining a…
Chinese researchers develop neural system for brain-machine interface
Chinese researchers have developed a neural signal analysis system with memristor arrays, paving the way for high-efficiency brain-machine interfaces.Brain-machine interfaces are promising tools for rehabilitation medicine and medical…
Keto diet could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Eating healthy, low calorie food could help fight the fungi in the gut and thus reduce the risk of dementia among senior citizens, doctors said, citing a new study done in the US that revealed that the diet has a direct connection with…
11-kg tumour extracted from Mumbai woman’s abdomen
Doctors in Mumbai have extracted a gigantic 11-kg tumour from the abdomen of a 55-year-old woman after a marathon nine-hour surgery.A team of medicos headed by oncologist Dr Tanveer A. Majeed, urologist Dr Santosh Palkar and Dr Shilpa…
Bacterial outbreak infects thousands in China amid Covid-19
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, now several thousand people in northwest China have tested positive for brucellosis, a bacterial disease, the authorities has confirmed recently.The Brucellosis outbreak was caused by a leak at a…
Stroke scans can reveal Covid-19 infection: Study
Researchers have found that Covid-19 may be diagnosed on the same emergency scans intended to diagnose stroke.The findings published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, have important implications in the management of patients…