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World Heart Day 2020: Here's How Yoga Keeps Your Heart Healthy

New Delhi: According to World Health Organisation reports, 31 per cent of the total deaths worldwide are due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). It is extremely essential to take care of one's heart to ...

29 Sep 2020 4:09 PM GMT

IIT Researchers Discover New Molecule As Targeted Therapy To Treat Prostate Cancer

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar, claim to have discovered a new molecule which can be used as a targeted therapy for prostate cancer. The research, in...

29 Sep 2020 4:04 PM GMT

Valliappa Foundation Launches 'Anadhanam' To Solve Global Hunger

Bengaluru: Non-profit Valliappa Foundation on Tuesday launched a digital platform called Anadhanam that aims to address malnutrition and hunger through technologies that would reduce global food waste ...

29 Sep 2020 4:02 PM GMT

Eating Dairy Products May Cut Bowel Cancer Risk: Study

Toronto: Eating dairy products may reduce bowel cancer risk, but there's no evidence that garlic or onions, fish, tea or coffee protect against the disease, say researchers. For the findings,...

29 Sep 2020 4:01 PM GMT

Coronavirus May Deteriorate Men's Testosterone Levels: Study

Ankara: In a major study on patients hospitalised due to Covid-19, the researchers found that the disease might deteriorate men's testosterone levels. The findings, published in the journal The Aging ...

29 Sep 2020 4:00 PM GMT

New Smartphone App Analyses Coronavirus Genome In Minutes

Melbourne: Scientists have developed a new smartphone app that can analyse the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, within minutes. Described in the journal Communications Biology,...

29 Sep 2020 3:58 PM GMT

Is It Plateauing: Drop Is Fine But Wait For 2 More Weeks, Say Experts

New Delhi: A sudden drop in the number of active cases of Covid-19 in the country has raised some hope among the health fraternity, albeit with a caution that the country must observe this trend for...

29 Sep 2020 3:57 PM GMT

ICMR Now Flags Chances Of Chinese 'Cat Que Virus' In India

New Delhi: ICMR scientists have flagged presence of another Chinese virus called 'Cat Que Virus', which has a 'potential' to cause disease in India, even as it grapples with the Covidpandemic. CQV can ...

29 Sep 2020 3:55 PM GMT

Serum Institute to manufacture 200mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine

New Delhi: A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will accelerate the...

29 Sep 2020 10:43 AM GMT

Covid phobia disrupts medical checkup of heart patients: Experts

New Delhi: On World Heart Day, several public health experts raised concern over the dual challenges being faced by patients with cardiovascular disease amid the raging Covid-19 pandemic. Heart pati...

29 Sep 2020 10:40 AM GMT

Covid-19 may deteriorate men's testosterone levels: Study

Ankara: In a major study on patients hospitalised due to Covid-19, the researchers found that the disease might deteriorate men's testosterone levels. The findings, published in the journal The Ag...

29 Sep 2020 9:02 AM GMT

Govt launches web portal for COVID vaccine development

New Delhi: The ''vaccine web portal'' and the ''National Clinical Registry for COVID-19'' have been developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research and was launched by Union health minister Harsh V...

29 Sep 2020 4:46 AM GMT

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