New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The novel live attenuated type 1 and 3 oral polio vaccines (nOPV1 and nOPV3) are safe and elicit good immune response, results of a phase 1 randomized controlled trial have shown.The study, published in The...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Brain’s immune cells may explain why a fading sense of smell is an early signal for Alzheimer's disease even before cognitive impairments manifest, according to a study.Researchers at DZNE and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) in Germany...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) People with sensitive personalities are more likely to experience mental health problems like depression and anxiety, according to a study on Saturday.The study, led by Queen Mary University of London, defined sensitivity as a personality...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A poor lifestyle with lack of sleep, binge drinking, and high stress, coupled with genes, is playing a significant role in the rising heart-related deaths in India, said experts on Saturday.Recently, an increasing number of...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) While paracetamol or acetaminophen has long remained the first choice of painkiller in pregnancy, a new study claims it may lead to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in babies.Acetaminophen is...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Preterm babies with very low birth weight who received a probiotic alongside antibiotics had fewer multidrug-resistant bacteria and a more typical gut microbiome, according to a study.The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, is...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) UK researchers have discovered eight new genes associated with schizophrenia, an advance that will improve the understanding and future treatment development for the severe mental disorder.Schizophrenia significantly affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves....
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) An enhanced version of an immunotherapy drug has shown significant promise against aggressive cancers in phase-1 trials, according to researchers.While CD40 agonist antibodies -- a class of cancer drugs -- have, over the past 20...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) A total of 4.5 lakh people in the national capital have registered for the government's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Yojana, said Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday.In her maiden Independence Day address from...
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The new e-Sushrut@Clinics will empower doctors and help create an interoperable digital health ecosystem, said Union Health Secretary Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava.The National Health Authority (NHA) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A study of population-specific responses to fermented food shows that the health effect of the bioactive peptides they contain, differ across populations and can personalise nutrition for India's diverse population, the government said on Thursday.A...
Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) Seven out of 10 dog farms in South Korea have closed their doors since the country enacted a law banning dog meat consumption a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.Of a total of 1,537...