Is drinking milk depleting you of calcium instead of building its reserves? A recent video of BJP leader Maneka Gandhi, where she can be heard saying that people who drink the most milk have the least amount of calcium, is doing the rounds on social media. She argues that it leads to lactic acid build-up …
New Delhi: It’s an almost entirely preventable disease but cervical cancer kills one woman in India every seven minutes. That represents 21 per cent of global cervical cancer deaths, and makes it the second most common cancer in Indian women with 1,25,000 women being diagnosed and over 75,000 dying from the disease in India each …
Through March 10, Japan recorded 474 cases of the more serious streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (SSTS), which has a fatality rate of up to 30%. This syndrome happens when the infection spreads throughout the body, potentially causing organ failure. Updated On Mar 26, 2024 at 08:53 PM IST London: Japanese health authorities have warned about …
Washington: A gene linked to colorectal cancer appears to play a role in the development of other solid tumours, according to a study. A study of over 350,000 patient biopsy samples conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Foundation Medicine. Scientists have known …
The doctor, popularly known as “Hyderabaddoctor” on X.com, said this on the social media platform along with a recent study on the benefits of people doing physical activity only on weekends — known as weekend warriors. Updated On – 23 March 2024, 06:13 PM New Delhi: Worried about not being able to …
Kolkata: Four years after the state recorded its first COVID death on March 23, 2020, a significant number of Kolkatans are contracting respiratory infections with COVID survivors forming a chunk of such patients. ‘Post-COVID lung’ continues to plague these patients, making them susceptible to asthma, COPD and upper and lower respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, …
Aberdeen: The fascinating human gut bacterium Ruminococcus bromii is one of the ten most common bacterial species found in the colon. This bacterium, first discovered discovered in 1972, plays a unique role in helping to breakdown resistant starch. These are some of the most commonly consumed carbohydrates in our diet, found in foods such as …
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation has issued a new guidance for diagnosing drug-resistant tuberculosis, describing it as a “novel approach” that uses the “latest technologies”. While experts believe the approach has immense potential in bolstering India’s goal to eliminate tuberculosis (TB), it can be challenging in terms of making it accessible to people. The …
London: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday the number of measles cases in the United States has increased to 62 as of Thursday, higher than the whole of last year. The CDC issued a health advisory on Monday urging people, particularly children and international travelers, to get vaccinated against …
Illinois: What causes our bodies to age? Four complementary research, including one from Northwestern Medicine, reached the same conclusion, long genes. In a recent study, the scientists describe their results and how they contribute to existing information about ageing. “Long genes that become less active with age may be the central cause of ageing in …