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10 foods that help lower high blood pressure
Bhubaneswar: We are what we eat. This means the nutrition we consume or chose to skip, plays a crucial role in determining our overall health. This goes the same for people struggling with hypertension commonly known as high blood…
UV light kills Covid-19 virus without harming people: Study
Tokyo: In a significant breakthrough, researchers have discovered that using Ultraviolet C (UVC) light with a wavelength of 222 nanometres (touted as safer to use around humans) effectively kills the Covid-19 virus.
Other studies…
Majority of Covid-recovered complain of fatigue: Study
London: In a major study, the researchers have shown that persistent fatigue occurs in more than half of patients recovered from Covid-19, regardless of the seriousness of their infection.
"While the presenting features of SARS-CoV-2…
Shorter sleep at night linked to stressful events next day
Toronto: People who sleep late at night, kindly take note. Researchers have found that after a night of shorter sleep, people react more emotionally to stressful events the next day -- and they don't find as much joy in the good things.…
This Ayurveda kit helps in COVID cure, says UP’s Ayush Society
Lucknow: A kit of four Ayurveda medicines to counter the coronavirus is being provided by the Uttar Pradesh State Ayush Society.
The kit is being prepared at the direction of the Union Ayush Ministry, says the Ayush Society. It is to be…
‘Baby heartbeat reveals stress of having depressed mother’
London: Researchers have shown that the babies of mothers dealing with anxiety or depression exhibit physiologically stronger signs of stress than babies of healthy mothers, when given a standard stress test.
These babies show a…
Dining in restaurants may increase Covid-19 spread risk: Study
New York: In a study related to novel coronavirus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that people who are dining at a restaurant at a higher risk of Covid-19 transmission than some other community activities.…
New coronavirus seen up close in graphic details inside lungs
New York: A team of researchers in the US has published striking images of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells in the respiratory airways that are very graphic in nature.
In a laboratory setting, the researchers at University of North Carolina…
Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance
New York: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the researchers have found that poor home hygiene is contributing to antibiotic resistance and following a risk-based approach is essential to help curb the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.…
Covid ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage: Study
New York: Severely ill Covid-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down) position because it's easier for them to breathe and reduces mortality. However, a new study shows that life-saving position can also cause permanent…
