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Bremelanotide, also known by its research designation PT-141, is a synthetic cyclic heptapeptide derived from the melanocortin analog Melanotan II. Originally developed in the context of melanocortin receptor research, this...

New Delhi: Sharath Jois, the Ashtanga yoga teacher who took the yoga style founded by his grandfather to the global stage, passed away at 53 in the US. He was...

New Delhi: The former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, has said that the next pandemic could be from bird flu. The World...

Bhubaneswar: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, has launched Artificial Urinary Sphincters (AUS) implantation service to provide advanced care to patients with severe urinary incontinence. It is the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday attended the ground breaking ceremony, signalling the beginning of the work on Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre on NISER Campus in...

Bhubaneswar: With 22 cases of scrub typhus being detected at VIMSAR, Burla, in the past three days, Public Health Director Dr Niranjan Mishra on Tuesday informed about availability of testing...

The Health Ministry has also written to the states to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive cases to track the new Covid variant.

The civic body will make use of drones to spray chemicals in the remote areas of the city, which cannot be accessed by vehicles.

Every year on World Diabetes Day, there are numerous initiatives (walkathons, camps, offers) and social media messages from myriad doctors and healthcare companies alike. That syncopation of the sector is...

Balangir: After spreading its tentacles in Odisha’s Rayagada, Koraput and Kalahandi districts, diarrhoea has reportedly claimed the lives of two persons of a family and left around 25 others sick...