Health

Philadelphia: An international team of researchers have found that medications to treat high blood pressure do not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study, led by researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled …

NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 fatality rate in India has been showing a sustained decline and has further dropped to 1.44 per cent due to focused efforts of the Centre, states and Union Territories on effective clinical management of the hospitalised cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. With effective …

AHMEDABAD: Adult vaccination drives have always been dismal, not just in Gujarat but across the country. Just as the medical system gears up for the Covid 19 vaccination drive, a team of doctors, months ago, had asked medical professionals about their willingness to get vaccinated, their knowledge of vaccines and …

COPENHAGEN: Denmark is developing a digital “vaccine passport” for people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine, a move that may enable them to travel to countries where such documentation is required during the pandemic. “It is expected that there may be requirements from other countries to present vaccine documentation upon …

Chennai: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday said soon it would be a reality to vaccinate the entire population in the country against COVID-19 after prioritising risk groups. The Centre has started a new COVID platform to track particulars of potential vaccine beneficiaries and also …

New Delhi: The recently launched Xiaomi Mi 10i smartphone will go on its first sale from today (Friday, January 8). Though for Amazon prime members it was up for grabs or early access from January 7. Amazon The phone will go for sale at 12 pm on Amazon India, Mi.com, …

New Delhi: Pregnant women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, who are exposed to poor air quality, may be at higher risk of stillbirths and miscarriages, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal on Thursday (January 7). Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses per year in …

The researchers found that every additional 60 minutes of sedentary behaviour per day at age 12, 14 and 16 was associated with an increase in depression score of 11.1 per cent, 08 per cent or 10.5 per cent, respectively, by age 18. Young people who spend too much time sitting …

Because of the high prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and Type-2 diabetes, fatty liver disease is forecast to afflict more than 100 million people by 2030. And there are currently no validated therapies for the disease. People suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may benefit from regular exercise …

According to the researchers, the human body expends energy when it digests food for the absorption, digestion, transport, and storage of nutrients – a process, known as diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT). Eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar, according to study which …