London, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) An international team, led by British researchers, has developed a simple blood test which may be able to rapidly diagnose, detect and distinguish between 18 infectious or inflammatory diseases — including…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found that a drug to fight prostate cancer may also help against Covid and its variants. At the outset of the Covid pandemic, men appeared to suffer higher…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The popularity of weight-loss drugs among Americans has helped Denmark-based Novo Nordisk take its market value to $413 billion — more than its home country’s estimated GDP of about $406…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cancer patients hospitalised with Covid-19 and also those taking anti-cancer drugs could be at an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolisms (VTE) — potentially serious blood clots in the veins,…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Severe Covid-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defence against pathogens, according to a small study. These changes may help explain why the…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Living alone puts people with cognitive decline — a group whose numbers are predicted to swell as the population ages globally — at high risk as they forget appointments, mix…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant breakthrough, US researchers restored vision in patients with eye injuries using their own stem cells. The revolutionary stem cell treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation…
New York, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Those following a plant-based diet with limited added salts and sugars, adequate rest, exercise and socialisation were found to have a 29 per cent lower risk of all-cause mortality and…
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Haryana government will introduce a spirulina-based product under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for severe acute malnourished and moderate acute malnourished children on a pilot basis in Nuh for…
Gandhinagar, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said the government has a special focus on traditional medicine, adding it established a separate Ministry of AYUSH in this regard….
New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) After EG.5 raised concerns for a new Covid outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now flagged another sub-variant of Omicron BA.2.86, dubbed as BA.X. BA.2.86 is from Omicron’s BA….
New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a PIL seeking disciplinary actions against doctors who fail to prescribe generic medicines. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud,…
London, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spectacles that are marketed to filter out blue light probably make no difference to eye strain caused by computer use or to sleep quality, according to researchers, including one of Indian-origin….
Islamabad, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan Health Ministry said that wild poliovirus has been detected in an environmental sample collected from Peshawar city, taking the total number of positive environmental samples this year in the…
New York, Aug 18(SocialNews.XYZ) Secondhand smoke is a largely overlooked source of lead exposure in children, according to a study. Researchers from Texas A&M University in the US analysed data on 2,815 children and adolescents’…
Toronto, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientists believe they have found a way to identify the earliest warning signs of cardiovascular disease from a simple saliva sample. Periodontitis is a common infection of the gums which has…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday said it is examining in detail the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) performance audit report…
Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday lauded the government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme as well as the country’s medical system. Tedros, while delivering his keynote address on the…
London, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Doctors have removed a massive cyst weighing over 15 kg from a UK-based woman’s stomach, which according to her was so large that it made her look pregnant. Siobhan Foster, 26,…
Gandhinagar, Aug 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Gujarat Nephrology Association (GNA) on Thursday called off its strike, which was initiated on August 14 in response to the inequities observed in dialysis rates within the ambit of the…