Taipei, Nov 29 (IANS) A surge in respiratory illnesses in China, particularly among children, has reportedly swamped paediatric units in city hospitals, while authorities have urged calm, attributing it to a post-lockdown wave of illness, a media report said.Many hospital...
Geneva, Nov 21 (IANS) Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes which have always been neglected, underreported and underestimated, according to a Call for Action released on Tuesday by UN agencies ahead of the global...
San Francisco, Nov 19 (IANS) Researchers have found that nanoplastics impact a specific protein found in the brain, causing changes linked to Parkinson’s disease and other types of dementia, a new study has shown. The study, published in the journal...
Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) Medical experts at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) have said that more and more children are getting prone to type 2 Diabetes.Kauser Usman, senior faculty member, department of medicine, KGMU, said, "The youngest child I...
New York, Nov 19 (IANS) Researchers at Texas A&M University in the US are working to create a fully injectable continuous glucose monitor (CGM) so small it rivals a grain of rice and can be used with an external optical...
London, Nov 19 (IANS) A hunger hormone produced in the gut can have a direct impact on a decision-making part of the brain, driving an animal's behaviour, a new study has found.The study, published in the journal Neuron, is the...