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Researchers Find Elders Hospitalised with Pneumonia are at Risk

Researchers have found that elderly patients who are hospitalised with pneumonia are twice as likely to die as those hospitalised with hip fractures. Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can be

April 23, 2020

Corona Pandemic·Health

Hydroxychloroquine Shows No Benefit Against COVID

Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game changer” for COVID-19 by US President Donald Trump, showed no benefit in treating patients with the disease in Veterans Health Administration medical centres in the

April 22, 2020

Corona Pandemic·Health

STUDY: Binge Drinkers Can Be Tamed by Turning off a Brain Receptor

Binge drinkers, here comes good news. A team of US researchers has found that deactivating a stress-signaling system in a brain area known for motivation and emotion-related behaviours can decrease binge drinking.

April 21, 2020

Health

STUDY: Women Get Less Medication After Heart Attacks

Women are more likely to die early after heart attack than men because they are often not prescribed the drugs they need, according to a new study. “Female heart attack patients may

April 20, 2020

Health·India

Screen Time Drives Insomnia in Kids

Dear parents, if you want your children to have proper sleep, read this carefully. Joining a growing list of studies that tell parents to shun devices at bed-time, researchers say that children

April 14, 2020

Health

Stay Fit, Stay Healthy: Exercise May Help Prevent Liver Cancer

Researchers have found that regular exercise could help prevent the most common type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma by activating a gene that suppresses tumour growth. The study, published in the

April 14, 2020

Health

Young Smokers Likely to Be Addicted

The younger you start smoking, the more likely you are to smoke daily as an adult, even into your 40s, and the harder it will be to quit, warn researchers. The study,

April 8, 2020

Health

WORK FROM HOME: Ayurvedic Tips To Reduce Stress

Corona is forcing most of us to work from home. From London to Delhi, millions are working from home. It is stressful. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the world to

April 1, 2020

Health·India

COVID19: India’s Virus Less Virulent Than Others

India with a population of 1.3 billion, is struggling to contain corona, despite Modi’s lockdown. However, studies show the strain of new coronavirus in India is not as virulent as the ones

April 1, 2020

Corona Pandemic·Health·India

Online Doctor Consultation Increases in Popularity

The Union Health Ministry had on March 27 urged people to take advantage of telemedicine services during the ongoing lockdown. Since then, the online doctor consultation has shown a big boost of

April 1, 2020

Corona Pandemic·Health

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