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"Severe Curbs Can Cause More Deaths Than Virus": Expert To Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over adversities being faced by lakhs amid coronavirus lockdown, today discussed several burning issues linked to the pandemic with two health experts - Professor Ashish Jha from Harvard University and Professor Johan Giesecke of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
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Swedish Queen Silvia Released From Hospital
Sweden's Queen Silvia has been released from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute hospital after being kept two nights for observation because of dizziness.
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Oversleeping During Weekends Can Leave You Tired, Not Relaxed: Study
Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute claim that sleeping till late on weekends, disturb the natural rhythms of the body leading to one feel worse rather than relaxed.
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Stem Cell Scientist Suspected Of Involuntary Manslaughter
A disgraced stem cell scientist is facing preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with two patients who died after windpipe transplants, Swedish prosecutors said today.
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Unique Study Tests Drugs To Prevent Child Sex Abuse
At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child.
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Wondering How Long You Have? Simple Score Gives 5-Year Death Risk
Health researchers have developed a scientifically rigorous death risk calculator that predicts a person's risk of dying within five years and say they hope people will use it to improve their health.
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3 Win Medicine Nobel for Discovering Brain GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's positioning system.
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Head injuries like Michael Schumacher's triple risk of early death
According to researchers at Oxford University and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, survivors of traumatic brain injuries - like what Michael Schumacher is currently battling against - are three times more likely to die prematurely than the general population.
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Nobel Prize goes to 3 for work on immune system
Three scientists whose discoveries on the immune system opened up new avenues for prevention and treatment of infections, cancer and inflammations won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. American Bruce Beutler and French scientist Jules Hoffmann shared the 10 million-kronor ($1.5 million) award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, the Nobel commit...
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"Severe Curbs Can Cause More Deaths Than Virus": Expert To Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over adversities being faced by lakhs amid coronavirus lockdown, today discussed several burning issues linked to the pandemic with two health experts - Professor Ashish Jha from Harvard University and Professor Johan Giesecke of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
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Swedish Queen Silvia Released From Hospital
Sweden's Queen Silvia has been released from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute hospital after being kept two nights for observation because of dizziness.
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Oversleeping During Weekends Can Leave You Tired, Not Relaxed: Study
Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute claim that sleeping till late on weekends, disturb the natural rhythms of the body leading to one feel worse rather than relaxed.
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Stem Cell Scientist Suspected Of Involuntary Manslaughter
A disgraced stem cell scientist is facing preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with two patients who died after windpipe transplants, Swedish prosecutors said today.
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Unique Study Tests Drugs To Prevent Child Sex Abuse
At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child.
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Wondering How Long You Have? Simple Score Gives 5-Year Death Risk
Health researchers have developed a scientifically rigorous death risk calculator that predicts a person's risk of dying within five years and say they hope people will use it to improve their health.
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3 Win Medicine Nobel for Discovering Brain GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's positioning system.
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Head injuries like Michael Schumacher's triple risk of early death
According to researchers at Oxford University and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, survivors of traumatic brain injuries - like what Michael Schumacher is currently battling against - are three times more likely to die prematurely than the general population.
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Nobel Prize goes to 3 for work on immune system
Three scientists whose discoveries on the immune system opened up new avenues for prevention and treatment of infections, cancer and inflammations won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. American Bruce Beutler and French scientist Jules Hoffmann shared the 10 million-kronor ($1.5 million) award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, the Nobel commit...
