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Sitting at work for long? 15-30 mins of extra exercise can cut high death risk
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests...
GenAI-based tools to write 70% of software tests by 2028
"The Asia-Pacific market for generative AI assisted software...
Many newborns dying due to loss of efficacy of antibiotics against sepsis: Study
Sepsis is a life-threatening bloodstream infection which affects up to 3 million babies a year globally. Every year, 214,000 newborn babies, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), die of sepsis that has become resistant to antibiotics Newborn babies are...
Adding genomic info to blood biomarkers yields cost-effective results for chronic disease prevention: Study
"We found that in all the diseases, both genetics and biomarkers could provide useful information about disease risk, even ten years into the future. And the blood biomarkers provided better prediction in nearly all cases - for example, the 10 per cent of individuals...
Brain tumour cases rising ‘steadily’ in India, 20% are children: Doctors
"India is witnessing an increasing trend of central nervous system tumours. The prevalence ranges from 5 to 10 per 1,00,000 population. Very few people know that out of these, only two per cent of tumours turn cancerous," said Ravindra Srivastava, Director...
Delhi hospital uses extreme cold therapy to treat cancer patient unfit for surgery
''It is safe and the risks involved are generally lower than in surgery. An additional advantage of cryoablation is that it can be repeated if required,'' according to a statement from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. According to doctors, cryoablation can also be used for the...
Fatigue of long Covid as bad as that in cancer patients, says study
''Our research has revealed that long Covid can leave people with worse fatigue and quality of life than some cancers, yet the support and understanding is not at the same level,'' said co-author William Henley, professor at the University of Exeter Medical School...
Higher risk of disabilities, cancer in men born during Bhopal gas disaster: Study
“There were serious long-term and chronic health consequences for hundreds of thousands of survivors, including respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic and endocrine impacts,” said study co-author Prashant Bharadwaj, professor in UC San Diego’s...
AI outperforms standard risk model for predicting breast cancer: Study
''Recent advances in AI deep learning provide us with the ability to extract hundreds to thousands of additional mammographic features,'' A. Arasu, from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, US said in a statement Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed...
Raising awareness about brain tumour symptoms imperative for better treatment, say docs
Dr Manish Vaish, senior director of neurosurgery at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Vaishali said brain tumours constitute approximately two per cent of all malignancies globally and present a formidable health challenge. ''In India alone, an estimated 40,000 new...
New York tops the world’s 20 most expensive cities for expats in 2023
Soaring inflation and rising accommodation costs were cited as reasons for New York topping ECA International’s Cost of Living Rankings for 2023, while Geneva and London remained in third and fourth places New York has leapfrogged Hong Kong as the world’s most...
Can exercise reduce risk of developing Parkinson’s disease?
"Exercise is a low-cost way to improve health overall, so our study sought to determine if it may be linked to a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a debilitating disease that has no cure," said study author Alexis Elbaz, MD, PhD, of the Inserm Research...