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Plasma Therapy Seems Successful To Fight Corona Virus

Plasma therapy results being positive in curing the coronavirus infected, the national capital is hopeful of recovering from the crisis. Delhi Health




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Offspring may Inherit Legacy of Their Father's Toxoplasma Infection, Says Study

Males infected with the Toxoplasma parasite were found to impact their offspring's brain health and behavior, revealed Australian researchers. Studying




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Patients With Glomerular Disease: New Findings

Patients with glomerular disease and their caregivers were found to give the highest priority to the health outcomes of kidney function, mortality, and need for dialysis or transplant.




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Donor Says It Only Takes 99 Minutes to Donate Plasma

Convalescent plasma therapy may be a preventive measure to fight the novel coronavirus. The therapy aims at using antibodies from the blood of a recovered




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Mobile Phones be Acting as 'Trojan Horses' for Coronavirus

Mobile phones host cocktail of live germs, aiding spread of diseases and urging billions of users worldwide to decontaminate their devices daily, warned new study.




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Exercise can Help You Master Motor Skill Learning

Exercise can cause changes in the brain that boost motor skill learning, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iNature Communications/i.




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Different Types of White Fat Play Different Roles in Metabolic Diseases

New study has discovered different types of white fat cells, even within a single site, may play different roles in disease. The findings of the study




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New Treatments may Offer Hope for Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients

New medication will decrease the need for blood transfusions in thalassemia patients, and eventually improve bone-marrow transplant outcomes, according




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Hygiene can Decrease the Need for Antibiotics by Up to 30 Percent

Everyday hygiene decreases the need for antibiotics by up to 30 percent, helping to prevent daily deaths from antimicrobial resistance (AMR), reports a new study.




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Cross-Contamination in Two-Person Assisted Gowning Procedure

The chance of surgeons getting contaminated after entering the operation room may be lower if they wear their gowns by themselves without a surgical technician's assistance.




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Probiotic-Based Sanitation Has Managed To Reduce Hospital Infections: Study

New probiotic-based sanitation routine adopted in five Hospitals in Italy has managed to cut the healthcare-associated infections in half and also reduce the costs of sanitation by 75 percent.




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Hospital Cleaning Trial Reduces Healthcare-associated Infections

Following effective hospital cleaning practices can significantly reduce healthcare-associated infections, reports a new study. A major trial of a bundle




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Vitamin C Helps ICU Patients Recover Faster

Increasing the intake of vitamin C can reduce the length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for critically ill patients, reveals a new study. The biochemistry of vitamin C is complex.




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Who Is Really The " Second Victim" In Medical Error Cases?

Families of the patients who have died at the hands of medical errors want to remove the term 'second victim,' which subtly promotes the belief that patient




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Better Patient Record Matching by Standardizing Last Names and Addresses

The linking of patient health records by as much as 8 percent, which equals to 2 billion health records, could be improved by standardizing last names and address information, reveals a new study.




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National Handwashing Campaign Cuts Staphylococcus aureus Infection Rates in Australia's Hospitals

Following a proper hand washing procedure can prevent a wide range of hospital-related infections, reports a new study. The findings of the study are




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Homeless People in UK are Denied Basic Healthcare Services

Homeless people living in the United Kingdom are denied primary access to UK health services, reveals a new study published in the iBritish Journal of General Practice/i.




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Researchers Create Model to Predict Surgical-case Duration

Scientists, physicians in surgery and anesthesia and informatics experts created machine-learning models for each surgical specialty and individual surgeons




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Arm in a Sling Offers Same Results as Surgery for Shoulder Fractures

A study assessed two types of treatment, namely arm in a sling and surgery with plates and screws for displaced fracture of shoulder. Of these, conservative




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Banning Hospital Ads may Increase Patient Readmission

Patients are positively influenced by hospital advertising and a blanket ban on hospital advertising can lead to hospital readmissions, reveals a new study.




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Bird Flu Cases in Two Areas in Kerala's Kozhikode

Bird flu was found at 2 poultry farms in and around Kozhikode Municipal Corporation limits and authorities planning to cull the poultry in affected areas.




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Wearing Surgical Masks Could Help Slow Coronavirus Pandemic's Advance

Surgical face masks may prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals, reports a new study. The findings




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COVID-19 Cases May Peak in India by End of April: Indian Chest Society

Indian Chest Society (ICS) has evaluated that India is likely to encounter its peak in terms of positive COVID-19 cases by the end of April. "We are one month behind the US.




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Is Coronavirus Seasonal?

Common coronaviruses could be highly seasonal and tend to flare in winter months, reports a new study. Four types of human coronaviruses that cause common




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Check Out the Revised Guidelines on COVID-19 Face Mask

Covering the nose and mouth with good face mask can prevent the spread of coronavirus to a larger extent. Here is a set of advice issued by the U.S. Centers




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Global COVID-19 Cases Exceed 1.5 Million

Global confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 1.5 million on Wednesday afternoon local time, reports Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.




