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What's Coccidioides (Valley Fever)? The 'Last of Us'-like deadly fungal superbug spreading globally and infecting even healthy peopleFungal infections are emerging as a global health crisis, with valley fever spreading rapidly due to climate change and wildfires. Drug res...
08 May, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
Golgappa & Shawarma Unhealthy: Karnataka Food Authority finds cancerous chemicals in Pani Puri and bacteria in ShawarmaPani Puri (Google Trends): Pani Puri and Shawarma in Karnataka have been found unsafe by the Karnataka FSSA. Among 260 Pani Puri samples, 2...
02 Jul, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
What is the cost of diagnosis, treatment for pulmonary diseasesAny disease that affects lungs and parts of the respiratory system is known as pulmonary disease. Brought into the limelight by Covid, also...
05 May, 2022, 11.11 AM IST
Acid reflux is more worrisome than you think, limit intake of tea & peanut butter sandwichesDiet and lifestyle changes can ward off complaints of heartburn.
23 Aug, 2021, 06.13 PM IST
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: What is it? Why are child cases surging in the wake of COVID-19?So why is RSV, considered a winter illness, peaking in the summer of 2021? Simply put, restrictions put in place for preventing the spread ...
29 Jul, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
Air pollution may hinder India's fight against COVID-19, say scientistsTheir concerns come amid several global studies pointing to the possible connection between higher air pollution levels and increased COVID...
27 Oct, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
India gears up for Rs 150 crore microbe project to uncover links to diseasesThe ambitious project has put India on the verge of understanding all diseases that afflict Indians.
06 Jan, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
Don't give paracetamol to infants: It may up asthma risk in adulthoodParacetamol use is linked to reduced lung function in children after the age of 18.
17 Sep, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
Right mixture of microbes essential for good healthAccording to scientists like Nair, the next few decades are poised to produce more interesting microbiology than in the last 200 years put ...
27 Oct, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
How gut bacteria can be both good and bad for healthHow gut bacteria can be both good and bad for healthGut bacteria are already turning out to be responsible in some people for obesity, diab...
25 Oct, 2014, 06.12 AM IST
Hygiene Hypothesis: Banishing germs from your life can make you seriously illEvidence accumulates in favour of the hygiene hypothesis, which says that banishing germs from your life can make you seriously ill.
21 May, 2012, 10.43 AM IST