Category: Health
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YouTube Health introduces two new features in India: How they work
YouTube has recently made it easier to find credible health-related content. YouTube Health is getting new features to help improve the quality of health-related search. They include health source information panels and health content shelves. The two new features allow users to access videos from verified health sources on the platform. Hindi and English versions…
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Top 10 Stretching Exercises for Increasing Height Effectively and Quickly
Height plays a key role in enhancing an individual’s persona, whether it be for marriage or air hostess vacancies. Despite the fact that any height is fine – short, medium, or tall – and there is no right or wrong height, many of us are not happy with our physical appearance, weight, or even height!…
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World’s Most Polluted Capital – Delhi; 35 Indian Cities Rank in Top 50
Delhi continues to be the most polluted capital in the world for the fourth year in a row! The IQaIR World Air Quality Report for 2021 includes 35 Indian cities. With Bangladesh (leading the pack) and Chad (the lone oddball here), India is ranked fifth among the world’s most polluted countries, followed by Pakistan (no…
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Omicron BA.2. Coronavirus Symptoms? A New Mutated Version Of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet as countries like China and South Korea are currently experiencing a sudden surge in the Omicron variant of the disease. In Israel, a new version of the COVID-19 virus called BA.2 has been detected and it is a mutated version of the Omicron variant. Since SARs-COV-2 was detected back…
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Weight Loss: 5 Refreshing Apple Salads That May Help You Lose Those Extra Kilos
Keeping a doctor at bay isn’t the only thing an apple does. It also keeps excessive fat at bay! It is easy to lose all hope when hordes of fad diets and meal plans flood our social media timelines. If, however, you find yourself drowning in a sea of ’10-day-weight-loss’ programs, let us be your…
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Health Benefits of Eating on Banana Leaf
Nothing beats the satisfaction of having a sumptuous meal on a large, slender, greenish-yellow banana leaf. Yes! You got that right. Not only does it appeal to the eye there are various other health benefits of eating on a banana leaf. What started as a tradition down in South India thousands of years ago is…
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Strenuous exercise can trigger cardiac arrhythmia and death, warn doctors
Shane Warne of Australia passed away on Friday from a suspected heart attack in Thailand. He was 52 years old. A statement released by the late cricketer’s manager states that he was found unresponsive in his villa, and that “despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived.” With his untimely death,…
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Would It Be Possible To Test For Covid Using The Camera On Your Smartphone? Recent Research Suggests It May Be Possible.
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has developed a new, cheaper method for possible home COVID-19 testing using a smartphone camera and app. The new testing method, which is the subject of a research paper printed in the journal JAMA Network Open, uses some essential lab equipment and the app Bacticount to detect possible pathogens…
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“Stop drawing political mileage out of the Covid Pandemic” Joshua Peter De Souza
All of us have experienced the intense ill-effects of the Covid 19 pandemic. Most of us have had someone in our family who may have been infected with the virus. Many amongst us have lost either a family member or a neighbour or someone we may have known. We were all in this together and…
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Caffeine Myths To Avoid – 4 Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
Coffee is bad for you, don’t drink it too much. Switch to tea instead. Every coffee lover has heard this line from their overly-caring relatives or friends, who themselves are tea addicts, at least once in their lives, and we can’t help but agree with whatever they say. Many non-coffee lovers have an impression about…