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How to Handle COVID-19 Layoffs with Compassion During Social Distancing?

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow, the damage to the job market looks likely to be deep and long-lasting. The employers are dealing with the




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How Effective is Quarantine Alone or in Combination with Other Measures to Control COVID-19?

Quarantine is important in reducing incidence and death during the COVID (and) #8208;19 pandemic. Early implementation of quarantine and combining quarantine




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COVID-19 in Gujarat: 21 more coronavirus positive cases detected

With the help of continued intensified inspection and testing, 21 more has tested positive in Gujarat for COVID-19 on Thursday. Thursday alone had




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Time to Encourage People to Wear Face Masks as a Precaution: Study

Amid the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the globe, a new study has stressed that it's time to encourage people to wear face masks as a precautionary




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New Global Registry to Measure the Risk Among Clinicians Who Intubate COVID-19 Patients Launched

The United States component of a global registry that aims to help protect health care providers who intubate patients with COVID-19 and better quantify




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Mother-Baby Separation During COVID-19 Not Evidence-Based: Study

New study says that the recommendation to separate mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 from their infants after delivery is not supported by evidence and could cause lasting harm.




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COVID-19 Pandemic: Coronavirus Global Death Toll Crosses 100,000 Mark, Over 1.65 Million Cases

COVID-19 death rate is still mounting high across the globe. The number of newly infected cases is increasing day-by-day amid lockdown. The global death




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COVID-19 Claims 13 Lives in Maharashtra, Mumbai Notches Highest New Cases

Coronavirus claimed 13 lives in Maharashtra, while Mumbai recorded 132 new positive cases the highest in a single day, report officials. The state's




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First Coronavirus Case in Northeast Cured, Returns Home

A 23-year-old woman who had returned from the UK was the first positive case for novel coronavirus in Manipur. She is now declared completely free of




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Metformin Protects Breastfed Children

A new research has suggested that common diabetes drug metformin helps protect breastfed children from future metabolic disorders namely diabetes and obesity.




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Hygiene can Decrease the Need for Antibiotics by Up to 30 Percent

Improved everyday hygiene practices, like hand-washing, decrease the risk of common infections and reduces the need for antibiotics, reports a new study.




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Sugary Soda Consumption Decreases Kidney Blood Flow: Study

Regular consumption of sugary soda containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) reduces kidney blood flow, which could be linked to a greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD).




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Awesome Family Staycation Ideas You can Use This Summer

Several favorite summer activities, like camps and vacations, have already been postponed until next year due to the COVID-19 situation. Still, with a little creativity and a willingness to try new things, the 2020 staycation can be a fun, relaxing, and novel family time.




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Mindfulness can Reduce Procrastinating While Working from Home

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, working remotely could make people work inefficiently. But, practicing mindfulness may lower levels of procrastination, says a new study.




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COVID-19 in Maharashtra: Coronavirus Positive Cases Zoom From 2 To Nearly 20K

In 2 months, coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra have zoomed from 2 to nearly 20k, revealed sources.




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India Inches Towards 60,000 COVID-19 Cases, Say Sources

Total number of COVID-19 cases in the country mounted to 59,662 on Saturday, with 3,320 cases and 95 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.




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ICMR Gets Approval for Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Treatment

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct trial in 21 hospitals to assess safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma on COVID-19 patients.




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Computer-based Approach Predicts Gestational Diabetes

Novel computer algorithm can predict women at high risk of gestational diabetes in the early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy has occurred,




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New Artificial Pancreas System: Life-changing Support to Type 1 Diabetes People

New study is pioneering a new artificial pancreas system that provides life-changing support to people living with type 1 diabetes. The findings of the




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New Study Helps Restore Hormonal Balance Disrupted in Metabolic Diseases

The molecular mechanisms that trigger metabolic imbalance between the two distinct but linked processes have been discovered by scientists. The new finding




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Diabetes Support Groups Linked to Lower Levels of Disease Management

Type 2 diabetes patients belonging to OSGs (online support groups) to share experiences and glean information were found to have poorer health, said a




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'Living Drug Factories' May Treat Diabetes and Other Diseases

New study devised a way to encapsulate therapeutic cells that can be implanted in patients, which could secrete drugs as-needed in the patient. This novel




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Future Diabetes Cases Predicted Through Artificial Intelligence

Which patients will develop diabetes predicted by a type of artificial intelligence called m learning. Diabetes is linked to increased risks of severe




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New Treatment Options More Likely to Benefit People Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease

Newer therapies can benefit millions of people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease, suggests a new study. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects treatment