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Study shows sniffing other people's body odour may help in reducing social anxiety

Study shows sniffing other people's body odour may help in reducing social anxiety

London: A study has revealed that sniffing other people's body odour might be useful in therapy for social anxiety.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Mediterranean diet reduces risk of heart disease, death in women: Study

Mediterranean diet reduces risk of heart disease, death in women: Study

A world-first look at the effect of the Mediterranean diet in women confirms it lowers risk of heart disease and death and should be recommended for prevention.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Forest Dept files case against UP man who rescued Sarus crane

Forest Dept files case against UP man who rescued Sarus crane

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh): The Forest department has lodged a case against a man from Uttar Pradesh who took care of a Sarus crane for a year after rescuing it, said media reports

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Study finds substance use disorders do not increase likelihood of COVID-19 deaths

Study finds substance use disorders do not increase likelihood of COVID-19 deaths

New research from Boston Medical Center found that substance use disorders do not increase the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Published in Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, the study showed that the increased risk for severe COVID-19 in people with SUD that has been seen may be the result of co-occurring medical conditions.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Study reveals vaccination reduces risk of long COVID-19

Study reveals vaccination reduces risk of long COVID-19

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Scientists warn of rise in potentially fatal bacterial infection due to global warming

Scientists warn of rise in potentially fatal bacterial infection due to global warming

Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
COVID-19 cases spike in India: Four more people die in past 24 hours

COVID-19 cases spike in India: Four more people die in past 24 hours

New Delhi: Four people lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection during the past 24 hours in the country while active cases increased by 832 in the same period.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully

ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully

Sriharikota(AP)/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated second commercial launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully accomplished the LVM-M3 mission.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Brilliant site of aurora in US mesmerizes people; Twitteraties share images, videos

Brilliant site of aurora in US mesmerizes people; Twitteraties share images, videos

A powerful geomagnetic storm, caused by a significant gap in the sun's corona, severely impacted the Earth's magnetic field, causing a stunning display of the Northern Lights in the United States.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Kolkata: Awareness and Joint Action by BIMSTEC countries could stem the climate rot

Kolkata: Awareness and Joint Action by BIMSTEC countries could stem the climate rot

Kolkata: The BIMSTEC conference in Kolkata on Saturday deliberated on the issue of climate change in the region and unanimously called for cooperation and understanding of the problems and creating joint-action tempered by scientific decisions to stem the rot of climate change.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
Health is now a crucial agenda of discussion among member states ever since COVID-19 pandemic occurred: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell 

Health is now a crucial agenda of discussion among member states ever since COVID-19 pandemic occurred: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell 

Kolkata: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell on Saturday said health has emerged as a crucial agenda of discussion among the member states ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.

IBNSMar 26, 2023
US: Mississippi tornadoes claim 23 lives, injure several overnight: Report

US: Mississippi tornadoes claim 23 lives, injure several overnight: Report

Mississippi (US): Several severe tornadoes ripped through the Deep South on Friday night, causing extensive destruction in southern U.S. state, Mississippi, resulting in the loss of at least 23 lives, demolishing numerous buildings, and causing immense damage to a rural town, news agency AP reported.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Risk of cervical cancer twice as high in women with mental illness: Study

Risk of cervical cancer twice as high in women with mental illness: Study

Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynaecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing the disease.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Study says blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted

Study says blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted

Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Study finds blood pressure greater than 130/85 mmHg can cause heart damage in adolescents: Study

Study finds blood pressure greater than 130/85 mmHg can cause heart damage in adolescents: Study

New York: Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a paper published in the Journal of Pediatrics concludes.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Study finds good physical fitness does not protect children from obesity-related low-grade inflammation

Study finds good physical fitness does not protect children from obesity-related low-grade inflammation

New York: The increased prevalence of childhood obesity has resulted in an increased incidence of sustained low-grade inflammation since childhood.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Is COVID-19 making a comeback? India registers six deaths in past 24 hours

Is COVID-19 making a comeback? India registers six deaths in past 24 hours

New Delhi: Six patients have died due to Coronavirus infection in the country in the last 24 hours while the number of active cases increased by 674 during this period, according to data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Arunachal Pradesh: World Forest Day marked in Itanagar, youth clean up Yagamso River

Arunachal Pradesh: World Forest Day marked in Itanagar, youth clean up Yagamso River

Itanagar: Celebrating World Forest Day, more than 80 volunteers in Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar joined hands on Tuesday to clean the  Yagamso river at Indira Gandhi Park.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Arunachal Pradesh: NGOs conduct door-to-door campaign on waste segregation in Itanagar

Arunachal Pradesh: NGOs conduct door-to-door campaign on waste segregation in Itanagar

Itanagar: Volunteers of  Abralow Memorial Multipurpose Society and Youth Mission for Clean River (YMCR) recently carried out a  door-to-door campaign on ‘source segregation of waste’ among the business community and residents of Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Leander Paes unveils Ben Nevis's new healthcare programme for senior sportspersons

Leander Paes unveils Ben Nevis's new healthcare programme for senior sportspersons

Kolkata/IBNS: Olympian Leander Paes and his father Dr Vece Paes have recently unveiled Ben Nevis Diagnostic Center's new healthcare programme for senior members of the sporting community.

IBNSMar 25, 2023
Kolkata: Health experts discuss benefits of consuming almond

Kolkata: Health experts discuss benefits of consuming almond

Kolkata: With an aim to engage with health professionals, Indian Dietetic Association, Bengal Chapter, and the Almond Board of California hosted a session on the benefits of consumption of almonds.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Now you have more reason to listein to your favourite music as study reveals it enhances efficiency of certain medicines

Now you have more reason to listein to your favourite music as study reveals it enhances efficiency of certain medicines

MSU research reveals anti-nausea medicine is more effective when chemotherapy patients pair treatment with listening to their favorite music.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Indian govt to set up regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian govt to set up regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: The Indian government plans to open the regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu & Kashmir, media reports said.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

New York: For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis (TB) rose last year due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts and other crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Scientists use locks of music composer Beethoven's hair to find clues of his death

Scientists use locks of music composer Beethoven's hair to find clues of his death

The research, led by the University of Cambridge, the Beethoven Center San Jose and American Beethoven Society, KU Leuven, FamilyTreeDNA, the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn, the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, uncovers important information about the composer’s health and poses new questions about his recent ancestry and cause of death.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord

WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord

New York: The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against “misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media” which has falsely alleged that a new global pandemic accord being negotiated, would allow the WHO to override national sovereignty relating to a future outbreak.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Deadly Syria earthquake provides chance to move forward: UN envoy

Deadly Syria earthquake provides chance to move forward: UN envoy

Renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, and the suffering of its people following the recent deadly earthquake, create new obligations and opportunities to forge lasting peace, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Thursday.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Japan govt decides to cull about 330,000 chickens in Aomori Prefecture over bird flu

Japan govt decides to cull about 330,000 chickens in Aomori Prefecture over bird flu

Tokyo: Around 330,000 chickens will be culled in Japan's Aomori Prefecture due to a new outbreak of bird flu, the local administration said on Friday.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Sweet change our brains: Study

Sweet change our brains: Study

Chocolate bars, crisps and fries - why can't we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Yale University, have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, the brain learns to consume precisely these foods in the future.

IBNSMar 24, 2023
Researchers shine light on how stress impacts women's hearts

Researchers shine light on how stress impacts women's hearts

New York: Right in the middle of women’s history month, it’s staggering to think back on how recently women and their hearts began to be taken seriously by the scientific community.

IBNSMar 24, 2023

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