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Plant-based meat healthier, more sustainable than animal products: Study
London : Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health, according to a study.The study, published in the journal Future Foods, argued that because these foods are 'specifically…
80% of rural diabetic patients need amputation of limbs
Hyderabad : As many as 80 per cent of patients with diabetic foot in rural areas need amputation while only 20 per cent of patients in urban areas face this situation, said doctors at a conference here on Sunday.
Foot care is most…
Covid: Paxlovid rebound can be contagious even with no symptoms, says study
New York : Treatment of Covid with Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has shown to cause a rebound of infection, can also be contagious, even without any symptoms, according to a study that has not been peer-reviewed yet.
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Antibiotics in young kids can cause permanent asthma, allergies: Study
New York : Early exposure to antibiotics kills healthy bacteria in the digestive tract and can cause asthma and allergies, claims a new study conducted on mice.
The study, published in 'Mucosal Immunology', has provided the strongest…
Eight-year-old in Andhra found with suspected Monkeypox symptoms
Amaravati : An eight-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur was found with suspected symptoms of monkeypox.Health officials said on Sunday that his samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.
The boy has…
Undetected hypertension adds to India’s rising stroke burden
New Delhi : Undetected and untreated hypertension is the top risk factor for stroke which is the second leading cause of death and disability after ischemic heart disease across the world.
Studies have shown that at least 64 per cent…
How chickenpox virus is linked to onset of Alzheimer’s disease
New York : An international team of researchers has found that varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles, may activate herpes simplex (HSV), another common virus, to set in motion the early stages of…
Brazil confirms 1st monkeypox-related death
Brazil : Brazil has confirmed the country's first monkeypox-related death, according to the Health Ministry.The case was reported on Friday in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old…
Philippines detects 1st monkeypox case
Manila : The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Friday confirmed the detection of the first monkeypox case in the country.The DOH's officer-in-charge Undersecretary Beverly Lorraine Ho said the virus was detected in a 31-year-old…
7,700 medicine samples declared poor quality
New Delhi : A total of 7,700 samples of medicines were declared not of standard quality and 670 declared spurious or adulterated out of a total 84,874 samples picked for testing during the last three years.
The government data disclosed…