Four persons die due to diarrhea in Bihar
Patna, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four persons died while at least 12 others fell sick due to diarrhea in Bihar’s Madhepura district, an official said on Sunday. The deaths have taken place in last one week…
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Covid BA.2.86 appears less transmissible than XBB & EG variants: Experts
New Delhi, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Newly detected BA.2.86 Covid sub-variant may be less transmissible than XBB and EG strains, which had earlier sparked significant infections across the globe, experts contended on Sunday. A.2.86, which descended…
Approval given for transplant centre in Lucknow, hostel in Etawah
Lucknow, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has paved the way for the rejuvenation of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital Lucknow. The proposal to construct…
Tobacco leaves causing cancer, can also combat it: Study
Prayagraj (UP), Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Research by a team of scientists from various countries, including an alumnus of Allahabad University (AU), has found a compound derived from tobacco leaves that might possess the potential to…
Breast cancer predominantly a lifestyle disease, is preventable: Experts
New Delhi, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Breast cancer is predominantly a lifestyle disease caused by western lifestyle, and is preventable, said experts here on Sunday. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer affecting…
Nine new medical colleges to be opened in Telangana
Hyderabad, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nine new government medical colleges are set to be opened in Telangana this month. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will virtually inaugurate these medical colleges from Hyderabad on September 15. The…
Image-guided radiation therapy can boost cancer treatment outcomes
New Delhi, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Image-guided radiation therapy, an important advancement in the radiation technology, can help improve cancer treatment outcomes, said doctors on Sunday. Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) refers to the use of imaging,…
Study shows diet in early life matters for healthy ageing
London, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eating right and healthy in your early years can help boost health in old age, suggests a study conducted in yeast. Yeast are good model organisms for studying ageing as…
Infants’ screen time linked with developmental delays
Tokyo, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The amount of screen time spent by one-year-olds may increase the risk of developmental delays, according to a study. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, showed that for children…
Lucknow reports 15 new dengue cases, highest in a day so far
Lucknow, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lucknow has reported 15 fresh dengue cases, the highest on a single day this year, in the past 24 hours. According to the health department, three cases were reported from Indira…
Increased intake of multivitamins may raise risk of cancer: Study
London, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Love to mindlessly pop multivitamin pills, without any proven deficiency? Beware, you may be at an increased risk of cancer, warns a study. The study led by a team from…
Red blood cells exposed to oxygen deficiency protect against heart attack
London, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Red blood cells exposed to oxygen deficiency protect against myocardial infarction (heart attack), according to a new study, adding that the protective effect is enhanced by a nitrate-rich vegetable diet. Red…
Fresh Covid wave in US worse than what official data suggests: Report
New York, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rates of severe Covid disease may be staying at relatively low levels in the US, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can…
Insecure jobs can increase early death risk among employees: Study
London, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Precarious or insecure employment conditions can increase risk of early death, a study has warned, stressing that people without a secure job can reduce their risk of premature death by 20…
Aspirin could help cut diabetes risk by 15 per cent in over-65s: Study
Sydney, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Use of low dose (100mg daily) aspirin among older adults aged 65 years and older is associated with a 15 per cent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to…
Covid pandemic may have changed the gut bacteria of infants: Study
New York, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Infants who spent most of their first year during the Covid-19 pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born earlier, according to a team of developmental…
Covid hospitalisations rise in US amid calls to make masks mandatory
Washington, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The nationwide Covid hospitalisations in the US have increased by nearly 19 per cent in a single week and deaths by more than 21 per cent, as the country goes through…
59-yr-old gets new life with liver transplant from a brain-dead donor
New Delhi, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 59-year-old man got a new lease of life with liver transplant after receiving the organ from a brain-dead patient. The patient, a resident of Kaushambi, had liver damage due…
Study suggests long Covid-brain fog linked to blood clots
London, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found that blood clots after a Covid infection may be due to ongoing cognitive problems, commonly referred to as ‘brain fog’. Brain fog is common and debilitating, and can…
IIT Delhi’s new exoskeleton device to help paralysed stroke patients
New Delhi, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on Friday unveiled a novel human-computer interface hand-exoskeleton device named RoboExo SMART. < div dir=”auto”> Stroke is a debilitating condition that…