February 28 (PTI): The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine that works with just one dose instead of two for emergency use, giving America its third
New Dehi, February 28 (IANSlife): A pain in the neck happens to be the fourth leading cause of disability globally, lagging behind ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and lower respiratory infectio
New York, February 28 (IANS): A team of researchers has discovered one reason that likely makes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, so much more infectious than SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS ou
New Delhi, February 27 (IANS): The NITI Aayog has promulgated a price range of Rs 300-500 for two Covid vaccines that would be available for the priority group at private facilities in the third phase of vaccin
New Delhi, February 26 (IANSlife): As the country continues to battle the coronavirus, young adults in college say that their mental well-being has been most impacted by the pandemic's social consequences.
New York, February 26 (IANS): Want to improve your cardiac function, cognitive health? Plant-based diets may help, say researchers.
The study suggests that by eating more plant-based food such as berries and
New York, February 26 (IANS): Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech said that they have begun an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (BNT16
Jerusalem, February 25 (AP): A real-world test of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it's very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one do
New Delhi, February 24 (IANSlife): Pudina (mint) is one of the oldest culinary herbs known to humans. It has remarkable medicinal properties and is a rich source of polyphenols. It has carminative and antispasm
Toronto, February 24 (IANS): Limiting the amount of fat the body releases into the bloodstream from fat cells during heart failure could help improve outcomes for patients, say researchers.
The study, publis
New Delhi, February 24 (IANS): Nandita Iyer, a doctor and a nutritionist, figured her way around the kitchen only in her late 20 as the rigours of medical college studies left her with little time for anything
London, February 23 (IANS): Covid-19 infection in pregnancy is not associated with stillbirth or early neonatal death, says a new study.
The findings indicated that no babies died from Covid-19. There was al
New Delhi, February 21 (PTI): Herd immunity is "very difficult" to achieve and one should not think of it in "practical terms" in India, especially in the times of "variant strains"
New York, February 21 (IANS): Researchers have identified that a chromosome instability gene -- USP24 -- is frequently missing in pediatric patients with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood canc
New York, February 20 (IANS) A majority (83 per cent) of students said their mental health had negatively impacted their academic performance in the past month and that two-third of college students are st
London, February 20 (IANS): A three-month interval between doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine resulted in higher vaccine efficacy than a six-week interval, reveals The Lancet study.
According
Hyderabad, February 19 (IANS): A few novel variants of coronavirus are spreading more in some states in India and there is emerging evidence that the N440K mutation is spreading a lot more in southern states, s
Toronto, February 19 (IANS): A team of researchers has improved the protective effect of a molecule against ischemic stroke, which is caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain.
According to the te
New York, February 18 (IANS): Getting fewer hours of sleep or staying up late most nights can increase the risk of depression, a new study suggests.
The findings, published in the journal npj Digital Medicin
Chennai, February 18 (IANS): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers are working on a new idea that may help develop effective drugs for treating HIV/AIDS.
Using molecular dynamics simulation