Breast milk may help protect premature babies from developing sepsis
Late-onset sepsis (LOS) is a profoundly consequential complication of preterm birth and is defined by a positive blood culture got after 72 h age....
COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
Four babies born in a hospital in Wuhan did not show signs of infection and remain healthy today.
A paper-based diagnostic test for Covid-19
There is an urgent need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests for Coronavirus as the cases rapidly spreading around the world. Scientists around the world...
The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity’s evolutionary past
Back pain is perhaps the single most significant contributor to disability worldwide, with over 50% of people living in developed countries experiencing it at...
Technology use during a meal decrease food intake
Scientists at the University of Illinois conducted a study to determine the effects of a cognitive distraction on the amount, preference, and memory of...
Stress during pregnancy can have a life-long impact
Environmental exposures in early life can have immediate effects on health or accumulate over time to increase disease risk later. Exposure can start in...
One egg per day does not appear to be associated with cardiovascular disease risk
A past study has suggested that people who eat an added three or four eggs a week or 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol per...
Scientist uncovered role of nicotine in breast cancer development
At the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar (ILS), Bhubneshwar, a team of scientists headed Dr. Sandip K Mishra, has, for the first time, reported...
Weight loss surgery may increase risk of bone fractures
A new study, recently published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, sought to determine the association between the risk of fracture after gastric bypass...
How loneliness affects end-of-life experiences?
Little is known about the relationship between loneliness and end‐of‐life (EOL) experience, including symptom burden, the intensity of care, and advance care planning among...
Low-cal sweeteners? Are they better or worst?
There is a consensus that overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages adds to the predominance of obesity and related comorbidities, for example, type 2 diabetes (T2D)....
Pregnancy length could alter the child’s DNA
Premature birth is common. Between 5 and 10% of all kids in the world are born prematurely. Most children will develop and grow normally,...