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Alcohol-free wine maybe just as good for your heart as real wine
According to researchers at Anglia Ruskin University, it's not the alcohol, but the benefit of wine comes from antioxidants in grapes, the Daily Mail reported.
Antibodies from Covid's original strain don't bind to variants: Study
However, those antibodies don't bind well to newer variants, finds a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications. According to researcher Nicholas Wu from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, characterising what kinds of antibodies the body is most likely to make to fight a natural infection is an important roadmap for vaccine design.
Severe Covid can increase self-attacking antibodies: Study
"If you get sick enough from Covid-19 to end up in the hospital, you may not be out of the woods even after you recover," said PJ Utz, professor of immunology and rheumatology at the Stanford University in the US.
Is lack of 'outside exposure' a reason for mystery illness?
The pandemic has forced children to take lessons and play within the house, reducing their exposure to the outside world, say health experts. According to media reports, a "mystery fever" has killed eight children in the past 10 days in Chilli, a small village in Haryana's Palwal district. At least 35 children have reported fever-like symptoms and are admitted to private hospitals.
'Sattvik', world's first certification for vegetarian food, launched
On the lines of 'halal' certification preferred by the followers of Islam and 'Kosher' by the Jews, this is the first of its kind global-level certification that will be a one-stop for all vegetarians across the globe. It is offering four types of certifications: 'Sattvik Sattvam', 'Sattvik Vegetarian', 'Sattvik Vegan' and 'Sattvik Jain'.
Long Covid in kids rarely last beyond 12 weeks: Study
The review, published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, analysed 14 international studies involving 19,426 children and adolescents who reported persistent symptoms following Covid-19. The findings showed that long covid among children is less common than feared.
Benefits of salon services at home during festive season
IANSlife brings you the co-founder of YES MADAM, Mayank Arya who speaks of the benefits of at-home salon services. Let the pampering sessions begin. The whole salon environment at home believes that services at home are undoubtedly the best option during an unusual crisis.
Of people, spaces and in-betweens
It was last year that photographer and former model Sheetal Mallar along with Savio Jon thought about 'Sheetal-Savio Diaries', created during the pandemic. While Savio wanted to shoot his collection, Mallar wanted to make intimate photo essays. The work is being exhibited online at Art Musings.
Vitamin D may protect severe Covid infection, death: Study
A team from Trinity College in Ireland, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and Zhejiang University in China for the first time looked at both genetically predicted and vitamin D levels as predicted by ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation -- key for vitamin D production in the skin.
Climate change threatens aquatic foods, says study
A paper published by Nature Food, entitled "Compound climate risks threaten aquatic food system benefits", was one of five to be published as part of the Blue Food Assessment (BFA) in one of the most comprehensive reviews of the sector to date. The research reveals, for the first time, the risk that climate change poses to the contribution made by aquatic foods towards human wellbeing and development around the world.
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