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Chikungunya's Long-Term Effects: 5 Joint and Fatigue Symptoms Indians Are Told to Ignore

Persistent Joint Pain That Won't QuitThe name chikungunya comes from a Makonde word meaning "to become contorted", a description of what prolonged joint pain actually looks like in a person's body. A 2017 study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research found that nearly 49% of chikungunya patients in…

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Snakebite on Your Dog in India: How the Species Determines Survival and What Treatments Make It Worse

The snake that bit your dog changes everythingIndia has four snake species responsible for the overwhelming majority of serious envenomations in dogs: the Indian cobra (Naja naja), Russell's viper (Daboia russelii), the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), and the saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus). These four are collectively called the Big Four,…

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Why the Indian Pariah Dog Is Genetically Built for Every Climate and Terrain in India

The Oldest Surviving Landrace in AsiaThe Indian Pariah dog is not a stray that lost its home. It is a landrace, a population shaped entirely by its environment over millennia, with no selective breeding by humans. A 2017 study published in PLOS Genetics, which mapped the ancestry of dog populations…

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Spider Silk Is Being Tested as Surgical Sutures, Wound Dressings, and Biomedical Protein Material

The thread that outperforms steelA dragline silk thread spun by Nephila pilipes, the giant golden orb-weaver found across South and Southeast Asia, has a tensile strength of roughly 1.3 gigapascals, stronger than high-grade steel at a fraction of the weight. That single biological fact is what has made spider silk…

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Why Pancreatitis Is Alarmingly Common in India and What Your Diet and Alcohol Habits Have to Do With It

The numbers nobody talks aboutIndia accounts for a disproportionate share of acute pancreatitis cases in Asia, and the burden is growing. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that tropical chronic pancreatitis, a form almost exclusive to South and Southeast Asia, affects an estimated 125…

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India's Fishing Cat Is Losing Its Bengal Wetlands Faster Than Any Other Habitat

A Cat Built for WaterThe fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus, is not a cat that occasionally wades in. It is built for water the way a tiger is built for cover. Its forepaws are partially webbed. Its coat has two layers, a dense, water-repelling undercoat beneath longer guard hairs, so it…

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India's Fishing Communities and Dolphins: A Coastal Coexistence Passed Down Through Generations

The Dolphins That Follow the NetsIn Chilika Lake, Odisha's vast brackish lagoon, Irrawaddy dolphins and fishermen have developed a working rhythm that marine biologists have studied for decades. The dolphins herd fish toward the shore and toward the nets. The fishermen, reading the dolphins' movement, cast at the right moment.…

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6 Things That Happen to Your Body During Dengue Recovery That Doctors Want You to Know

Your platelet count drops before it climbsThe most watched number during dengue is the platelet count, and for good reason. Platelets, the cells that help blood clot, fall sharply during the fever phase, often bottoming out between day four and day six of illness. A 2021 study published in PLOS…

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5 Sacred Animals in Hinduism That Are Also Among Nature’s Most Dangerous

Hinduism does not worship animals in the shallow sense of putting them on a pedestal and forgetting what they are. It does something more difficult. It asks us to see the divine through forms that are beautiful, terrifying, protective, unpredictable, and fully alive. That is why so many sacred animals…

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AP PHOTOS: Thick smog shrouds Asian cities

Thick smog shrouded New Delhi and other cities around South and Southeast Asia as air pollution levels soared Thursday.

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Heatstroke Kills 30 In Thailand This Year As Southeast Asia Bakes

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia sweltered through unusually hot weather on Thursday, as the Thai government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year.

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