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India's First IVF Buffalo Calf

India's First IVF Buffalo Calf

In India, for the first time using in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technique, a calf was born to a buffalo breed Banni. The Ministry runs a scheme for livestock breeding through artificial insemination methods such as through IVF where a ...

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Region, Age Associated With Likelihood of Cancer Patients Using Telehealth Services

Region, Age Associated With Likelihood of Cancer Patients Using Telehealth Services

Region, race, and age are linked to the likelihood of cancer patients using telehealth services, found two new studies. Two studies improve understanding of how video and telephone telehealth services are used by patients and cancer ...

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Diet & Nutrition News »

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Amino Acids Diet May Prevent Dementia

Amino Acids Diet May Prevent Dementia

Dementia may be prevented by incorporating a diet with seven specific combinations of essential amino acids – Amino LP7 as per a study at The National Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology, Japan, published in the journal Science ...

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How To Find Out Adulterated Tea?

How To Find Out Adulterated Tea?

Tea is one of the most preferred aromatic beverages in the world. It is consumed by many people to refresh themselves either in the morning or after an exhaustive day of work....

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Scientists Discover Mechanism Behind Ineffective Psoriasis Drugs

Scientists Discover Mechanism Behind Ineffective Psoriasis Drugs

In psoriasis patients the newly developed drugs block only the messenger interleukin-23 and are more effective than previous treatments targeting both interleukin-23 and interleukin-12, revealed clinical trials. Role of ...

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Common Antidepressants Contraindicated In Dementia?

Common Antidepressants Contraindicated In Dementia?

People with dementia should no longer be treated with common antidepressants as per a study “Study of mirtazapine for agitated behaviours in dementia (SYMBAD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial”, at the University Of Plymouth, publ...

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Smart Bandage May Help Treat Wounds Perfectly

Smart Bandage May Help Treat Wounds Perfectly

Healing time of a wound can be known now by a smart badge. This technology is presented in a new study in the journal Frontiers in Physics ....

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Can Common Cold Alleviate Multiple Sclerosis?

Can Common Cold Alleviate Multiple Sclerosis?

Symptoms of multiple sclerosis might be alleviated by cold through deprivation of the immune system’s energy as per scientists at UNIGE (Université De Genčve). The study “Cold Exposure Protects from Neuroinflammation Through Immunologic ...

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Machine Learning Helps Predict Spread of Antibiotic Resistance

Machine Learning Helps Predict Spread of Antibiotic Resistance

Machine learning helps sort organisms by their functions and researchers use the days to predict how genes are transferred between them. This approach could potentially be used to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. Genes aren’t only ...

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People With Rare Diseases Face Significantly Higher Healthcare Costs: Study

People With Rare Diseases Face Significantly Higher Healthcare Costs: Study

In people with rare diseases, the healthcare costs have been underestimated and are three to five times greater than the costs for people without a rare disease, reveals study. ...

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Breastfeeding may Prevent Cognitive Decline

Breastfeeding may Prevent Cognitive Decline

A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health has found that women over the age of 50 who had breastfed their babies performed better on cognitive tests compared to women who...

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Obesity Drives Pandemic of Fatty Liver Disease

Obesity Drives Pandemic of Fatty Liver Disease

Obesity, diabetes, and related disorders are driving the pandemic of fatty liver disease, revealed study. The study by Virginia Commonwealth University followed more than 1,700 patients for a median of four years, including some for as ...

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Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration may Root Their Origin in Fat Cells

Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration may Root Their Origin in Fat Cells

Cognitive decline and neurodegeneration may hold their root in fat cells as per the oxidant amplification loop led by scientists at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, published in iScience. ...

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Answers to Brain Evolution Revealed

Answers to Brain Evolution Revealed

Human brains have decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago. When and why did the evolutionary changes occur is answered by a study published in the Frontiers. By studying ants as models to illustrate why brains may increase or ...

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Health Benefits of Consuming Sesame Oil In Routine Diet

Health Benefits of Consuming Sesame Oil In Routine Diet

Sesame oil is healthier and important for the body, according to Ayurveda. They have been used in Ayurvedic medicines for hundreds of years and are still used extensively among people....

