Diabetes remission through intermittent calorie-restricted diet
At 12 months of follow-up, remission after discontinuing anti-diabetic drugs for at least three months was seen in 44% of the participants
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Month: May 2025
Genes responsible for long lifespan of banyan, peepal trees identified
Seventeen genes in banyan and 19 genes in peepal with multiple signs of adaptive evolutionplayed a pivotal role in long-time survival of the trees
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Is anaemia seen in three in 10 rural men due to iron deficiency?
Prevalence of anaemia among men in rural areas was lowest in the southern States (18.5%) and highest in the eastern region (34.1%)
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More vaccine choices: On Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
Nearly three months after Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine was granted emergency use approval for primary vaccination of adults, the vaccine has now
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Time to ease COVID-19 restrictions
As the third winter begins in India after the COVID-19 pandemic began in January 2020, fresh daily infections of the novel coronavirus —
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Mumbai measles outbreak due to low vaccination coverage
Evidence from elsewhere suggests that unvaccinated children have nearly 70% higher mortality risk compared with vaccinated children
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Climate change enables dengue to spread to more countries
Increased temperature due to climate change will allow the vector and virus to spread to countries that are currently free of dengue
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‘Substantial’ pre-symptomatic monkeypox spread found
Case-contact patient pairs study has estimated 53% of monkeypox virus transmission occurred during the pre-symptomatic phase
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Vaccine trial soon amid fear of Ebola virus spread to other countries
Currently there are no vaccines available for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus
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Corbevax booster should be a vaccine of choice
Due to faulty clinical trial design, the superiority of Corbevax heterologous booster over homologous boosters is not known On January
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Walking a tightrope in messaging monkeypox virus transmission routes
Public health communication about different routes of transmission of monkeypox virus is critical, especially as demographics can change
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Two monkeypox cases in India not linked to Europe
The genetic sequences of monkeypox virus strongly suggested that there were two distinct monkeypox outbreaks
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Time for vigilance as India detects monkeypox cases
Increased testing and building awareness, not stigmatising the infected, can stop the spread of monkeypox
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