New Delhi: Salt warning labels on menus in restaurants may help diners rethink over high-salt meals and make healthier choices, according to a study. It may also be a key strategy to fight cardiovascular diseases as well as kidney damage caused by a high-salt diet.In a first-of-its-kind research, a team from the University of Liverpool in the…
Mumbai: WhatsApp banned more than 98 lakh accounts in India during June, as part of its efforts to curb abuse and harmful activity on the platform, according to WhatsApp’s latest India Monthly Report.Of these, nearly 19.79 lakh accounts were banned proactively, before any user complaints were received, the report stated.In addition to banning accounts, WhatsApp also…
New Delhi: Ahead of the UN treaty on plastics, a new report in The Lancet journal on Monday has warned that plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to the health of both humans and the planet, which must be addressed immediately.The report, led by a group of international experts, reviews the current evidence on how plastics…
New Delhi: Scientists have found inflammatory pathways that contribute to asthma flare-ups in children that occur despite treatment. Eosinophilic asthma is characterised by high levels of eosinophils — a type of white blood cell involved in the body’s immune response. While eosinophils typically help fight infections, in eosinophilic asthma, they accumulate in the lungs and airways, causing…
New Delhi: Hepatitis B drugs are being vastly underused, and boosting early treatment against the deadly hepatitis B virus (HBV) could save many lives over time, argued scientists in a new paper published in Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. HBV kills over 3,000 people every day, or over 2 people every minute. Of the people who do…
New Delhi: Vaccines prevented more than 2.5 million deaths from SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19 infections, worldwide, according to a study. The study, led by researchers from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy, showed that one Covid death was avoided for every 5,400 doses of vaccine administered.Some 82 per cent of the lives saved…
New Delhi: People with dementia are diagnosed an average of 3.5 years after symptoms are first noticed, according to a new study. Early signs of dementia may include memory loss, difficulty finding words, confusion, and changes in mood and behaviour.The study, published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, showed that younger age at onset and having…
New Delhi: Ivermectin can be an effective strategy to control malaria transmission, according to a new study that showed the drug can lower new malaria infections by 26 per cent. Ivermectin, a drug traditionally used to treat neglected tropical diseases like onchocerciasis, which causes river blindness, and lymphatic filariasis, which causes elephantiasis, has been shown to reduce…
New Delhi: A commonly used type 2 diabetes medication in the US — Glipizide — may be linked to a higher rate of heart-related conditions, claimed a study. Researchers from Mass General Brigham examined nationwide data from nearly 50,000 patients treated with different sulfonylureas. They found that glipizide was linked to a higher incidence of heart failure,…
New Delhi: Older adults with high blood pressure may benefit from drinking beetroot juice, claimed a study on Wednesday. The blood pressure-lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older individuals may be attributed to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK.Nitrate is crucial…
