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American Heart Association says kidney disease is a heart risk factor

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Sticking to a 'strictly veg' diet may be partly in your DNA

Post-Covid risk analysis needed, as study shows elevated risk of autoimmune disorders like psoriasis and vasculitis too. Representative image of a masked person against a backdrop of the magnified coronavirus (photo: IANS)

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Covid raises risk of new-onset of alopaecia, vitiligo, arthritis

Obstructive sleep apnea in India: New study reveals a significant health challenge for millions.
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10.4 cr Indians may be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea: AIIMS study

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Weakened immunity causes longer spell of fever: Experts

Some of the most common symptoms of the "long cold" include coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhoea more than four weeks after the initial infection (Photo: IANS)

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Long cold could be why you are suffering despite being negative for Covid

Research uncovers biological reasons for men's increased susceptibility to severe COVID-19.  (Photo: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Why men are more likely to experience severe Covid cases decoded

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Type 2 diabetes diagnosis at 30 may reduce life expectancy by 14 years: Lancet study

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Nanded govt hospital deaths: I lost my child, wife suffering due to doctors' negligence, claims man

New findings show promise in enhancing head and neck cancer treatment with fewer radiation sessions (representative image) (photo: National Herald archives)

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Fewer radiation doses could effectively treat head and neck cancer in countries like India: Study

Sleep-deprived women are more likely to develop hypertension, warns a new study  (photo: John Keeble/Getty Images)

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Poor sleep may increase risk of hypertension in women: Study

R21/Matrix-M vaccine gains WHO recommendation to combat malaria, set for wider roll-out (Representative image) (photo: National Herald archives)

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SII-Oxford developed world’s 2nd malaria vax gets WHO nod

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Shorter course of radiation therapy safe for early-stage breast cancer patients