Category: Health And Wellness

Budding Indian scientists have developed a living plant-based air purifier — ‘Ubreathe Life — that amplifies the air purification process in indoor spaces.

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said Tuesday in its weekly pandemic bulletin. The WHO said the […]

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) — approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat or prevent malaria as well as some auto-immune conditions — does not help in the recovery of patients hospitalized due to Covid-19, but may cause harm, researchers have warned.

Covid-19 is not a respiratory illness, as widely accepted, but a vascular one, claims a study.

Pfizer’s Covid vaccine has been linked with an increased risk of developing myocarditis — a type of heart inflammation. But, the risk of the condition that can lead to heart failure, abnormal heartbeat and sudden death is more common after being infected with Covid-19, finds a large study that emphasizes the need to get jabbed.

Drinking alcohol during adolescence to young adulthood is associated with accelerated arterial stiffening, a precursor to cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by the European Society of Cardiology.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.The agency made the decision, giving the Pfizer-BioNTech shot the full go-ahead for patients aged 16 years or older. The vaccine still holds an emergency use authorization for those aged 12-15 and for a third booster shot, FDA said in a statement.

On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day of India, the physicians of Indian origin serving every 7th patient in the United States launched this unique and noble initiative and Stem Cell Drive” in 75 cities across the United States.

The US pharma giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has sought approval from India’s drugs regulator to conduct clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine for the people in the 12-17 age group in the country.