Washington, September 12 (IANS) As the Joe Biden administration stepped up efforts to get more people vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in three new studies emphasised the impo
London, September 11 (IANS) Those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost 60 per cent, finds a new study.
The study, published in the journal 'Frontiers in Psy
New Delhi, September 10 (IANSlife): Migraine is a debilitating neurological disease, ranking consistently among the top 10 leading causes of years lived with disability, worldwide. The main symptom of migraine
London, September 9 (IANS) A third dose of vaccines against Covid-19 may not be needed for everyone in the UK and rushing into a nationwide rollout may put extra pressure on the country's already burdened N
New York, September 8 (IANS): US researchers have identified an enzyme that may explain the reason why people with diabetes are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus inf
New Delhi, September 7 (PTI): The Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has become the dominant strain in India and many other countries, most likely spread through its ability to evade neutralising anti
New Delhi, September 7 (IANSlife) When we speak of heart health, we often picture older people. Studies, unfortunately, show that Indians are at risk of heart disease at least a decade earlier than western coun
New York, September 7 (IANS): For hundreds of years, people have observed that asthma severity often worsens in the nighttime. Researchers have pinned down the influence of the circadian system as the reason an
New Delhi, September 6 (IANS) A total of 72 per cent respondents of a survey think that Indian Covid vaccines are safe & effective against the coronavirus. However, 60 per cent of the respondents believe th
Washington, September 6 (IANS): The US' booster shot campaign against Covid-19 will likely start with only the Pfizer vaccine from September 20, the country's top infectious disease expert has said.
Bhopal, September 6 (IANS): Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) here have sequenced the genome of giloy -- a plant with medicinal properties, which shot to fame during t
Washington, September 6 (IANS): The US' booster shot campaign against Covid-19 will likely start with only the Pfizer vaccine from September 20, the country's top infectious disease expert has said.
London, September 5 (IANS) Sugar feeding prior to having an infected blood meal could protect a mosquito's ability to get infected and transmit arboviruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya, according to
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 3 (IANS): Widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of coronavirus in communities, more than masks made of cloth, finds a large study.
Researchers from Yale University, US
New Delhi, September 3 (IANS): The Union government has said that no cases of 'MU' variant of coronavirus have been detected from over 51,000 samples analysed so far in India.
This new coronavirus va
GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): The number of people with dementia worldwide is estimated to rise to 78 million by 2030 and to 139 million by 2050, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) relea
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): More than over 60 per cent of Indians ignore early signs of poor nerve health, finds an alarming health survey released on Thursday.
The survey, by Heal Health and Hansa Resear
London, September 2 (IANS) People who got fully vaccinated against the infectious coronavirus disease are nearly 50 per cent less likely to experience long Covid than unvaccinated people who get infected with t
New Delhi, September 2 (PTI): Unsafe sanitation leads to enormous public health costs and there is a need to provide universal safe, sustainable sanitation, healthcare experts said here on Thursday.
Apart fr
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): Antibodies that turn against the body's own immune systems are the reason for severe illness and death among one-fifth of Covid patients, according to a large international stu