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November 14, 2024 1:26 PM

World Diabetes Day: Closing treatment gap crucial to curbing diabetes’ rapid spread

Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar, is one of the most prevalent health issues today. A new study published in The Lancet has found that more than 800 million adults across the globe have diabetes, almost doub...

November 14, 2024 12:16 PM

Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on

There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long COVID, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms so severe she feared she would die overnight. Among th...

November 13, 2024 2:46 PM

Bihar: PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS, unveils projects worth Rs 12,000 crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of AIIMS Darbhanga and inaugurated development projects worth Rs 12,000 crore in Bihar. In his address, the Prime Minister highlighted the state's ongoing development, emphasizing th...

November 13, 2024 12:34 PM

Did Israel meet US Gaza aid requirements? Israel, UN respond

The United States on Tuesday said Israel is not currently impeding humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip and therefore is not violating U.S. law, avoiding restrictions on U.S. military aid. Israel has said it met most of the 16 specific demands put fo...

November 12, 2024 2:02 PM

Nestle, P&G investigate palm oil sourcing after green group’s Indonesia deforestation report

Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesia may have found its way into their supply chains. ...

November 12, 2024 12:37 PM

New antibody shows promise as breakthrough cancer treatment: Study

Researchers at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed an antibody that has the potential to treat various types of cancer. The researchers successfully integrated three different functionalities into the antibody, whi...

November 11, 2024 4:21 PM

WHO to convene emergency meeting on mpox on Nov. 22

The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a statement on Monday. In August, the disease which continues to spread in Africa was clas...

November 11, 2024 11:49 AM

Surge in respiratory cases as Delhi’s air quality stays ‘very poor’

Delhi's air quality remained in the 'very poor' category on Monday morning, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 349 recorded as of 9 a.m., according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)-India. The AQI level at Aur...

November 10, 2024 4:26 PM

AI-driven dataset to reveal new insights on diabetes

In a groundbreaking effort, a team of scientists has introduced a flagship AI dataset from a study investigating biomarkers and environmental factors potentially influencing the development of type 2 diabetes. The study’s participants include both...

November 10, 2024 1:03 PM

Researchers develop new genetic model to decode breast cancer metastasis

A team of U.S. researchers has developed a new genetic model for breast cancer, potentially paving the way for better understanding of how and where the disease metastasizes. Professor Eran Andrechek of Michigan State University has been investigati...

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