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  Your doctor’s stethoscope might be giving you serious diseases! Researchers reveal how

  Lifestyle | July 20, 2017 17:02 IST

  Most of the healthcare facilities don't clean their reusable medical equipments which causes serious infectious diseases.

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  Caution women! Your eye makeup might be causing you vision problems

  Lifestyle | July 13, 2017 12:30 IST

  Too much makeup around eyes can kill blood cells in the meibomian gland ducts.

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  Existing drugs can be used to treat medicines, instead of developing new ones- Study

  Lifestyle | July 08, 2017 17:03 IST

  Using existing medication for treating infectious diseases is known as drug repurposing

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  Do you like pets? But beware! They might be passing tick on you

  Lifestyle | July 08, 2017 15:56 IST

  Your pets might be infested with ticks, that can make you seriously ill!

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  Monsoon Care: How to protect your eyes from infection

  Lifestyle | July 05, 2017 12:55 IST

  Here are some useful pointers to keep in mind this monsoon

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  Zika in India: Pregnant women need to know these 7 things about the virus

  Lifestyle | June 01, 2017 18:21 IST

  Discovery of Zika patients in India might have created a panic among people, especially the pregnant women who are said to be more prone to the virus. But instead of panicking, here are few things you need to know.

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  Antibiotics should not be used after surgery to prevent surgical infections: WHO

  Lifestyle | November 04, 2016 10:40 IST

  Surgical site infections around the globe are quite common and can pose a threat to life if not taken seriously. As this has become a matter of great concern, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has

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  Tuberculosis tricks body's immune system to make people infectious

  Lifestyle | October 21, 2016 19:04 IST

  Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people, a new study says. The researchers believe that current ideas about how

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  Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice, claims new research

  Lifestyle | October 14, 2016 17:05 IST

  A recent research has found that a person contaminated with Zika is unlikely to get fever twice. According to the research, conducted by Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University

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  Regular physical activity may lower risk of bacterial infection: Study

  Lifestyle | September 26, 2016 18:54 IST

  Low and moderate levels of physical activity may significantly lower the risk of bacterial infection, a new study has found. Regular physical activity is known to have various health benefits including reduced risk of

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  Researchers develop antibiotic gel that may cure ear infection in kids

  Lifestyle | September 19, 2016 10:54 IST

  New Delhi: Ear infection is the one of the commonly diagnosed childhood illness. The most common symptoms of this infection are severe ear pain, trouble sleeping and fever. Now ear infections could soon be easier

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  Tapeworm could help cure Zika virus infection

  World | September 01, 2016 11:20 IST

  Researchers have found some existing drug compounds – including one already used as a treatment for tapeworm infection in humans – that have the potential to both stop Zika from replicating in the body and

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  Viral infections more dangerous during morning, claims Indian-origin scientist

  Lifestyle | August 17, 2016 8:02 IST

  A recent study carried out by an Indian-origin scientist has indicated that the morning time is the worst period when it comes to health, since it invites the onset of problems like cold, fever, cough

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  New powerful antibiotics found in human nose, could cure deadly infections easily

  World | July 28, 2016 13:48 IST

  Powerful antibiotics have been found inside the nose of humans which can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the superbug MRSA, according to German researchers. According to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday,

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  Fungal infections cause more deaths than malaria and breast cancer, warn experts

  World | July 05, 2016 12:02 IST

  New Delhi: Fungal infections kill more people than malaria and breast cancer globally and are a threat to human health, according to experts. Scientists have warned of the increasing threat that killer fungal infections poses

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  Women, pay attention! Drinking cranberry juice daily keeps urinary infections at bay

  Lifestyle | June 16, 2016 15:14 IST

  New York: Drinking a glass of cranberry juice per day can help women to keep urinary infection at bay, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. The study suggests that cranberries also help

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  Your smartphone can now be used to diagnose ear infections at home

  Lifestyle | March 31, 2016 14:42 IST

  London:A new method to diagnose ear infections using smartphones and the cloud. have been developed by swedish researchers. One of the researchers, Claude Laurent from the Umea University in Sweden said "Because of lack of

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  Breastfeeding, vaccinations cut ear infections in babies

  Lifestyle | March 28, 2016 12:05 IST

  New York: Higher rates of breastfeeding, use of vaccinations and lower rates of smoking by mothers have reduced the rates of ear infections during the first year of a baby, finds a new study. "Prolonged

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  Ebola: Low cost portable device discovered for detecting infection

  World | February 23, 2016 7:51 IST

  London: Researchers have developed a low-cost and portable diagnostic device that can be used to detect Ebola infection and many other diseases.The device could be particularly useful to monitor endemic, epidemic and pandemic disease outbreaks

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  AIDS epidemic can end by 2030: UNAIDS

  World | July 15, 2015 0:04 IST

  Geneva: The AIDS epidemic can end by 2030, the UN said today, highlighting the global response that has averted 30 million new HIV infections worldwide in the last 15 years including in India, which ranks