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Scientists have, for the first time, identified specific blood biomarkers that can accurately identify patients with long Covid.

There are still unanswered issues about the reasons underpinning why some COVID patients continue to have reduced exercise ability while others recover without this issue.

The study analysed data from over 1,32,000 individuals, providing only a limited snapshot of their financial health six months before or after experiencing a Covid illness.

The study found that 62 per cent of Covid patients had sleep disruption, which was likely to persist for at least 12 months.

Patients who had Covid-19 disease could be at increased risk of suffering chest pain in the six months to a year after the infection, finds a study, signalling a future risk of heart diseases.

London: COVID-19 patients have an increased risk of developing some neurological and psychiatric conditions, including psychosis, dementia, ‘brain fog’ and seizures, for two years after the infection compared to other respiratory diseases, suggests a study of over 1.25 million people published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. The researchers from the University of Oxford, UK, noted […]

New York: People infected with Covid-19 had a roughly 25 per cent increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months following their infection, compared with those who had other types of respiratory tract infections, finds a study. Researchers at Oregon State University in the US found that Covid patients had a 3.8 […]

London: Researchers have demonstrated how the induction of brain inflammation accounts for neurological damage that can lead to the onset of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease in Covid-19 patients. The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology, describes how the spike protein used by the coronavirus to enter human cells can have a similar effect on […]

Kothagudem: Serious action would be taken against private hospitals if exorbitant fees were collected from Covid patients, warned Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister along with the District Collector Anudeep Durishetty held a review meeting with district officials on the measures being taken to contain the spread of Covid in Kothagudem on Wednesday. Speaking […]

Khammam: Dialysis centres at government hospitals are offering much-needed relief to poor patients suffering from kidney ailments. The Telangana government’s initiative of setting up dialysis centres in government hospitals is a godsend to patients who hitherto were compelled to spend huge amounts of money on the treatment. Four dialysis centres are being operated at district […]

The unfailing regularity with which fire mishaps occur in hospitals across India reflects a disturbing sense of callousness that has come to characterise the country’s healthcare administration. Safety standards are observed more in the breach than in practice. The recent string of tragedies — a fire in the neonatal ward of a hospital in Bhopal […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has directed the government to publish advertisements in newspapers and put information on the website of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to facilitate people to lodge complaints against private hospitals which have charged excess fees for the Covid treatment. The divisional bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, which took […]

Hyderabad: The AIG Hospitals will distribute one lakh copies of Covid-19 Protocol and Guidelines Book, a ready reckoner for physicians brought out by the hospital, to doctors across the country free of cost, AIG Hospitals chairman Dr D Nageshwar Reddy said on Monday. Dr Nageshwar Reddy was speaking after Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released […]

White ration card holders can get CT scan done free of cost while others would be charged Rs 500

In case the private healthcare institutions fail to install the life-saving oxygen generating plants, their eligibility to treat Covid patients would be cancelled immediately, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao warned.

132 plants being set up besides readying 28,000 oxygen beds to tackle the possible Covid third wave

Police said Ch Raju (36) and Ch Lathasri (39), were working as patient caretakers on a temporary basis at TIMS

Online classes by Hyderabad couple help people improve their immunity and reduce stress

He visited Covid care centre at Madhira Government Hospital in the district and interacted with the patients undergoing treatment at the centre.

Of the 150 residents of the village, at least 50 persons, both men and women, tested positive for Coronavirus three days ago following a mass fishing activity at a local tank recently