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Smoking may contribute to suicide risk

Rediff.com17 Jul 2014

Nicotine in cigarettes may trigger psychiatric disorders, raising a smoker's risk of committing suicide, a new study has warned.

COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin enters phase-3 trials

Rediff.com16 Nov 2020

Covaxin is being developed by Bharat Biotech, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Virology.

Now a computer that your thoughts can control

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

In tests, reported in the Journal of Neural Engineering, volunteers were found to be able to move a cursor on a screen simply by 'saying' words in their heads.

Want healthy bones? Calcium tablets may not help

Rediff.com21 Jun 2007

Calcium from diet is generally better absorbed, as compared to calcium supplements.

Repeat Covid infections increase organ failure, death risk: Study

Rediff.com11 Nov 2022

The study also indicated that the risk seems to increase with each infection.

Researchers find Covid antibody to neutralise all variants

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

"This antibody is both highly neutralising (meaning it works very well at low concentrations) and broadly neutralising (meaning it works against all variants)," said Michael S Diamond, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, US.