Life Style / Wellness

Gilead, Merck collaborate to develop long-acting HIV treatment 15 Mar 2021 - 02:54 pm

Gilead Sciences Inc has entered into an agreement with Merck & Co Inc to develop a long-acting HIV treatment, the drug makers said...

Scientist develops retinal scan technology to identify early childhood autism 15 Mar 2021 - 12:45 pm

Beijing: A Hong Kong scientist has developed a method to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to scan retinas of children as young...

AstraZeneca finds no evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine 14 Mar 2021 - 10:13 pm

AstraZeneca Plc on Sunday said it had conducted a review of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine which has shown no evidence of...

Survivors struggle as scientists race to solve Covid mystery 14 Mar 2021 - 04:41 pm

There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed symptoms of...

'Peak twins?' - Scientists say IVF means more being born now than ever before 14 Mar 2021 - 09:37 am

London: More twins are being born now than ever before, largely due to rising use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted...

Fans urged to 'lend their brain' to a new concussion study 10 Mar 2021 - 11:03 am

Former rugby union and soccer players have called on fans in the UK to "lend their brain" for a new study examining the...

42 of 100 people play mobile games once daily: Survey 07 Mar 2021 - 01:50 pm

Istanbuil: More than 40 out of 100 people play mobile games at least once a day, according to a recent survey. AdColony, global...

Italian lab develops monoclonal antibodies, one of the most effective Covid-19 treatments 06 Mar 2021 - 04:31 pm

Tucked in the Tuscan hills around Siena in Italy, a research lab has come up with an antibody treatment for Covid-19 that its...

Contagious Brazil COVID-19 variant evades immunity, scientists warn 02 Mar 2021 - 07:40 pm

LONDON - A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect...

WHO: Nearly 2.5 billion people projected to have hearing problems by 2050 02 Mar 2021 - 03:36 pm

Geneva: Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or 1 in 4 people will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns...

Debilitating 'long-COVID' may have severe health, social impacts: WHO 25 Feb 2021 - 04:15 pm

LONDON: Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major...

Pfizer-BioNTech shot stops Covid’s spread, study shows 21 Feb 2021 - 03:05 pm

The Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first real-world indication...

You Ask, officials answer: Don’t worry, but don’t wait! Child Development - Part 4 16 Feb 2021 - 07:11 pm

Are the management options same for all speech language disorders? Speech language interventions for different speech language disorders are not the same. Although...

Virus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance: Global experts 14 Feb 2021 - 06:35 pm

NEW DELHI: What if COVID-19 never goes away? Experts say it's likely that some version of the disease will linger for years. But...

Not perfect, but saves lives, AstraZeneca says of COVID-19 vaccine 11 Feb 2021 - 03:08 pm

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic, its chief executive predicted on Thursday, as the...

Common asthma drug cuts COVID-19 hospitalization risk, recovery time - Oxford study 09 Feb 2021 - 11:54 pm

A commonly used asthma treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalizations as well as recovery time for COVID-19 patients if given within...

AstraZeneca CEO says COVID vaccine should work against severe disease 09 Feb 2021 - 04:21 pm

GENEVA: AstraZeneca's Chief Executive said on Tuesday that the results of a study showing its COVID-19 vaccine had little effect against mild disease...