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May 12, 2025 1:05 AM

Study finds how obesity is linked to long Covid

People with excess weight are more likely to experience long-term neurological and mental health symptoms after Covid-19, including headaches, vertigo, smell and taste disorders, sleep disturbances, and depression, according to new research. The stu...

May 9, 2025 4:37 PM

Union Health Minister Nadda reviews national medical preparedness amid India-Pakistan tensions

Union Health Minister JP Nadda conducted a review meeting on the health centres and facilities across the country on Friday amid the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Senior officials of the Ministry of Health attended the meeting and ...

May 8, 2025 3:24 PM

Healthy childhood diet linked to later onset of menstruation in girls: Study

A new study suggests that a diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and whole grains during childhood may delay the onset of menstruation in girls. The findings, published in the journal Human Reproduction, remained consistent regardless of body mass index...

May 6, 2025 4:42 PM

Health inequities shortening lives by more than 30 years in poor countries: WHO

Poor social determinants of health are cutting life expectancy in low-income countries by more than 30 years, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO defines social determinants of health as conditions in which people a...

May 6, 2025 12:52 PM

Drink black tea, eat berries and apples to age healthy

Want to age healthily? A higher intake of black tea, berries, citrus fruits, and apples may help, according to global research. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (Australia), Queen’s University Belfast (UK), and the Harvard T.H. Chan School ...

May 5, 2025 10:52 AM

UAE university team develops improved non-surgical blood flow monitoring device

Researchers from United Arab Emirates University have created an enhanced technology for monitoring blood flow without surgery, using piezoelectric pressure sensors. The innovation measures crucial physiological parameters including blood flow veloci...

May 4, 2025 10:49 AM

Tobacco, Cannabis use may raise heart disease deaths by 50% in five years: studies

Tobacco and cannabis consumption could significantly raise heart disease-related deaths in the coming years, with recent studies predicting a 50 per cent surge in mortality over the next five years. Presented at the ongoing Society for Cardiovascula...

May 3, 2025 4:30 PM

Delhi launches mobile registration campaign for Ayushman Vaya Vandana Yojana

The Delhi government on Saturday launched a 'Mobile Registration Campaign' under the Ayushman Vaya Vandana Yojana, a major healthcare initiative for senior citizens aged 70 and above in the national Capital. The scheme, part of the Ayushman Bharat P...

May 2, 2025 2:33 PM

Thailand reports first anthrax death, hundreds potentially exposed

Thailand has reported its first anthrax-related death in decades with two infections nationwide, prompting a public health alert after authorities identified hundreds potentially exposed to the deadly bacteria, officials said on Thursday. A 53-ye...

May 2, 2025 1:56 PM

Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain

Consciousness is at the centre of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, love, and more. But where precisely does this reside in the brain? That is a question that has long confounded scientists and c...

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