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Get your posture right when you use mobiles, or suffer back, neck pain

New Delhi | With the growing addiction of mobile phones, people are also becoming victims of degenerative spinal changes, especially in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions. Our posture at the time of receiving and making mobile calls can potentially give rise to musculoskeletal issues. A host of studies have linked the wrong posture while using […]

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Fatima Sana Shaikh opens up about her struggle with epilepsy, reveals when did she come to know about her disease

Mumbai | Bollywood actress Fatima Sana Shaikh, who will be soon seen as Indira Gandhi in ‘Sam Bahadur’, recently took to her social media to raise awareness about epilepsy which she has also been suffering from. November is known as the Epilepsy Awareness Month. Fatima Sana Shaikh has been making a constant effort to address this […]

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Monkeypox risk higher in children aged 8 or younger: Researchers

London | Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, researchers report. Few children are affected by monkeypox so far but risks are higher in children aged 8 or younger, according to the study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Despite the low reported […]

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Young people getting more prone to osteoarthritis, here are the reasons for it

Lucknow | More and more people in the age group of 35 to 45 years in Lucknow are getting diagnosed with osteoarthritis (deformity in joints). Experts at a continuing medical education (CME) programme and live surgery workshop at the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) said that a sedentary lifestyle, poor dietary habits and […]

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Hepatitis cases rising among children globally but cause remains a mystery

London | A dangerous and mysterious illness continues to spread among children, and so do questions over what’s causing it, including possible links to Covid-19, The Guardian reported. More than 600 cases of hepatitis with no known cause have been identified around the globe since October 2021, and many of the cases are in previously healthy […]

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Study confirms airborne transmission of coronavirus

Hyderabad | A collaborative study by a group of scientists from the CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad and the CSIR-IMTech, Chandigarh, with hospitals in Hyderabad and Mohali has confirmed the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The study has been published in the Journal of Aerosol Science. The exact mechanism of spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has remained elusive. Earlier thought to […]