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Study shows that smartphones can scan people's eyes for early-warning signs of glaucoma. This can help prevent severe ocular diseases and blindness. ...
Google health division explores whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) models can help reduce the time to breast cancer diagnosis, narrowing the assessment gap and improving the...
Researchers find that a Mediterranean diet can slow down heart failure (HF) and lower cognitive decline and dementia risk. ...
During the 2020-2021 flu season, US adults reported receiving or planning to receive an influenza vaccination more than ever before, reveals a new survey. ...
New mechanism responsible for the buildup of plaque on artery walls, a process known as atherosclerosis has been explained in the new study. This plaque, made up of fats, cholesterol and other substances, can restrict blood flow and is a major factor in cardiovascular disease....
Work from home is causing eye and ear problems among children, adolescents and young adults. Doctors have warned that this could lead to hearing and eye difficulties among those who failed to curb the use of earphones, mobile phones and laptops. ...
A new test developed by Johns Hopkins University-led team helps determine if bacteria are sick, similar to the one used to test humans for COVID-19. “If there was a COVID-like pandemic occurring in important bacterial populations ...
Artificial brain enables new insights into the way our brains process moving images and explains perplexing optical illusions....
Living together as same-sex partners is not comparable with the Indian concept of a family unit, said the Centre to the Delhi High Court. ...
Explicit instruction ensures that all students in school get an opportunity to develop strong reading skills, reveals a new study....
Providing more green space in prisons like adding more tress and lawns can lower the levels of violence and self-harm among prisoners, reveals a new study. ...
Black women and girls engage in more exercise and better eating habits than Black men and boys when faced with discrimination, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “In this study, Black women ...
Heart problems can make your brain suffer, as it disturbs the gene activity in the brain's memory center leading to cognitive deficits, reveals a new study....
Study conducted a few years ago showed that two kinds of therapy benefits people with anxiety disorders. However, the patients from the same research exhibited major changes on personality tests. ...
Covid-19 pandemic highlights how remote healthcare robots currently being developed at Simon Fraser University (SFU) could be beneficial in the future....
Rare genetic disorders affecting the cilium have been discovered. The cilium is characterized by a number of health problems, including common conditions like diabetes, kidney failure, and liver fibrosis. These findings were published today in the ...
Study in mice shows that a maternal diet rich in indole-3-carbinol (I3C) results in the birth of pups with stronger protection against necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). ...
People with large high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or good cholesterol particles are at an increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), while only small HDL particles are...
In Greece, quarantine fatigue is one of the most significant challenges a year after the first Covid-19 case was detected in the country, reported officials. Greece's first confirmed infection was diagnosed on February 26, 2020. A year ...
A high powered US vaccine advisory panel endorsed mass use of a single dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. This puts America just one step away from its third shot against a virus that has killed more than 509,000 Americans in 12 months. ...
A new survey has revealed that 21% of Indians are likely to take their vaccines on payment basis at private hospitals. In the upcoming round, citizens above 60 years of age, and people above 45 years of age with co-morbidities will be ...
Two novel calculators help doctors predict which Covid-19 patients are at higher risk of requiring mechanical ventilation or death, reveals a new syudy developed and validated by...
Blood tests help doctors to predict which Covid-19 patient is more likely to recover or become critically ill and require intensive care, reveals a new study....
Pfizer and BioNTech have started an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162b2). It is to understand the effect of a booster on immunity against Covid-19 ...
Globally, the total number of COVID-19 cases has topped 112.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.50 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest ...
In the New York City, a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage that shares worrisome similarities with other recent variants of concern is on the rise, stated a new study by scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. ...
In a real world study conducted in Israel involving 1.2 million people, researchers found that Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine showed 94 percent efficacy....
France had the biggest one-day jump since mid-November last year with 31,519 new Covid-19 cases. Some departments forced the authorities to impose partial lockdown to fight the virus resurgence. A higher single-day tally, at 45,522, was ...
COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone, according to Rice University engineers....