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China discourages “bride prices” to check fast-declining population
China's population is shrinking for the first time in more than six...
Long Covid associated with reduced brain oxygen levels cognitive impairment Study
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Record-breaking winter winds have blown old Arctic sea ice into the melt zone
Recent research using the newest generation of climate models projects that the coverage of sea ice at the September minimum will fall to conditions recognised as ice free around 2035. Since the beginning of the satellite record in 1984, the coverage of perennial ice has roughly halved, and this downward trend will continue.
Heart, stroke risks climb after COVID-19; flu shots may be protective
In the week following a COVID-19 diagnosis, the risk of a first heart attack went up three- to eight-fold, and the risk of a first stroke due to a blood-vessel blockage rose three- to six-fold, the researchers found.
DST receives 478 proposals to study effects of yoga, meditation in fighting Covid
”During the year 2020-21, the department had announced a special call under SATYAM programme to combat with COVID-19 and related viruses in order to explore the effect of yoga and meditation as add on therapy under three broad thematic areas viz. immunity, respiratory system and stress, anxiety and depression, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.,” ‘
Tokyo Olympics cost USD 15.4 billion. What else could that buy?
Olympic costs have been dissected in a study by the University of Oxford, which found that all Games since 1960 have had cost overruns averaging 172%. Tokyo’s cost overrun is 111% or 244% depending on which cost figure you select.
South Korea to compensate nurse paralysed after Covid-19 shot
AstraZeneca has been granted protection from product liability claims related to its Covid-19 vaccine by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements.
After reports of a rare blood clots associated with the vaccine this year, several countries announced restrictions on its use in younger people.
In Asia, countries including Singapore, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia have financial assistance programmes or set up compensation funds for those who suffer serious side effects from vaccines.
Indian Orthopedic Association lays stress on proper first-aid in accidents
Young adults in the age group of 18 -45 years accounted for nearly 69.3 per cent of road accident victims. The working-age group of 18-60 accounted for a share of 84.3 per cent of the total road accident deaths. Of the accident victims who lost their lives, 86 per cent were males, according to the 2019 report.
Moving to cloud can help improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon footprint: Report
In a blog, AWS cited an example that if 25 per cent of the 1,200 largest publicly-traded businesses in India put one megawatt (MW) of compute workload – which is a quarter of an average enterprise IT workload – into a cloud-powered entirely by renewable energy, it would save the equivalent of a year’s worth of emissions from 1,60,000 Indian households.
”Customers in APAC who move compute workloads to the AWS Cloud can significantly reduce their carbon footprint, benefiting from the net effect of all our sustainability efforts,” AWS Head of Energy Policy (the Asia Pacific and Japan) Ken Haig said.
COVID: why you still need to wash your hands
Many infections begin when we touch our mouth, nose or eyes. Scientists researching this behaviour find that people are constantly touching their faces. Respiratory viruses, such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2, while spread primarily by respiratory droplets can also be spread by contaminated hands touching the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and eyes.
Resting heart rate is important health indicator
Due to the high pressure, the muscles of the heart get stressed, which can cause all these problems to the patient. One can stabilise a high resting heart rate by improving lifestyle, meditation, and yoga. Moreover, stress is a silent killer that can take your heart rate shooting through the roof. There have also been studies in which patients have normalised their high resting heart rate in just one week with lifestyle modification.
Study reveals more mental health support needed for frontline workers tackling COVID
The review, conducted by the University of York and the Mental Health Foundation, also revealed that COVID-19 patients with other physical health problems and children and adolescents are struggling with a host of mental health issues during the pandemic. The study was published in the journal PLOS ONE.