A study conducted by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine has revealed that cancer survivors who smoke face a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease. A Yonsei University College of Medicine research team found that smoking can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease for cancer survivors that smoke. They are, from left, Professors Kim […]
Doctors said because of the tumour, the woman could not eat and weighed just 49 kg New Delhi: Doctors in Indore have successfully removed a whopping 15 kg tumour from the stomach of a woman, who constantly complained of pain and discomfort. According to doctors at the Index Hospital, a more than two-hour surgery was […]
A blood clot is a potential complication after surgery. To help prevent blood clots, a doctor may advise doing exercises to promote blood flow, wearing compression garments, and taking blood-thinning medications. Blood clotting is an important process that can prevent excessive bleeding after injury to a blood vessel. However, in some cases, blood clots can […]
Hope for blood cancer patients after immunotherapy drug trials show ‘groundbreaking results’ The drugs are so cutting-edge that they don’t even have names yet They may be rolled out across the UK to help cancer patients soon By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 20:55 EDT, 13 August 2023 | Updated: 20:56 EDT, 13 August 2023
Last Wednesday, in the wake of a report that Princeton University will include a book in its syllabus that claims that the IDF had been harvesting Palestinian organs, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli wrote a letter to the university’s senior leadership. The letter was written to Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber and Dean […]
KOLKATA: Several private hospitals in Kolkata are facing a bed crisis with occupancy hovering around 90% for a month. A spike in admissions due to a spurt in viral infections, increased surgeries and a slow but consistent rise in dengue patients have combined to fill up beds, stretching the waiting time for admission to 12-24 […]
Newswise — Researchers at Rutgers and Emory University are gaining insights into how schizophrenia develops by studying the strongest-known genetic risk factor. When a small portion of Chromosome 3 is missing – known as 3q29 deletion syndrome – it increases the risk for schizophrenia by about 40 fold. Researchers have now analyzed overlapping patterns of […]
Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents In this study, a total of 315 respondents were recruited where majority were from rural area, 175(55.6%) while those from urban area were 140(44.4%) respondents. Males, 209 (66.3%) predominated in this study and females were 106 (33.7%) (M: F = 1.94:1). Majority of the respondents belonged to the age group, 18– 33 years […]
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