LIFESTYLE

Covid-19 can lead to cognitive, behavioural problems: Study
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Researchers from the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy's Milan, identified memory, spatial awareness and information processing problems as possible overhangs from the virus in post-Covid-19 patients after eight weeks. The greater the severity of Covid-19 acute respiratory symptoms during hospital admission, the lower was the executive function performance, they found.
Coping with secondary infertility in males
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This condition arises when a couple has at least one child, is trying to get pregnant again, but doesn't conceive after at least one year of trying. This diagnosis can be confusing. You had no trouble getting pregnant last time. So, why isn't it happening now? In many cases, about one-third of all the secondary infertility cases can be traced to be originated in men.
How to wear a crop top in 6 different styles
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However cool and chic a woman may be, sometimes it is all about class. Crop tops are the trendsetters for the season because of their snug and voguish styles ruling the fashion market today. Women can try out this apparel in all styles for redefined comfort and style. Shivam Soni, CEO & Founder of Beyoung Folks Private Limited, suggests some ideas for rocking crop top.:
Mask-wearing can increase struggles with social anxiety
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Social anxiety is characterised by negative self-perception and fear that one's appearance or behaviour will fail to conform with social expectations and norms. Social anxiety disorder is an extreme manifestation that affects up to 13 per cent of the population. The study by researchers from the University of Waterloo also has implications for those who haven't necessarily suffered from social anxiety in the past.
Covid survivors still at reinfection risk from Alpha, Beta variants
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The study found that people who produced a weak immune response signature, obtained at one and six months post infection, failed to show any neutralising antibodies against the Alpha variant, with none mounting a neutralising antibody response against the Beta variant.
India spent Rs 2,386 cr in 2020 on oral cancer treatment: Study
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This is a significant portion of the healthcare budget allocation the government made in 2019-20, towards a single disease. Without any inflation in costs, this will result in an economic burden on the country of Rs 23,724 crore over the next ten years. Tata Memorial Centre Published the first of its kind study on the cost of illness and treatment of oral cancer in India.
Alpha, Beta Covid infections less likely to be asymptomatic: Study
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The emergence and higher transmission of the evolving variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has been concerning. The researchers investigated Alpa (B117), the variant first identified in the UK, and Beta (B1351), first identified in South Africa, to evaluate if patients showed higher viral loads, and consequently increased shedding and transmissibility.
Malaika Arora guides your yoga journey
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Bollywood actress and Reebok ambassador Malaika Arora who has been practicing yoga for long shares a few basic yoga asanas which you can practice at home and kick-start your day by filling in positivity and stay motivated. Each pose can be held for 3 to 5 long breaths. You can practice these twice a week and gradually make it a part of your daily routine.
Yoga improves clinical outcome in Rheumatoid arthritis: Study
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Dr Rima Dada, Prof Lab for Molecular Reproduction and Genetics, Department of Anatomy at AIIMS, said, yoga improves clinical outcome in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and decreases systemic inflammation by its beneficial effects on psycho-neuro-immune axis and normalization of dysregulated transcripts.
An author's musings on parchments and ballpoint pens
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A chef's knife. A painter's brush. A writer's pen. What would artists be without their tools, and the mild obsession we have with them? Since time immemorial the image of the writer has been a figure bent over paper -- or parchment, depending on how far you want to go -- with a quill and a pot of ink. Next to a flame. There is always a flame!
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