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Diabetes found to speed up brain ageing, study finds
The UK Biobank’s assessment of 20,000 people’s data suggests that diabetes speeds up the natural ageing process of the brain, with prolonged diabetes duration being […]
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New-age technologies vital in medical treatment, feel experts
Advanced technologies would help avoid possible human error in prescriptions and prognosis reports Modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, including machine learning, is proving to […]
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Dostarlimab: Everything we know about cancer’s cure drug
18 people in a restricted clinical trial tried a drug called Dostarlimab for six months and saw their cancer vanish completely In what appears to […]
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Sniff and tell: Dogs prove effective in mass testing for Covid-19
Researchers have found a way towards effective mass testing for coronavirus, and they have done it by deploying dogs. Mass testing for Covid-19 has been […]
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Explained! How harmful is rising incidence of fatal wet-bulb temperature for humans?
Since March 2022, a spate of heatwaves has engulfed South Asia, continuing an alarming trend of surpassing previous temperature records The discussions on persistent excessive […]
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Jammu & Kashmir has the country’s lowest fertility rate: NHFS-5
92 per cent of pregnancies result in births, according to the national level survey According to the National Family Health Survey for 2019-21, Jammu and […]
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Surge in measles cases mandates catch-up immunization campaigns
Measles cases in India more than doubled in the first two months of 2022 compared to the same period the previous year Measles (MeV) infections […]
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India’s TFR below fertility replacement rate, as per NFHS-5 statistics
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a multi-round, large-scale survey performed across India on a representative sample of families According to statistics from the […]
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Spread of Covid-19, similar illnesses can be checked by deploying plasma-based disinfectant
Indian scientists develop plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma that could act as green decontaminant for Covid-19. The Covid-19 era […]
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Physicians nurse misconceptions about use of e-cigarettes
Study points out that a number of physicians in the US are not very keen on suggesting e-cigarettes to people who look forward to quit […]