A Pfizer vaccine breakthrough a week ago came with a challenging cold chain component for storage and transportation.
On National Epilepsy Day 2020, here we tell you all the important things about this chronic condition.
Here is a list of oxygen/air purification equipment that can be grown indoors.
Moderna intends to submit an application for an Emergency Use Authorisation with the US Food and Drug Administration shortly and will submit further data on the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety.
The accuracy of a rapid finger-prick antibody test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19 infection, may be considerably lower than previously suggested, say researchers.
Researchers at the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, report the first large-scale evidence that Covid-19 survivors are at an increased risk of psychiatric disorders.
Chatterjee was admitted to Kolkata’s Belle Vue Clinic on October 6 after he tested positive for COVID-19 and was on life support.
While these results suggest that higher egg consumption is positively associated with the risk of diabetes in Chinese adults, more research is needed to explore causal relationships.
World Diabetes Day: A study conducted by a diagnostic centre revealed that the people living in metro towns are inching towards developing diabetes.
Children have lower levels of an enzyme/co-receptor that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung.
People who used e-cigarettes in the past were 21 per cent more likely to develop respiratory disease, and those who were current e-cigarette users had a 43 per cent increased risk, warn researchers.
The most obvious difference between jaggery and brown sugar is the way these two sweeteners are manufactured.
While diabetes is becoming a global health issue, it is vital to know the details as it comes with lot of myths. On ‘World Diabetes Day’, Diabetologist at Practo bursts six common myths about diabetes.
The incidence of poorly controlled diabetes was found to be the highest (25 per cent of the sample) in the age group of 20-30 years, followed by 30-40 years (about 24 per cent) and 40-50 years (23 per cent).
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While Chai can offer many benefits, it can create major health issues if it’s consumption is not regulated.
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Regulatory approval was being sought for the vaccine to progress to Phase 3 clinical trials before the end of the year, with a timeline for widespread distribution to occur in late 2021, reports Xinhua news agency.
Researchers compared the outcomes of those treated with fluvoxamine to the outcomes of those given an inactive placebo.
“Today, the way I see it is a question of a lifeline. A lifeline can be anyone who simply cares about mental illness. Even though the truth has a way of hitting right across your face, it’s important to confront it,” Bachchan said.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that has no known cure. The medications and precautions that experts suggest only help to keep blood sugar level as close to normal.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers have developed a special type of cotton face mask that kills up to 99.9999 per cent of bacteria and viruses within 60 minutes of daylight exposure.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday announced the completion of enrolment for Phase 3 clinical trials for coronavirus vaccine COVISHIELD in India.
World Pneumonia Day 2020: The day aims to raise awareness of the public health problem of pneumonia and help prevent the deaths of millions of children that can be avoided each year due to pneumonia.
The study, published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that since the start of the pandemic, nearly 60 per cent of US young adults experienced direct or household employment loss.