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"Nipah is a zoonotic virus (transmission of virus from animal to humans)," said Bahl noting that "fruit bats are the reservoirs" of the virus.

Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease that can affect almost anyone who does not follow a healthy lifestyle. Until a few years ago, it was thought that diabetes could not be reversed.

Researchers analysed 50,000 adults over the age of 60 who did not have a diagnosis of dementia at the start of the study.

Seasonal earaches are very common and there are simple home remedies that can be effectively used to treat them.

In the study, published in the journal Cureus, the team included 40 patients, with 26 (65 per cent) classified as having moderate Covid, six (15 per cent) classified as having severe Covid, and the remaining having mild Covid.

There are two epicentres of the virus in Kozhikode and the district authorities are making sure that things are kept under close scrutiny. The route map of the four positive patients will soon be prepared.

As soon as the result of the sample from National Institute of Virology Pune came, a central team of top officials from Delhi will be arriving in Kozhikode, later in the day.

Having less testosterone is not only about sluggishness and low sex drive. There are many more frustrating symptoms that a man faces.

The DCGI has issued the advisory following a compliant on August 9 alleging that one bottle of Digene Gel mint flavour is of regular taste (sweet) and light pink colour whereas another bottle of the same batch was of white colour with bitter taste and pungent odour.

Video games are a source of entertainment and relaxation and have also shown to boost a person’s cognitive skills, creativity, communication and reflexes. But studies report that their addictive nature stimulates some of the reward centres of the brain, resulting in multiple behavioural mental and health issues.

Published in the BMJ Oncology, the findings showed the global number of early onset cancers is set to rise by 31 per cent among people below the age of 50. The cancer related-deaths will also rise by 21 per cent.

For people suffering from hypothyroidism, it is a constant struggle to maintain a healthy weight. However, with proper diet and lifestyle changes, it is possible to manage these symptoms.

Whenever there is nasal congestion, the age-old remedy of taking steam comes into play. For centuries, Ayurveda has been recommending taking steam to improve respiratory function.

According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, up to 10,000 people a week have been hospitalised with Covid, reports NPR.

An anti-cancer jab that can cut down treatment time for some cancer patients by three quarters has been rolled out by UK’s National Health Service. What’s interesting is the jab takes as little as 7 minutes to administer. The U.K.'s publicly funded healthcare system will be the first health system in the world to roll out the seven-minute injection to hundreds of NHS cancer patients each year.

Inflammation in the body can cause some chronic and some unexpected health issues.

Does eating at night make you gain weight? Here’s an overview!

If you are experiencing health problems like inflammation, heartburn, body odour, increased thirst and hunger, and acid reflux it is an indication of imbalanced pitta.

High levels of Lipoprotein(a), is similar to LDL cholesterol, sometimes called ‘bad cholesterol’, but is more sticky, increasing risk of blockages and blood clots in arteries

The Chugh-led team learned that this warning symptom was different for women than it was for men, according to the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Lancet Digital Health.