Research

Beijing : Exposure to air pollutants -- even at levels below World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines -- may trigger a heart attack within an hour, claims a new study.The study found exposure to any level of four common air…

London : One year after having Covid-19, only around one in four patients, who were hospitalised, felt fully well again, says a new study.The study, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that being female versus being male (32…

London : An immunocompromised UK patient suffered the longest known days, 505, with Covid infections, claim researchers. Previously the longest known PCR confirmed case is thought to be 335 days. Researchers at the King's College London and…

New York : Love to buy takeaway coffee in disposable cups or use nylon cooking bags such as those used in baking liners? Beware, these may be loaded with microplastics harmful for health, warns a study.Food-grade plastics come into contact…

Riyadh : Using antidepressants regularly may not make you happier compared to people with depression who do not take the drugs, finds a study.While studies have shown the efficacy of antidepressant medications for treatment of depression…

London : Australian scientists have developed a novel app that can detect Covid-19 infection by just the sound of a cough.The app, called ResApp, which uses machine learning to analyse the sounds of cough, could detect Covid with 92 per…

Madrid : A 31-year-old woman in Spain caught the Omicron infection just 20 days after the Delta variant, in what is claimed to be the shortest known gap between infections, according to researchers. However, in a similar case a rare…

New York : Inhaling harmful nanoparticulates that are less than 100 nanometers wide and found in sunscreens to pharmaceuticals to sports equipment during pregnancy can escape lungs and enter the placenta and lead to low birth weight in…

New York : Scientists have found 21 viral offspring linked with BA.2 that may outpace the most successful subvariant of Omicron variant so far.BA.2 has been picking up mutations, sometimes shifting into sleeker and, incredibly, even faster…

Washington : Blood tests that look for signs of genetic abnormalities in a foetus during pregnancy run the risk of producing false results and inappropriate use, warned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency warned against…