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Bhubaneswar AIIMS conducts successful trial for using drone in healthcare services
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Bhubaneswar AIIMS conducts successful trial for using drone in healthcare...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 23: Bhubaneswar AIIMS on Tuesday successfully conducted a trial for the utilisation of drone services in the health care sector. “The drone completed the successful journey of 120 kms from AIIMS Bhubaneswar to CHC Tangi in just 1.10 hours, carrying the essential blood supplies...
Bengal: OPDs in state-run hospitals to start operating from 9 am from Wed
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Bengal: OPDs in state-run hospitals to start operating from 9 am from Wed

Kolkata, Jan 23: Amid the rush of patients since Monday night, the West Bengal health department has taken a decision to start operations at the outpatient departments in the state-run hospitals earlier than the current schedule, effective from Wednesday. A notification in this regard has been...
New Covid variants learn old tricks to stay ahead of immune defences: Study
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New Covid variants learn old tricks to stay ahead of immune defences: Study

London, Jan 23: Recent SARS-CoV-2 variants such as BA.4 and BA.5 developed abilities missing from the first Omicron variants that allowed them to overcome humans’ innate immunity, revealed a study. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, new variants of concern emerged independently from...
Chronic childhood ear infections can delay language development: Study
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Chronic childhood ear infections can delay language development: Study

New York, Jan 22: Ear infections, a common childhood experience, can potentially impair hearing with fluid building up behind the eardrum and lead to delay in language development, warns a new study. New research from the University of Florida scientists reveals that when ear infections become...
Study decodes link between long Covid and chronic fatigue
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Study decodes link between long Covid and chronic fatigue

Wellington, Jan 22: Long Covid and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) are closely related, confirms a study. ME/CFS is a post-stressor fatigue condition that arises from multiple triggers. Of all people infected with SARS-CoV-2, about 10 per cent develop the chronic...
Why eating lettuce, salads bad for health in space?
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Why eating lettuce, salads bad for health in space?

New York, Jan 23: Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables that are part of a healthy, balanced diet could be more susceptible to bacterial infections in space than on Earth, according to a study. It's been more than three years since NASA made space-grown lettuce an item on the menu for...
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UP's 60 Parachute Field Hospital gets Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan...

New Delhi, Jan 23: The 60 Parachute Field Hospital in Uttar Pradesh has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 in the Institutional category. The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the work of the hospitals is excellent in Disaster Management. The Government of...
Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
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Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk

New Delhi, Jan 21: People who predominantly sit at work would need to engage in an additional 15 to 30 minutes of physical activity per day to mitigate an increased risk of mortality, new research has revealed. The study involving 481,688 individuals over a mean follow-up period of 12.8 years...
Fresh insights into DNA repair promise new directions in cancer research
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Fresh insights into DNA repair promise new directions in cancer research

Tokyo, Jan 21: Scientists have unraveled key steps in the road to DNA repair, promising new directions in cancer research. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by...
Social media use triggers stress, unhappiness among materialistic users: Study
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Social media use triggers stress, unhappiness among materialistic users: Study

London, Jan 21: The use of social media is associated with risks, especially for people with a highly materialistic mindset, as scrolling down content posted by others can increase stress and unhappiness in such users, say researchers. At the same time, the social media platforms attract...
Posture Matters
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Posture Matters

New Delhi, Jan 20: “What will happen when you reach an older age?” This is what we often get to hear in traditional homes just because the youth is spending more time on gadgets- be it slouching on a sofa and chilling with Netflix or sitting in the office for late hours. Our elders often say this,...
New smart insulin pill with sugar-free chocolate to better manage diabetes
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New smart insulin pill with sugar-free chocolate to better manage diabetes

London, Jan 20: Researchers have developed a new way to supply the body with smart insulin, providing millions of people with diabetes worldwide new alternatives to syringes or insulin pumps. There are approximately 425 million people worldwide with diabetes and approximately 75 million of these...
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