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New gut microbiome altering drug offers hope for long-Covid patients
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New gut microbiome altering drug offers hope for long-Covid patients

Hong Kong, Dec 13: A team of researchers has developed an experimental new drug that has the potential to alter the gut microbiome and relieve multiple symptoms of long Covid. Long Covid or post-acute Covid-19 syndrome (PACS) affects over 65 million individuals worldwide but treatment options are...
Surgeons Raghu Ram, Pattabhiramaiah get ASI lifetime achievement awards
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Surgeons Raghu Ram, Pattabhiramaiah get ASI lifetime achievement awards

Visakhapatnam, Dec 13: Eminent surgeon Dr P. Raghu Ram and Dr K. Pattabhiramaiah were on Wednesday conferred with the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) lifetime achievement awards. At the convocation ceremony of 83rd annual conference of ASI, former Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu...
Smoking likely leads to permanent brain shrinkage: Study
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Smoking likely leads to permanent brain shrinkage: Study

New York, Dec 13: Smoking does not only affect your heart and lungs, but it can also shrink your brain permanently, and the damage done is irreversible, according to a new study. Although quitting smoking can prevent further loss of brain tissue, stopping smoking will not restore the brain to its...
Maha Opp MVA dons oxygen-masks to protest dismal health of govt hospitals
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Maha Opp MVA dons oxygen-masks to protest dismal health of govt hospitals

Nagpur (Maharashtra), Dec 12: For the fourth consecutive day, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) protested against the Maharashtra Government over the spate of deaths in public hospitals in the last few months. Leaders of the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-Nationalist Congress Party (SP)...
Pneumonia outbreak is nothing unusual, says expert allaying fears
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Pneumonia outbreak is nothing unusual, says expert allaying fears

New Delhi, Dec 12: There is nothing usual about cases of mycoplasma pneumonia reported by various countries, beginning China, and subsequently the Netherlands, Denmark and two states in the US, said a health expert on Tuesday, allaying fears. It all began with several social media posts claiming...
Karnataka Assembly discusses hookah bar menace, Home Minister assures action
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Karnataka Assembly discusses hookah bar menace, Home Minister assures action

Belagavi, (Karnataka) Dec 12: Karnataka Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara on Tuesday assured the Assembly that he will initiate legal action to regulate hookah bars in the state. BJP member C.K. Ramamurthy had raised the question and the issue was discussed widely in the session. Bengaluru has...
Keto diet effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease: Study
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Keto diet effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease: Study

New York, Dec 12: Ketogenic diet -- consisting of foods with very low levels of carbs -- is effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD), according to the first randomised controlled clinical trial. PKD is an inherited disorder in which clusters of cysts develop primarily within the...
Study finds how gene mutation leads to ALS
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Study finds how gene mutation leads to ALS

New York, Dec 11: Scientists have discovered for the first time how a mutated gene leads to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- a progressive neurodegenerative that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It has been known that mutations in the gene NEK1 have been linked to as much...
Only 7% of new docs aware of advances in anti-smoking strategies: Study
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Only 7% of new docs aware of advances in anti-smoking strategies: Study

New Delhi, Dec 11: A mere 7 per cent of doctors are aware of recent advances in anti-smoking strategies, posing a significant challenge to the nation's efforts in combating tobacco addiction, according to a new study on Monday. The study by Indian Medical Academy for Preventive Health (IMAPH) --...
UK sees rise in contagious
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UK sees rise in contagious '100-day cough': Report

London, Dec 11: The UK is seeing a significant rise in the number of contagious '100-day cough' infections, according to a report. The 100-day cough is whooping cough, officially known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes affecting both older...
Indian biotechnology industry set to reach $300 billion by 2030: Mandaviya
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Indian biotechnology industry set to reach $300 billion by 2030: Mandaviya

Ahmedabad, Dec 11: India's biotechnology industry, poised to become the cornerstone of health treatment, has experienced eightfold growth in the past eight years, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday Addressing the Biotechnology Summit, which was held virtually ahead of the...
Woman leaves Texas for abortion amid court fight
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Woman leaves Texas for abortion amid court fight

Houston, Dec 12: A woman who sued Texas to get an abortion after learning that the foetus has a fatal condition, has left the US state to have the procedure, her lawyers have confirmed. Shortly after Thanksgiving last month, 31-year-old Kate Cox from the Dallas area found that her foetus was...
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