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Yediyurappa to after discharging from hospital

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was on Monday discharged from the hospital after undergoing treatment for Covid-19 and will go into home quarantine, an official said. 'Thank...

11 Aug 2020 8:09 AM GMT

After highs, Maha Covid cases cool down, toll crosses 18K

Mumbai: After highs in the past couple of days, Maharashtra Covid-19 cases cooled down though the state death toll crossed the 18,000 mark, health officials said here. The state notched 293 Covid...

11 Aug 2020 8:07 AM GMT

Covid patient dies awaiting treatment by Kolkata pvt hospital

Kolkata: A 60-year-old female coronavirus patient died in an ambulance outside a private hospital in Kolkata while allegedly awaiting admission as her family failed to deposit in time Rs 3 lakh...

11 Aug 2020 8:04 AM GMT

Daily mouthwash may cut Covid transmission risk: Study

London: In the fight against the novel Coronavirus, a team of German scientists has claimed that Sars-Cov-2 viruses can be 'inactivated' using commercially available mouthwashes. According to the...

11 Aug 2020 7:29 AM GMT

Researchers find new potential treatment for prion diseases

Washington: A possible effective treatment strategy for patients suffering from prion disease, has been suggested by a novel study published by the Oxford University Press. The result of the new...

10 Aug 2020 7:52 AM GMT

No sale of junk food within 50 metres of school campus: FSSAI

New Delhi: With the aim to ensure safe and wholesome food for schoolchildren, Arun Singhal, CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country's top food regulator, has...

10 Aug 2020 7:11 AM GMT

New test better predicts which babies will develop type 1 diabetes

Seattle (US): Scientists developed a method of combining multiple factors that could influence whether a child is likely to develop type 1 diabetes. The combined risk score approach incorporates...

10 Aug 2020 6:13 AM GMT

Nutrition, cardiovascular disease experts urge evaluation of diet at routine healthcare check-ups

Dallas (Texas): A group of nutrition and cardiovascular disease experts issued a new scientific statement which states that the time has come for routine healthcare visits to include some form of...

10 Aug 2020 6:11 AM GMT

Study finds bone drug may be beneficial for knee osteoarthritis

Boston (USA): Bisphosphonates -- the drugs that prevent the loss of bone density and used to treat osteoporosis and similar diseases appear to be safe and beneficial for osteoarthritis patients, in a...

10 Aug 2020 6:06 AM GMT

COVID-19: Free pulse oximeter, first-line supportive medicine to patients under home isolation in Guwahati

Guwahati (Assam): Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced that the state government will provide COVID-19 patients preferring to stay in home isolation a pulse oximeter and...

10 Aug 2020 6:03 AM GMT

Study reveals drivers who keep windows down exposed to 80 pc more air pollution

London (UK): Car users from the world's least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation,...

10 Aug 2020 6:02 AM GMT

Pigmentosa, Artificial, South Korea, KIST

Seoul (South Korea): Important findings that could potentially improve the performance of retinal prostheses creating an artificial vision for blind individuals have been reported by a team of Korean...

10 Aug 2020 5:58 AM GMT

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