Category: Health

Experts Differ on Tracking Deliveries to Prevent Female Foeticide

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Union minister Maneka Gandhi's enunciation of an "alternate point of view" that a foetus be…

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Insurgency-Hit Manipur, India’s Safest State for Childbirth

By Prachi Salve & Sanjana Pandit The first part of this three-part series on the eight northeastern states analysed economic…

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Facebook Launches Initiative to Combat Zika Virus

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="23010,2935"] New York, Feb 3 (IANS) At a time when the world is bracing itself against the growing…

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Veteran Forward Bloc Leader Ashok Ghosh Still Critical

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The condition of veteran All India Forward Bloc leader and state party secretary Ashok Ghosh continued…

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Wearable Device May Offer Protection Against Zika Mosquitoes

New York, Feb 3 (IANS) A wearable device could be an effective tool for preventing bites from the Aedes aegypti…

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US Reports First Locally Transmitted Case Of Zika Virus

Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the US has been reported in a…

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UNICEF Calls for Immediate Action Against Zika Virus

United Nations, Feb 3 (IANS) The United Nations Children' s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for immediate action to help…

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Scientists Replicate Folding Human Brain in 3D in Lab

Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Researchers at the Harvard University including an Indian-origin scientist have replicated a folding human brain in…

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Positive Fantasies Could Trigger Long-Term Depression

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Positive fantasies about how future events will turn out in one's life can boost the…

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Hypertensive Diseases Can Cut Short Women’s Lives

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Women with a history of any category of hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDP) are at…

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What Do Loved Ones Do when a Family Member Battles Cancer?

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Loved ones of cancer patients search the internet to know more about the disease but…

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Most Vaccine-Related Posts on Social Media Are Anti-Vaccine: Study

London, Feb 2 (IANS) In a surprise revelation, researchers report that nearly 75 percent of the vaccine-related posts on the…

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Sleep on Time for Super Metabolic Health

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) Women who have more regular sleep schedules, including regular bedtimes across weekdays and weekends, have…

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Blood Pressure Pills May Improve Autism Patients’ Social Skills

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) US researchers have found that a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure and…

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Exercise Likely to Help Live Through the First Heart Attack

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) People who are fit are more likely to survive their first heart attack, a new…

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‘Junk’ DNA Helps in Preventing Breast Cancer: Study

London, Feb 2 (IANS) British researchers have identified a piece of non-coding Ribonucleic acid (RNA) that stops cells turning cancerous,…

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Depression Ups Stroke and Heart Disease Risk in Elderly

London, Feb 2 (IANS) Serious depression could be a risk factor for heart disease or stroke among older adults, suggests…

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How Super Bowl Celebrations Can Spread Flu

New York, Feb 2 (IANS) What has Super Bowl to do with flu spread? A lot, say, researchers, adding that…

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Two Zika Infection Cases Detected in Australia

Sydney, Feb 2 (IANS) Two cases of Zika virus infection were detected in Australia's News South Wales state, the media…

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Zika Virus Outbreak Constitutes Public Health Emergency: WHO

Geneva, Feb 2 (IANS) The recent cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurologic disorders reported in Brazil constituted a public…

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