Stigma Covid-19 patients face causing increase in mortality: AIIMS Director
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that people with flu-like symptoms are not coming out for check-up due to...
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‘Ventilators not panacea for making Covid-19 mortality rate zero’ (IANS Interview)
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Till some time back, people were not much aware about viruses and their characteristics. However, that has changed ever since...
K’taka links state-wide Covid-19 ICUs aiming zero mortality
Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department has launched a state-wide Critical Care Support Unit, linking all Covid-19-19 hospitals’ ICUs to aim...
Maha Covid-19 mortality rate highest in the world! (IANS Exclusive)
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) In a shocker, Maharashtra has willy-nilly emerged as a global hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the mortality rate,...
Corona figures: Gujarat has highest mortality rate, Kerala lowest
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) In the ongoing corona pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home-state Gujarat has earned the dubious distinction of notching the highest mortality...
Scientists link air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in Italy
London, April 6 (IANS) An environmental researcher from Aarhus University in Denmark and health researchers from Italy have claimed there could be a link between...
Strict isolation effective in lowering mortality rates: Study
New York, March 29 (IANS) Amid the fast-spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have revealed that strict and early isolation and other preventative mandates may be...
Obese kids at higher risk of anxiety, mortality
London, March 20 (IANS) Parents, kindly take note. Researchers have found that children with obesity may have a higher risk of anxiety, depression and three...
Healthy lifestyle reduces risk of disease, mortality
New York, March 12 (IANS) The longer you lead a healthy lifestyle during midlife, the less likely you are to develop certain diseases in later...
Older people with low BP at higher mortality risk
London, March 7 (IANS) Older people, please take note. Researchers have found that low blood pressure is linked to high mortality in older adults. The...
Fish oil supplements linked to lower risk of mortality
New York, March 5 (IANS) Regular use of fish oil supplements may be linked to a lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events,...
Mortality risk higher in IVF babies before 1 yr of age
London, Feb 18 (IANS) Researchers have found that the children conceived through assisted reproductive techniques including IVF (in vitro fertilisation) had a 45 per cent...
Daily exposure to ozone pollution ups mortality risk
London, Feb 11 (IANS) Researchers have found that daily exposure to ground level ozone in cities worldwide is associated with an increased risk of death....
China predicts fall in mortality rate as NCoV toll hits 425 (2nd Ld)
Beijing, Feb 4 (IANS) Chinese health authorities on Tuesday said that the national coronavirus mortality rate of 2.1 per cent would drop further with the...
Inadequate food access linked to premature mortality: Study
Toronto, Jan 20 (IANS) Researchers have found that people with inadequate access to food due to financial constraints are 10 to 37 per cent more...
Vigorous exercise lowers mortality risk in women: Study
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Women who exercise vigorously are at significantly lower risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes, reveals a new...
Botulinum toxin caused bird mortality at Sambhar lake
Jaipur, Nov 22 (IANS) The cause of mass casualties of birds at Sambhar lake in Rajasthan, a Ramsar site of international significance, was ‘Botulinum’ toxin...
Men with breast cancer face high mortality rates: Study
New York, Oct 23 (IANS) Men with breast cancer are more likely to have lower overall survival rates than their female counterparts, a study said....
Sedentary lifestyle linked to doubled mortality risk
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Sedentary lifestyle for 20 years is associated with a two times risk of premature death as compared to those who lead...
AI predicts long-term mortality from chest X-ray data
New York, July 21 (IANS) Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tool that can harvest information in chest X-rays to predict long-term mortality. The...