Covid during pregnancy is considered more dangerous as it can lead to stillbirth and premature birth.The study, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, included 1,500 participants who already had Covid during pregnancy and reported symptoms after six months.Of these, 9.3 percent...
The study, led by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in the US, showed that 55.8 million people worldwide had arthritis in 2020, a 22·5 per cent increase since 1990.Additionally, the prevalence of gout was 3.26 times higher in...
New Delhi, Living in poverty could lead to mental illness and vice versa, a study says.While previous studies have shown a strong correlation between poverty and mental illness, researchers said they had not been able to discern a cause-and-effect relationship between the two.While certain...
New Delhi, Nearly one in two medical prescriptions issued in India deviated from standard guidelines, with about a tenth showing "unacceptable deviations", according to a study by a team of researchers, including those from the All India Institute of Medical. Sciences (AIIMS). here, you have...
New Delhi, Nearly one in two medical prescriptions issued in India deviated from standard guidelines, with about a tenth showing "unacceptable deviations", according to a study by a team of researchers, including those from the All India Institute of Medical. Sciences (AIIMS). here, you have...
Elsevier's report titled "Insights 2024: Attitudes towards AI" is based on a survey of 3,000 researchers and clinicians from 123 countries who show their willingness to use AI in their daily work. They demonstrated that they believe in the high potential of AI in research and healthcare, but...
More than 50 countries have imposed sugar taxes on soft drinks to persuade manufacturers to reformulate their products. In the UK, the sugar tax, also known as the soft drinks industry levy, was announced in March 2016 and came into effect in April 2018.Researchers from the Universities of...
LONDON, July 9, 2024 / AgilityPR-AsiaNet / --Elsevier's survey of 3,000 researchers and doctors shows willingness to use AI in their daily work, with clear differences in attitude between the US, China and India.Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to transform research and healthcare...
New Delhi: A bigger body does not always necessarily mean a bigger brain, said a research team that found a disproportionate relationship between the two.For more than a century, scientists have thought that the larger an animal is, the brain is proportionally larger — a "linear" or...
New Delhi, A variety of gut bacteria may be contributing to the development of autism in children, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Microbiology.Therefore, stool samples can help diagnose the neurodevelopmental condition in which one displays repetitive behavior and...
While treatment of the once fatal cancer became possible, many women treated breast cancer using taxanes.The new tool, created by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden, could help doctors tailor treatments to avoid persistent side effects in those at greatest risk.The university's...
According to Professor Bo Li of the US-based Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), "It is a very serious syndrome.""Most people with cancer die of 'cachexia' rather than cancer. And once the patient enters this stage, there is no way to go back because there is essentially no treatment," he...
New Delhi: Air pollution could reduce the chances of a live birth thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF) by almost 40 percent, even in areas with "excellent" air quality, according to a study.IVF involves fertilizing a mature egg with a sperm in a laboratory to form an embryo, which is then...
Angelman syndrome is caused by mutations in the UBE3A gene inherited from the mother and is characterized by poor muscle control, limited speech, epilepsy and intellectual disability, the researchers explained in the study published in the journal Nature Communications.Ben Philpot, PhD, Kenan...
New Delhi: Obesity can no longer be defined simply by body mass index (BMI) but should refer to how body fat is distributed throughout the body, researchers said while launching a new framework for diagnosing and managing obesity.Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the framework...
New Delhi: Toxins such as nicotine and metals commonly present in the environment have been linked to depressive symptoms such as feeling hopeless or taking less interest in daily activities, according to a study conducted on American adults.Researchers found that inflammation caused by these...
Using mice studies, early-stage research led by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, and Sun Yat-sen University, China, showed that stiripentol has the potential to reduce tumor resistance and resistance to chemotherapy. And will help to survive.In the study, the team focused on...
California [USA], due in part to its frequent resistance to treatment, pancreatic cancer is a particularly aggressive and difficult-to-treat malignancy. According to a Stanford study, this resistance is related to the chemical composition of the surrounding tissue, as well as the physical...
Rochester [New York], For the first time, new research explains the relationship between the neurological symptoms of aura and the resulting migraine, clarifying how a disruption of brain fluid flow and a spreading wave of disruption cause headaches. The new proteins discovered in the study may...
Tokyo [Japan], a team of researchers has identified a number of rare T helper cell subtypes that are linked to immune conditions such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.The research carried out by Yasuhiro Murakawa's team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative...