Research

New York : Next time you order a pizza or whip up a creamy risotto, go ahead and load on the mushrooms.Adding more of the edible fungi into your diet may be one way to counteract the health risks associated with the Western-style diet…

Tokyo : Mycobacteria, a group of pathogenic bacteria that cause diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis in humans, are associated with red blood cells at lung infection sites. M. tuberculosis and other mycobacteria implicated in lung disease…

Toronto : The same light bulbs used in offices and public spaces can destroy coronaviruses and HIV, claims a research.Researchers at the University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada, killed both viruses using UV-LED lights, which can alternate…

London : Some people recovering from Covid-19 pneumonia have CT evidence of damage to their lungs that persists a full year after the onset of symptoms, according to a study.Covid's short-term effects on the lungs, such as pneumonia, are…

Geneva : The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period  the first six weeks after birth. Worldwide, more than three in ten women and babies…

New Delhi : While the menace of substandard and falsified (SF) medical products is not new in India, such incidents saw a significant increase during the Covid-19 pandemic - rising by 47 per cent from 2020 to 2021, according to a report.…

London : Though SARS-CoV-2, virus causing Covid-19, majorly causes infections of the respiratory tract, it also affects other organs of the human body such as the eyes and brain.While there is growing evidence to show that coronaviruses can…

London : Love to consume soft drinks with no added sugars, table-top sweeteners, and yogurt/cottage cheese containing artificial sweeteners? Beware, you may be at increased risk of cancer, warned a study.Artificial sweeteners in food or…

New York : Several researchers have found a common link between people who have undergone chemotherapy for any life-threatening disease and previously healthy people who have had a relatively mild Covid infection, and are now facing brain…

Tokyo : Lifestyle changes triggered rise in liver disease during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The retrospective study led by researchers at Osaka City University in Japan revealed that cases of…