Representative image of obesity (photo: IANS)

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43 lakh children in anganwadi centres identified as obese or overweight: Official data

People who took longer to fall asleep during the 90-minute nap session showed poorer scores in the Uchida-Kraepelin test (UKT) (photo: Getty Images)

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90-30 nap formula can help counter drowsiness on night shift, says study

Representative image of Nipah virus (Photo: DW)

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India to procure 20 doses of monoclonal antibody from Australia for Nipah treatment: ICMR DG

Representative image of Nipah virus (photo: DW)

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Nipah virus: rare and very dangerous

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Scientists find new genetic risks for colon cancer

Representative image of a pharmacy drawer with prescription antibiotics, which are often indiscriminately used in India, fostering antibiotic resistance (photo: Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Antibiotic resistance plagues over half the sepsis patients at Lucknow's KGMU

Representative image of lungs in a model. Age, multiple comorbidities and severe initial disease are linked to slower lung recovery, but even for those with a milder bout, at least a quarter face respiratory issues a year after recovery (photo: IANS)

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Long Covid: 1 in 4 Covid-19 patients face lung damage after recovery

Representative image of a uterus model  (Photo: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Stem cell-derived components may help treat PCOS

COVID-19 Coronavirus molecule (Photo: Getty Images)

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Scientist discover 28 new risk genes for COVID-19

FDA greenlights Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for variant protection (representative image of an injection being administered; photo: DW)

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US FDA approves new Covid shots

Women belonging to the socio-economically disadvantaged groups such as SC and ST are more likely to be anaemic than other social groups (Photo courtesy: IANS)

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Anaemia strikes nearly 60% teenage girls in India, research shows

Studying the visual engagement of nearly 500 children and measuring their eye movements, Warren Jones and Ami Klin have developed a revolutionary eye-tracking tool to detect early autism in children (photo: National Herald archives)

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Eye on Autism: New eye-tracking tool may detect symptoms at just 16 months

Researchers uncover a link between cholesterol buildup and diabetic retinopathy (photo: National Herald Archives)

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Diabetes can build up cholesterol in retina, affect eyesight