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Tropical Disease News »

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First Zika Virus Case Reported in Uttar Pradesh

First Zika Virus Case Reported in Uttar Pradesh

First patient in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh was found to be infected with Zika virus....

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Genetics & Stem Cells News »

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Links to Genetic Disorders in Walking Patterns Identified

Links to Genetic Disorders in Walking Patterns Identified

By examining the microscopic movements of those wearing motion-sensored sneakers, scientists have associated the genetic disorders Fragile X and SHANK3 deletion syndrome with walking patterns. The method, published in a new study in the ...

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Nursing Profession News »

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Study Says Nurses Think About Suicide More Than Other Workers in US

Study Says Nurses Think About Suicide More Than Other Workers in US

In the United States nurses were found to experience suicidal thoughts in increased numbers than other general workers, revealed a team of researchers. The findings, published in the American Journal of Nursing, indicate that those who ...

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Respiratory Disease News »

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Top Science Announcements at Global Lung Health Meet

Top Science Announcements at Global Lung Health Meet

The 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health opened with the announcement of three scientific developments that can potentially impact the global response to tuberculosis (TB), the world's second deadliest infectious disease after the pandemic. ...

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Medical Gadgets »

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VR (virtual Reality) Deciphers Insights on Neural Learning

VR (virtual Reality) Deciphers Insights on Neural Learning

Learning in neurons (brain cells) has been explored through VR (virtual reality) experiment with rats at the University Of California - Los Angeles, published in the journal Nature. Learning, memory, and navigation have ...

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Coronavirus News »

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Mix and Match Doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's Approved: US CDC

Mix and Match Doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's Approved: US CDC

People can now mix and match the third shot of oderna and Johnson & Johnson's Covid booster doses, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...

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Repurposing Existing Immunomodulators for COVID-19

Repurposing Existing Immunomodulators for COVID-19

Immunomodulatory drugs are designed to treat the inflammation caused by autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. EULAR guidelines have now been updated to include the latest published evidence on immunomodulator drugs....

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India Registers 15,906 New COVID-19 Cases

India Registers 15,906 New COVID-19 Cases

In India, in the last 24 hours, 15,906 new Covid-19 cases and 561 deaths have been registered, said the Union Health Ministry. The new fatalities have taken the death toll to 4,54,269. The active caseload stood at 1,72,594, ...

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Poor Immune Response in Many Double-vaccinated Blood Cancer Patients: Study

Poor Immune Response in Many Double-vaccinated Blood Cancer Patients: Study

A new research has revealed that more than 50% of double vaccinated blood cancer patients have been left with little protection against COVID-19. Data from the SOAP-02...

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Covid Vaccine Recipients may Have Lower Non-Covid Death Rates

Covid Vaccine Recipients may Have Lower Non-Covid Death Rates

COVID-19 vaccinated people have a reduced non-Covid-19 death rate than people who are not inoculated, revealed research. Meanwhile, Moderna Covid-19 vaccine recipients had 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people per year after the first dose and ...

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Delta Variant Mutation may be More Transmissible

Delta Variant Mutation may be More Transmissible

Delta AY.4.2 - the Delta variant sub-lineage has been designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) under the official name VUI-21OCT-01. The UKHSA said the designation was made on the basis that this sub-lineage has become ...

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COVID Vaccine Effective in Children Aged 5-11

COVID Vaccine Effective in Children Aged 5-11

Pfizer revealed their COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 90.7% effective against coronavirus in kids aged 5 to 11. The companies revealed the data in a document posted on Friday ahead of a meeting of advisers to the Food and Drug ...

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Astra's COVID-19 Vaccine was Found to be Safe for Pregnancy

Astra's COVID-19 Vaccine was Found to be Safe for Pregnancy

AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine has no adverse impact on pregnancy or fertility , according to data obtained from a review based on studies comprising of trial participants who conceived during this period. The outcomes of the study ...

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WHO Says COVID Pandemic Killed 80K-180K Health Workers Till May 2021

WHO Says COVID Pandemic Killed 80K-180K Health Workers Till May 2021

The pandemic has killed an estimated 80,000 to 180,000 healthcare workers from January 2020 till May 2021, said the World Health Organization. The estimates are derived from a new WHO working paper based on the 3.45 million Covid-19 ...

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