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Dr Jalil Parkar, a Mumbai pulmonologist, has warned that allowing practitioners of one medical system to prescribe or perform procedures associated with another could endanger patients. In an opinion article published by…
A moth lacewing fossil preserved in amber shows that insects mimicked flowering-plant leaves 99 million years ago, according to a paper in Insect Science reported by The Hindu. The finding pushes back…
Twenty-two children have died of Chandipura virus in Gujarat this monsoon, with 35 confirmed cases out of 184 suspected infections, said Health Minister Praful Panseriya. Seven more children are under treatment. All…
एम्स दिल्ली के डॉक्टरों ने 209 किलोग्राम वजन वाले 32 वर्षीय युवक की सफल बैरिएट्रिक सर्जरी की। मरीज का पेट 198 सेंटीमीटर था और बीएमआई 74 तक पहुंच गया था। सामान्य ऑपरेशन…
A systematic review has identified 427 documented cases of primates engaging socially with animals outside their own families, involving 88 primate species and 127 non-primate species. The findings, reported by The Times…
Argentine ants have formed a super-colony stretching about 6,000 kilometres along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National…
A wildflower in southwestern China has been confirmed as carnivorous, settling a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin. Saxifraga candelabrum, found in nutrient-poor rock crevices in Yunnan and Sichuan, traps small insects on…
Sukadev Nahak, 73, a former village watchman from Nayagarh district, Odisha, pedalled a tricycle 150 km to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur with a fractured left leg. He told India…
Doctors at Capital Hospitals in Poranki, Vijayawada, saved a 36-year-old man from Tenali after he developed Acute Type A Aortic Dissection, a tear in the ascending aorta. The New Indian Express reports…
Researchers have described a new catfish species, Pseudecheneis likimroensis, from Nagaland’s fast-flowing Likimro river. The paper was published in the Journal of Ichthyology, with the species named after the river where about…
