IVF treatment may up stroke risk in women by 66%: Study

IANS | August 31, 2023 4:39 PM

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Women who received infertility treatments like in vitro-fertilisation (IVF) had an increased risk of stroke hospitalisation within 12 months of delivery, according to an alarming study.

BHU doctors carry out first allogenic stem cell transplant

IANS | August 31, 2023 3:00 PM

Varanasi (UP), Aug 31 (IANS) Doctors at the department of paediatrics, IMS-BHU (Banaras Hindu University) have carried out the first allogeneic stem cell transplantation in an 11-year-old child with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (blood cancer).

Study explains why Omicron variants continue to spread

IANS | August 31, 2023 11:51 AM

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) The Omicron variants of the Covid-19 virus, which have rapidly spread around the world over the past year, latch onto our cells more tightly, invade them more efficiently, according to a new study.

New artificial kidney-like device to free patients from dialysis

IANS | August 30, 2023 6:54 PM

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) In a breakthrough, US scientists have, for the first time, developed an implantable device that could one day free kidney failure patients from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant.