Toronto, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) One hospital bed is roughly equivalent to the carbon footprint of five Canadian households, according to a first-of-its-kind study to calculate the environmental footprint of hospitals. Carbon footprint refers to the…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid recent surge in Covid-19 cases globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is “willing” to send another mission to China to probe the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus’ origin,…
London, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Early treatment of obesity in childhood is effective in both long and short term, according to the study. The study, published in The International Journal of Obesity, has been conducted on…
New York, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two people in the US, who underwent lung transplantation, have been infected with a deadly bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Legionnaires disease is a severe…
Toronto, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the ongoing European…
Toronto, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant breakthrough, Canadian researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have made groundbreaking progress towards identifying the root cause and potential therapy for preeclampsia, which so far has no cure. The…
New York, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a terrifying case, a US woman lost all her four limbs after suffering a bacterial infection from eating contaminated fish, according to media reports. Laura Barajas, 40, from San…
London, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indians are less likely to embrace their body image, key to boost life satisfaction, finds a large international study, involving participants from 65 countries. The research involving over 250 scientists across…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India is far ahead of other countries in its progress to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) and this is extremely impressive, said a top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund….
Sydney, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Women can retain the benefits of exercise during their 20s, going on to have better heart health later in life, according to a new study. Researchers from The University of Queensland…
Toronto, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Intrusive thoughts of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD are more frequent, last longer and create a need to act on the compulsion in order to neutralise their thoughts, finds a…
London, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Neonatal kidney transplantation can offer a ‘game-changing’ solution to the pressing organ shortage crisis, suggests a study. While previous research confirmed the viability of transplanting kidneys from paediatric donors into adults,…
San Francisco, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers found no strong evidence that YouTube promoted anti-vaccine sentiment during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, examined if YouTube’s recommendation system acted…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday confirmed that no fresh Nipah cases have been reported in the state. She also said that the 42 samples that were collected from people,…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Although the World Health Organization (WHO) in May declared that the Covid pandemic is no longer a public health emergency, newer variants continue to emerge and drive infections. While…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Although the intensity and severity of the pandemic has reduced, Covid-19 has not gone away by any stretch of the imagination. For instance, it is currently making several people ill…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than three years after the pandemic, as the northern hemisphere moves towards winter and new variants of Covid continue to rise, talks about the return of masks, maintaining personal…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Covid-19, which claimed over 6.8 million lives globally, has been one of the deadliest pandemic in the history of mankind. However, with the prospects showing that it will not…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports of cases of the new Omicron sub-variants BA.2.86 (Pirola) and EG. 5.1 (Eris) in several countries, experts here on Friday expressed concern over the new variants and emphasized…
London, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of scientists in the UK has claimed to have found the reason behind brain cell death which leads to Alzheimer’s, offering hope for a future new line of drugs…