If the answer to either of the questions is a yes then you could be suffering from a condition known as obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA), doctors of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) said on World Sleep Day that fall on March 18.
The day is observed annually on the Friday before the March Equinox on the Earth, when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth.
A recent study has made a shocking discovery that one-third of children with a kidney tumour have a hereditary predisposition for the disease.
The aim of World Kidney Day is to stop the increasing cases of kidney diseases in the world. For this, many types of awareness campaigns take place on World Kidney Day and people are made aware of kidney disease.
Previous research has confirmed that not getting enough sleep (the recommended amount for adults is seven to eight hours a day) or getting poor quality sleep increases risks for high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and atherosclerosis, which happens when fatty deposits build up in arteries.
A international team led by researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Germany noted that this may make complete clearance of the virus from the body of the infected person much more difficult.
Multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) usually develops weeks to months after children have experienced a mild or even asymptomatic case of COVID-19, the researchers said.
“Herd immunity is an elusive concept and doesn’t apply to coronavirus,” says Dr. Don Milton at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
The study was a preliminary late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022.
Dr Shubham Joshi, Consultant-Orthopedic Surgeon, Paras Hospitals in Gurugram said that with orthopaedic surgeons getting advanced training and hospital infrastructure improving with time surgery results have improved drastically.
Blacks/African Americans account for a higher proportion of new HIV diagnoses, those living with HIV, and those who have ever received an AIDS diagnosis, compared to other races/ethnicities.
According to the National Institutes of Health, forty-three per cent of women and 31 per cent of men have some form of sexual dysfunction, with obesity and a lack of exercise often being factors.
This year theme is: Close the Care Gap / Realizing the problem.
The results suggested that some patients with severe suicidal ideation, particularly those with bipolar disorder, could benefit from ketamine, as current treatment options are limited, said the researchers.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that can impact many joints throughout the body.
A new study by the University of Essex has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in depression and anxiety in expectant mums. The study was published in ‘BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth’.
The researchers examined differences in symptoms in hamsters separately infected with the Omicron and the Delta variants, reported NHK World.
The theme for World Leprosy Day 2022 is ‘United for Dignity’. The campaign honors the lived experiences of individuals who have experienced leprosy by
According to private laboratory owners, there has been a rampant increase in the sale of self-testing kits in the city, resulting in lesser people coming to labs for RT-PCR testing.
In the study led by Minoprio, the difference between women and men in terms of the duration of viral activity was not significant (averaging 22 days and 33 days respectively).
According to a new study, people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease who regularly got one to two hours of moderate exercise twice a week, like walking or gardening, may have less trouble balancing, walking and doing daily activities later. The study has been published in the ‘Neurology Journal’. Researchers found that[Read More…]
Browne added that future research needs to examine the uptake and effectiveness of family therapy services during the pandemic.
Cough is an ailment in itself, but it can also be symptoms of other diseases, including some life-threatening ones such as cancer or TB.
It makes up about 3 percent of gastrointestinal cancers.
A total of 8,57,003 samples of girls were tested by SRL Diagnostics in a span of seven years. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-(III), more than half of women in India (55 per cent) have anaemia.