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Clinical Trials of Therapeutics for COVID-19: Current Status

Clinical Trials of Therapeutics for COVID-19: Current Status

Highlights: Clinical trials play a pivotal role in the development of drugs and other therapeutics Over 500 randomized clinical trials are ...

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Blood Test can Predict Diabetes Years Before it Strikes

Blood Test can Predict Diabetes Years Before it Strikes

Metabolites in the blood can accurately predict whether a woman will develop type 2 diabetes after encountering a transient form of illness during ...

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Health is "investment in Our Future"

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of stronger health systems and the investment ...

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Warning of 10 Years of Depression, Debt By Leading Economist , Coronovirus

Warning of 10 Years of Depression, Debt By Leading Economist , Coronovirus

Economist Nouriel Roubini warned of a downturn and sluggish recovery from the coronavirus. Nicknamed Dr Doom for his gloomy predictions, ...

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COVID-19 Vaccines Labelled As Public Good, WHO

COVID-19 Vaccines Labelled As Public Good, WHO

COVID-19 vaccines must be recognised as public goods for the whole world, and that all countries must contribute , according to World Health ...

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Multiple Sclerosis Risk in Urbanites Due To Air POllution

Multiple Sclerosis Risk in Urbanites Due To Air POllution

Development of multiple sclerosis (MS) may be due to air pollution, say researchers, adding that MS risk was 29 per cent higher among people residing ...

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COVID-19 Cases Pass 100,000 Mark In Africa

COVID-19 Cases Pass 100,000 Mark In Africa

COVID-19 positive cases across Africa crossed 100,000 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ...

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COVID-19 Screening App Introduced By Microsoft, UnitedHealth

COVID-19 Screening App Introduced By Microsoft, UnitedHealth

Microsoft and UnitedHealth Group to launch a "ProtectWell" smartphone app that screens for COVID-19 symptoms and clears employees for daily work, the ...

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Covid-19 Recovery Rate Doubled

Covid-19 Recovery Rate Doubled

Total recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the country has been recorded at 34.06% and the Doubling Rate improved from 3.4 days in the pre-lockdown ...

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Rs 40,000 Crores More for MGNREGS By Centre

Rs 40,000 Crores More for MGNREGS By Centre

Additional Rs 40,000 crore for allocated by the Centre the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In the Union ...

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Cancer Patients Cured of Corona in Chennai Hospital

Cancer Patients Cured of Corona in Chennai Hospital

20 cancer patients in the city based Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, the fight was a success. Twenty out of the 29 cancer patients ...

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Update on COVID-19 Cases in India

Update on COVID-19 Cases in India

Lockdown 4.0 brought in a slew of ease from restrictions across the country and India recorded 6,088 new COVID-19 cases in 24-hours. The ...

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Health is "investment in Our Future"

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of stronger health systems and the investment ...

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Health is

Health is "investment in Our Future"

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of stronger health systems and the investment ...

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Exercise Improves Memory and Delays Alzheimer's

Exercise Improves Memory and Delays Alzheimer's

Exercise boosts blood flow into the brain associated with memory, thereby, delaying or reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, reveals a new ...

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Severe Childhood Deprivation Linked to Neuropsychological Difficulties in Adulthood

Severe Childhood Deprivation Linked to Neuropsychological Difficulties in Adulthood

Severe adversity experienced in childhood raises the risk of being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in life, ...

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Psychological Scars Hurt More Than Physical Wounds for Child Burn Survivors

Psychological Scars Hurt More Than Physical Wounds for Child Burn Survivors

Kids and young adult burn survivors are more troubled by psychological scars than physical wounds, reports a new study. The findings of the study are ...

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Study Shows Why Some People are More Prone to Anxiety

Study Shows Why Some People are More Prone to Anxiety

Increased levels of serotonin transporters in the amygdala may be the reason why people are more prone to anxiety, according to research in marmosets ...

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Kidney Transplants: Volume of Services Linked to the Quality of Treatment Outcomes

Kidney Transplants: Volume of Services Linked to the Quality of Treatment Outcomes

New study finds whether there is a correlation between the volume of service provided per hospital and the quality of the treatment outcome in ...

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Steep Decline in Organ Transplants Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Reveals Analysis

Steep Decline in Organ Transplants Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Reveals Analysis

United States and France which are hit hard by the novel coronavirus were found to experience a tremendous reduction in the number of organ donations ...

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Soft Opt-out System can Increase Organ Donation Consent

Soft Opt-out System can Increase Organ Donation Consent

Introduction of a soft opt‐out system of consent significantly boosted organ donation consent though the impact was not immediate, reports a ...

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Blood Test can Predict Diabetes Years Before it Strikes

Blood Test can Predict Diabetes Years Before it Strikes

Metabolites in the blood can accurately predict whether a woman will develop type 2 diabetes after encountering a transient form of illness during ...

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Telehealth can Improve Care for Diabetes Inpatients During COVID-19 Pandemic

Telehealth can Improve Care for Diabetes Inpatients During COVID-19 Pandemic

Transitioning to virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic does not limit the glycemic outcomes of inpatient diabetes care, reports a new study. The ...

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Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Cognitive Performance After A Stroke

Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Cognitive Performance After A Stroke

Type 2 diabetes affected people had worse cognitive performance three to six months after a stroke. "Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of ...

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Coronavirus Vaccine Appears Safe in the First Human Trial: The Lancet

Coronavirus Vaccine Appears Safe in the First Human Trial: The Lancet

Novel phase-1 trial using a single dose of a vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) uses a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vector which carries the genetic material that ...

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Factors Increase COVID-19 Risk at Neighbourhood Clinic

Factors Increase COVID-19 Risk at Neighbourhood Clinic

Seven risk factors associated with a positive corona test at the neighbourhood clinic and primary care facilities, and old age and being male have ...

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Durvalumab Combo Improved Survival in Mesothelioma

Durvalumab Combo Improved Survival in Mesothelioma

PrECOG, LLC is reporting clinical efficacy and biomarker analyses of the trial in which durvalumab, an immune checkpoint antibody targeting PD-L1, is ...

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