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Drinking cocoa can make you smarter: Study
London: Researchers have revealed that increased consumption of flavanols - a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruit and vegetables - can increase your mental agility.
Flavanols, a sub-group of plant flavonoids, are present…
Green Mediterranean diet better for heart health: Study
Jerusalem: A green Mediterranean diet, containing even more plant matter and very little red meat or poultry, maybe even better for cardiovascular and metabolic health than the traditional version -- at least in men, say researchers.…
People with eye disease, diabetes at 5-fold risk of severe Covid-19: Study
London: Researchers have revealed that people with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with Covid-19.
The study, published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical…
High blood sugar ups Covid-19 death risk in non-diabetics too: Study
London: In a major study, researchers have now claimed that abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for Covid-19 patients, including those without diabetes.
The findings show patients with abnormally high…
Why true loss of smell, taste a godsend for many Covid patients
New Delhi: If you experience true loss of smell and taste along with gastric trouble (read diarrhoea) as Covid-19 symptoms begin to appear, have heart as this generally means a good prognosis and no severe respiratory attack that normally…
Study reveals why age is no barrier to successful weight loss
London: Researchers have found that obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes.
The findings, published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, will help to…
TB vax linked to lower risk of contracting Covid-19
New York: New research adds to a growing body of evidence that Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), is associated to reduced possibility of contracting the Covid-19 virus.
In the new study, published in The…
Another Chinese Covid-19 vaccine enters late-stage human trials
Beijing: Chinese vaccine maker Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has commenced the phase-3 clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine, planning to recruit 29,000 volunteers across the world.
This is China's first phase-3…
Indian experts cast doubt on mouthwash as coronavirus killer
New Delhi: As we go through studies claiming that widely-available mouthwashes can kill the deadly novel coronavirus, health experts in India cast doubts on such studies, stressing that people should not treat mouthwash as a prevention…
Covid mothers face low risk of pregnancy complications
New York: Researchers have now claimed that pregnant women, who test positive for Covid-19, their newborn babies have a low risk of developing severe symptoms.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, shows that 95 per…
