Seoul, Nov 26 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new wearable robot that is designed to specifically assist people with difficulties in walking due to ageing, muscle weakness, surgeries or specific medical conditions.
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Endless shifts with no food, water, working environment; having to choose between patients, do surgeries without anaesthesia, letting them die for want of medicines, with infection; constantly losing their own health, house, colleagues and family members -- these are some of the realities being faced by the doctors and healthcare staff in war-torn Gaza for over a month now.
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) West Bengal health department has decided to act tough on the rampant sale of antibiotic drugs in retail medicine shops in the state without proper prescription from any registered medical practitioner.
San Francisco, Nov 25 (IANS) While a lot of research for decades brought possible treatment for cancer and heart diseases that affect many people globally, the researchers said there are many diseases that affect just a handful of people, which include quite a few rare, hereditary diseases, such as DOOR syndrome.
New York, Nov 25 (IANS) Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more than double that of exposure to PM2.5 from other sources, say researchers after examining emissions data and Medicare records.
San Francisco, Nov 25 (IANS) Decreasing the widely used Covid-19 booster vaccine dose produces a similar immune response in adults as compared to a full dose with fewer side effects, a new study has found.
San Francisco, Nov 25 (IANS) Swapping animal-based food such as red and processed meat with plant-based foods such as nuts or legumes may help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and overall mortality, a new study has found.
London, Nov 25 (IANS) A new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers confirms that autistic people experience a reduced life expectancy, however the number of years of life lost may not be as high as previously claimed.
London, Nov 25 (IANS) Researchers are now developing and using methods based on artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise the tempo and stages of embryonic development.
London, Nov 24 (IANS) Under new curbs on immigration planned by the UK government, foreign health and care workers will be allowed to bring only one relative with them to the country, media reports said.
