Life Style / Wellness

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...

When will life return to normal? In seven years at today's vaccine rates 07 Feb 2021 - 12:19 pm

When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since Covid-19 took over the world last year. The answer...

Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less effective against S.African variant: study 07 Feb 2021 - 10:02 am

British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease...

UK regulators say extra AstraZeneca vaccine data highlights efficacy in elderly 05 Feb 2021 - 03:46 pm

LONDON: British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is...

Study finds Covid-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission 04 Feb 2021 - 10:22 am

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just...

Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer: WHO 02 Feb 2021 - 04:03 pm

Geneva: Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, accounting for nearly 12% of new cases each...

Fried foods up your chance of having major cardiovascular problems by 28% 02 Feb 2021 - 03:31 pm

Regularly eating fried foods - french fries, fried chicken, and the like - ups your chance of having a major cardiovascular problem, such...

Alfardan Medical with Northwestern Medicine: Advancing medical innovation in Qatar’s growing healthcare sector 02 Feb 2021 - 10:39 am

The World Economic Forum has contextualized the global healthcare sector as a transformational space for the rapid adoption of technological and patient-centric healthcare...