Health

AI could improve Diabetes Diagnosis, Study Suggests

Shawdesh Desk: A recent study suggests that signs of type 2 diabetes on abdominal CT scans could be identified early through a fully-automated artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning model. The

Japan approves Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Shawdesh Desk: Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday formally approved Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, a fourth foreign-developed tool to combat the infections as the country sees signs of a resurgence led by

Imposing specific excises on tobacco products demanded

Shawdesh Desk: People from various walks of life have demanded increasing the prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products through imposing specific supplementary duties on the products. The demand came

Low-dose lithium may help improve kidney health

Shawdesh desk: Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium may also slow kidney ageing and promote its proper functioning, researchers have found, IANS reported. The element has

Meningitis vaccine protects against gonorrhoea: studies

Shawdesh desk: An existing meningitis vaccine offers protection against gonorrhoea, three studies said on Thursday, pointing towards a new way to fight the spread of the sexually transmitted disease. Sometimes

Why are some kids at high risk of Covid-related MIS-C?

Shawdesh desk: Though Covid was rare and mild in children, some of those infected faced severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) and had to be admitted to the intensive care unit

Omicron lasts three days less than Delta for boosted: study

Shawdesh DEsk: People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against Covid-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the

Plastic particles found deep in live human lungs for the first time

Shawdesh Desk: In the last decade we’ve seen studies unearth plastic pollution in some unexpected places, from the Arctic, to the Antarctic, and the world’s tallest mountain in between. More