Tag: Lungs

Health experts bat for more Covid tests, use of masks

With an alarming positivity rate of nearing 15 per cent covid-19 has already claimed 11 lives including a 15-yearold boy in the state during the last two weeks.

April 30, 2023

With 3 more Covid deaths, toll rises to five

While speaking to reporters at the state secretariat Nabanna, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that 150 Covid positive cases were recorded daily on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

April 22, 2023

How to combat air pollution after Diwali, shares doctor

Apart from crackers, there are many reasons which contribute towards pollution including, crop burning, emissions of vehicles, and weather patterns.

October 20, 2022

How to improve your lung’s capacity with these natural remedies

Laughing is a great exercise to work the abdominal muscles and increase lung capacity. It also clears out your lungs by forcing enough stale air out that allows fresh air to enter into more areas of the lung.

February 2, 2022

Omicron doesn’t cause as much damage to the lungs

A study by a consortium of US and Japanese scientists on hamsters and mice found those infected with Omicron had less lung damage, lost less weight and were less likely to die than those who had other variants, the Daily Mail reported.

January 2, 2022

Cells damaged by chronic lung disease can result in severe Covid

"Our results suggest that patients with chronic lung disease are molecularly primed to be more susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2,"

July 14, 2021

Lungs of dead Coronavirus patients show distinctive features: Study

According to the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Steven J Mentzer, a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a team of international researchers examined seven lungs obtained during autopsy from patients who died of COVID-19.

May 24, 2020

Air pollution cuts benefits of exercise in elderly: Study

The study comes at a time when north India is facing a serious crisis due to rising levels of pollution.

December 6, 2017

Why women are more vulnerable to asthma risk than men

The findings showed that testosterone acts on immune cells that act as first line of defenders of the body against invading viruses.

November 29, 2017

Lungs under threat

There was a time in history when what we know as Delhi was covered with thick forests teeming with wild-life. What much of the sprawling Capital and its satellite cities have now been converted into is a deafening concrete jungle of towering buildings, roads and incessantly honking vehicles. Yet, the city boasts of being one...

May 12, 2017