High blood pressure while reclining down is linked to a greater hazard of heart disease.

Blood pressure is one of the most common ways that doctors and other medical professionals obtain important information about a patient's health. When getting their blood pressure checked, most people are asked to remain seated.

However, this may not provide a whole picture of a per...

France dispatches an elite police detachment to Marseille to combat a violent drug crime wave.

The CRS 8 special police unit is being deployed to combat the bloody conflict in Marseille for the control of drug trafficking. Since mid-July, the gang conflict has claimed the lives of twelve individuals.

The French government is sending an elite police unit to Marseille to combat a w...

India needs a new healthcare model to deal with high blood pressure effectively.

At age 54, with a family history of high blood pressure and other risk factors, and knowing how common the disease is, I couldn't imagine having hypertension. When I was with my father-in-law, a cardiologist told me that this silent killer had me in its grip and gave me a single dose of medic...

Germany will ease restrictions on gay blood donors.

Official criteria will be changed so that potential donors are not judged differently depending on their sexual orientation, according to Karl Lauterbach of the RND broadcaster. "Whether someone can become a blood donor is a question of behavioral risk, not sexual orientation," Lauterba...

The geneticist looked at a single drop of his blood and saw information that couldn't be gleaned from a whole vial.

Michael Snyder has an unhealthy preoccupation with his own anatomy. The geneticist from Stanford kept tabs on his own progress toward diabetes. In the current paper, he describes taking 14 blood samples per day for a week, for a grand total of 98 samples. Instead of taking vial after vial from hi...

Bans on gay German blood donors will soon be lifted

On Tuesday, the health minister of Germany announced plans to revise the country's guidelines for blood donation to ensure that all donors are treated equally regardless of their sexual orientation. Karl Lauterbach told the RND radio that the government's criteria will be changed so that ...

Research Suggests Stem Cell Therapy Can Slow MS More Effectively Than Drugs

The findings provide the most up-to-date information on a novel approach to treating MS, in which patients' own blood stem cells are used to reactivate their defective immune systems. Early research suggests that this strategy may help some MS patients. New evidence suggests this may also be ...

If health disparities are taken into account, a cure for sickle cell will be affordable, a study reveals.

If health inequities linked in part to lower access to healthcare are taken into consideration, experts said at a gathering of blood-disease specialists, multimillion-dollar gene treatments being studied for sickle cell disease will be cost-effective in the United States. According to the US Cent...

In West Bengal, a 16-year-old girl tries to buy a smartphone by selling her blood

A West Bengali teen sought to buy a smartphone with blood money.

She had Rs 9,000 to spend on a smartphone.

The girl is 16 years old.

Written by Anupam Mishra: Most of us have fantasized of flaunting an extravagant smartphone. But how far can you go to make sure that...

Women's blood pressure may be raised if they are exposed to a lot of "forever chemicals"

According to a new study, exposure to man-made chemicals found in everyday household products, as well as soil, air, food, and water, may increase the risk of high blood pressure in middle-aged women.

Middle-aged women with greater blood concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substa...

Regular Blood Donations Can Lower Toxic Chemicals in the Bloodstream Forever: Study Image

They've taken to the sky. They're submerged in water. They're in the stuff we eat. They're now in our blood. They are perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes known as "forever" compounds since they are components of plastic that do not decompose. ...

Global Wearable Blood Pressure Sensor Market to Witness 16.81% Growth during 2021 - 2029

Global wearable blood pressure sensor market is being driven by the changing nature of the medical sector, which is seeing an increase in the adoption of new monitoring devices for tracking patient and individual health. These sensors have the potential to improve hypertension control and prescri...

Researchers from Pennsylvania University develop a new wearable device to monitor glucose levels from sweat

A research team from the Pennsylvania State University have developed a device with laser-induced graphene to monitor our glucose levels. The material consists of an atom-thick carbon layers in various shapes.
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•    Researchers ha...

According to a new study, pregnant women can pass on their protective antibodies to babies

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• Studies prove that vaccinated pregnant women pass antibodies to babies
• The umbilical cord blood in babies showed high levels of antibodies

Some recent studies on COVID-19 have proven that vaccinated pregnant women can pass...

Scientists develop concrete like substance from Astronaut blood and Martian dust, called as AstroCrete

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• Human protein acts as a binder for soil on Mars
• The compound has been named as AstroCrete, and is stronger than concrete

Researchers have discovered that when the material was combined with urea its strength increased 300 ...

On the occasion of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s birthday, Centre plans 20-Day Mega Events

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•    Center is aiming to cross a milestone of Covid-19 vaccinations
•    BJP has planned mega event for 20 days to mark the PM’s birthday 

The government is aiming to cross a milestone of COVID-19 vaccin...

APPLE PLANS TO LAUNCH WATCHES THAT COULD MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE AND WORK AS WRIST THERMOMETER

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• Apple is planning to launch smartwatches with several advanced health features
• Apple smartwatches would be capable of measuring blood pressure and will have several fertility features.

Apple which is the manufacturer of iP...

VARIOUS HEALTH BENEFITS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHERIMOYA FRUIT

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• Various health benefits you should know about Cherimoya fruit.
• The fruit appears similar to an artichoke.
• The dark brown seeds in the fruit is however toxic to humans.
• The fruit provides vitamins, minerals, and...

GREAT HEALTH BENEFITS FROM EATING BLACK SAPOTE

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• Great health benefits from eating black sapote.
• The fruit is also known as chocolate pudding fruit.
• Black sapote has been found to be a very good source of vitamin C.
• Black sapote can help in building and stren...

FIRST CASE OF BLOOD CLOT LINKED TO COVID VACCINE SEEN IN SOUTH KOREA

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• South Korea has reported its first case of rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
• 3.27 million people in South Korea have received at least one jab of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
• 430 new COVID-19 c...