Health-Lifestyle

London, June 23 (IANS) A group of drugs commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer, according to new research. Oesophageal cancer affects the food pipe that connects the…
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London, June 23 (IANS) The rising cases of Covid, in the UK, the US and some European countries, as well as in India, majorly driven by BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, suggest it may have evolved to target the lungs, according…
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Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that his government will launch a special communicable disease control campaign across the state from July 1. While addressing a high-level meeting on Thursday,…
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Copenhagen, June 23 (IANS) Children as young as 0-3 years of age also suffer from long Covid that can last at least two months, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. The most commonly reported symptoms…
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Washington, June 23 (IANS) The state of Florida in the US has seen one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in the history of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Chennai, June 22 (IANS) Multiple organs were harvested from a brain-dead youth, a medical centre said on Wednesday. The Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) said that a youth, Dhineesh (22) hailing from Narosothipatty near Alagapuram in…
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Toronto, June 22 (IANS) Having a portable air cleaner in the home can reduce the negative impacts of air pollution on brain development in children, says a new study. The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives,…
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London, June 22 (IANS) Abortions reached another all-time high last year in England and Wales as official data has revealed that nearly 2,15,000 terminations were carried out during 2021, up 2 per cent from the year before, media reports…
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