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New York : Metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication, can help lower the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalisations, or death due to Covid-19 by over 50 per cent if prescribed early in onset of symptoms, finds a study.…

Geneva : Monkeypox cases have seen an exponential jump of 20 per cent in the last week with more than 35,000 infections and 12 deaths reported from 92 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). "Almost 7,500 cases were…

New York : A steroid hormone called aldosterone known to prevent dehydration by regulating salt and water in the body is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study led…

New York : A team of researchers have developed a novel drug molecule that can help ward off more than 300 drug-resistant bacteria.Reported in ACS Central Science journal, the drug compound called fabimycin, inhibited drug-resistant…

Geneva : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offence, the WHO said in a statement. A group of…

New Delhi : Delhi on Saturday reported the fifth monkeypox case, a 22 year-old-woman who is currently under observation.Speaking to IANS, Suresh Kumar, MD, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, said the woman tested positive for the virus on…

New York : Structural or functional abnormalities within the heart's left atrium, with or without symptoms, may increase a person's risk of developing dementia later in life by 35 per cent, according to a new research. More than 55…

London : People with higher levels of harmful fats or cholesterol commonly linked to heart diseases are more likely to experience ongoing symptoms from both Covid-19 and non-Covid disease, according to a study not peer-reviewed yet. The…

New York : Amid longstanding debate on the effectiveness of the popular tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a new study published in The Lancet Global Health suggests that the jab is protective against the disease only…

New York : Worried about brain fog, which affects learning, memory, and problem-solving abilities, after your Covid infection? Take heart, you are not alone. The impairment is also seen across animal species, finds a new study. A team of…