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Want to cut food intake? Dine alone

London,(IANS) If you are planning to cut down on your daily food intake to get into shape, better dine alone as a new research...

Junk food consumption ups allergy risk in kids

London, (IANS) Researchers have found that high consumption of junk food such as microwaved foods and barbequed meats may be responsible for food allergies...

Are smokers at greater risk of contracting COVID-19?

BY SIDDHI JAIN New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Are smokers, in particular, at any higher risk of getting infected? Health experts say yes. Although the...

Ayurveda for joint pain in winters

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Winter can be a difficult season for those battling joint pain. A chronic osteoarthritis condition is caused when the cartilage...

Avoid dehydration and water loss this summer

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Come April, and the summer heat is only going to get more intense. Avoiding excessive water loss and dehydration...

COVID-19 impacting major organs; young, middle-aged dying of stroke

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Doctors in the US have sounded alarm about people in their 30s and 40s dying of stroke because of...

Over 9 hours’ of sleep may raise stroke risk by 23%

New York, Dec 13 (IANS) People who sleep nine or more hours per night are 23 per cent more likely to later have a...

Covid-19 vaccine by Sinovac shows positive results in initial trials

Beijing, June 14 (IANS) Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac has said that its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, has been found to induce immune response in...

‘India to witness dramatic improvement in knee, hip surgeries’

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) With the fast adoption of robot-assisted surgeries, orthopaedic surgeries have come of age globally and India is at the...

Improving diet cuts risk of heart attacks in kids: Study

Porto Alegre (Brazil), (IANS) Encouraging physical activity and improving diet in children is crucial to cut deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study...