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Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
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Scratched By A Cat? Risks Beyond Rabies You Should Know
Cat scratches can cause more than rabies; watch for infections, tetanus, and cat scratch fever.
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Can A Common Diabetes Drug Treat Long Covid When Taken Early? Experts Say Yes
Emerging evidence suggests that the widely used diabetes drug metformin, when taken early in a Covid-19 infection, may significantly reduce the risk of developing long Covid, the chronic, debilitating condition affecting millions post-infection.
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Beyond Brain-Eating Amoeba: Scientists Warn Of Rising Threat To Global Health
Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to climate change and ageing water systems. These pose serious health risks.
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Nipah Virus Crisis: Doctor Urges Global Preparedness Against Possible Spread
Nipah virus poses severe health risks, causing brain infection and pneumonia with high death rates. Dr Rajeev Jayadevan stresses early diagnosis, isolation and contact tracing.
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Parvovirus B19 Can Lead To Severe Encephalitis In Vulnerable Patients, Finds AIIMS Bhopal Study
Commonly found viruses such as the parvovirus B19 (PVB19) can cause serious brain infections like encephalitis, said researchers from the AIIMS Bhopal on Saturday.
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Why Do You Get A Headache With Fever? Is This Only A Winter Issue?
Headaches often accompany fever because immune-triggered inflammation, viral infections, and sinus pressure activate pain pathways.
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Rising Global Threat Of Brain Eating Amoeba Linked To Climate Change: Study
The free-living amoebae, also known as brain-eating amoeba, are becoming a growing global public health threat, warned a new study.
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Not Just Your Lungs, That Smog Is Affecting Your Joints Too; Doctor Explains How
Air pollution doesn't just harm the lungs. Doctors warn that chronic smog exposure triggers systemic inflammation, worsening joint pain and accelerating damage, especially in shoulders and hips.
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Kerala Reports Surge In Brain-Eating Amoeba Infections With 170 Cases, 42 Deaths This Year
Kerala has reported 170 cases and 42 deaths due to amoebic meningoencephalitis, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba infection, in 2025, the government informed the Parliament on Friday.
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Prenatal Infections Silently Harm Babies: How Early Screening During Pregnancy Can Save Lives
Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why testing during pregnancy is crucial.
-
Scratched By A Cat? Risks Beyond Rabies You Should Know
Cat scratches can cause more than rabies; watch for infections, tetanus, and cat scratch fever.
-
Can A Common Diabetes Drug Treat Long Covid When Taken Early? Experts Say Yes
Emerging evidence suggests that the widely used diabetes drug metformin, when taken early in a Covid-19 infection, may significantly reduce the risk of developing long Covid, the chronic, debilitating condition affecting millions post-infection.
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Beyond Brain-Eating Amoeba: Scientists Warn Of Rising Threat To Global Health
Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to climate change and ageing water systems. These pose serious health risks.
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Nipah Virus Crisis: Doctor Urges Global Preparedness Against Possible Spread
Nipah virus poses severe health risks, causing brain infection and pneumonia with high death rates. Dr Rajeev Jayadevan stresses early diagnosis, isolation and contact tracing.
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Parvovirus B19 Can Lead To Severe Encephalitis In Vulnerable Patients, Finds AIIMS Bhopal Study
Commonly found viruses such as the parvovirus B19 (PVB19) can cause serious brain infections like encephalitis, said researchers from the AIIMS Bhopal on Saturday.
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Why Do You Get A Headache With Fever? Is This Only A Winter Issue?
Headaches often accompany fever because immune-triggered inflammation, viral infections, and sinus pressure activate pain pathways.
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Rising Global Threat Of Brain Eating Amoeba Linked To Climate Change: Study
The free-living amoebae, also known as brain-eating amoeba, are becoming a growing global public health threat, warned a new study.
-
Not Just Your Lungs, That Smog Is Affecting Your Joints Too; Doctor Explains How
Air pollution doesn't just harm the lungs. Doctors warn that chronic smog exposure triggers systemic inflammation, worsening joint pain and accelerating damage, especially in shoulders and hips.
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Kerala Reports Surge In Brain-Eating Amoeba Infections With 170 Cases, 42 Deaths This Year
Kerala has reported 170 cases and 42 deaths due to amoebic meningoencephalitis, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba infection, in 2025, the government informed the Parliament on Friday.
