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Theatre productions promote healthier body image in children: Stu

Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): According to a latest study, young children, engaged in theatre productions, are likely to promote a healthier body image.

2022-07-12T18:12:00.173418+00:00 IST

Mindful meditation likely to relieve pain: Study

Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): According to neuroscientists individuals who indulge in mindfulness meditation can diminish their suffering for generations.

2022-07-12T12:37:56.333562+00:00 IST

Sperm screening detects harmful mutations of embryo implantation

Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): Screening sperm may help identify potentially harmful new genetic mutations and help fertility specialists prevent them from being passed on to offspring, shows a preliminary study. The results suggest a potential tool to help improve fertility treatment outcomes.

2022-07-12T08:25:42.477483+00:00 IST

Researchers show effectiveness of migraine drugs in weight loss

Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): Triptans, a commonly prescribed class of migraine drugs, may also be useful in treating obesity, a new study suggests.

2022-07-12T07:06:16.812489+00:00 IST

Abnormal heart metabolism linked to sudden cardiac death

Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a small, but rigorous study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, adults with abnormal heart metabolism are up to three times more likely to experience life-threatening arrhythmias (an irregular heart rhythm), and MRI techniques could be used to detect the condition and predict future sudden cardiac death (SCD).

2022-07-11T17:15:51.466795+00:00 IST

ICMR launches National Registry of Multiple Sclerosis

New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up a National Registry of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Indian Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Disorders Registry and Research Network (IMSRN) and it will create an organised system for data collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, management and outcomes.

2022-07-11T15:50:44.054064+00:00 IST

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New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Who would have thought that sex, one of the most pleasurable things in the world, could perhaps become a punishment for a 50-year-old man in Indonesia?

2022-07-11T15:20:45.639319+00:00 IST

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Study offers proof of link between chronic pain and disorder

Columbus [Ohio], July 11 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected a link between opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain, but the brain processes that link OUD and chronic pain remain unknown. Researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School conducted a first-of-its-kind investigation on central sensitization in people with OUD.

2022-07-11T12:28:26.544474+00:00 IST

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Small intestinal microbiome prevents obesity and type 2 diabetes

Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a new study each person's gut is home to 500 to 1,000 different bacterial species, which might total 100,000 trillion germs. Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine used mouse models to examine how diet and feeding habits affect these intestinal microbes and the health of the hosts, particularly with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

2022-07-11T12:08:17.221647+00:00 IST

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Patients with lifelong disability with higher opioid prescription

Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a Michigan Medicine study, patients with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental diseases are substantially more frequently prescribed opioids at higher rate than people without these conditions. This finding raises worries about addiction, overdose, and mental health problems.

2022-07-11T11:59:09.329627+00:00 IST

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Study finds adults with blood cancer respond to booster dose

Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, less than half of patients with hematologic malignancies developed detectable antibodies after the initial COVID-19 vaccination, but 56 per cent of "nonresponders" developed antibodies after receiving a booster dose.

2022-07-11T09:26:45.689227+00:00 IST

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Study reveals driving forces of Alzheimer's disease

Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease at present does not have a cure or effective therapy. The study suggested that due to gaps in our understanding of how progressive neurodegenerative disorder arises in the brain.

2022-07-10T20:14:24.482680+00:00 IST

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Summer season likely to increase the risk of miscarriages: Study

Boston [Massachusetts], July 10 (ANI): As per a recent study made by the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSHP), the summer months raise the chances of miscarriages in women when compared to other weather conditions.

2022-07-10T17:24:08.462575+00:00 IST

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Higher risk of premature death by adding salt to your food

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a recent research of more than 500,000 people discovered that people are at higher risk of dying prematurely from any reason, who add extra salt to their cooked food at the table.

2022-07-10T16:30:24.708518+00:00 IST

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Family member's death can be fatal for heart failure patients

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, heart failure patients who face grief due to a close family member's death are at higher risk of death, particularly during the first week of demise.

2022-07-10T13:45:59.377707+00:00 IST

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Research links childhood trauma to elderly persons' poor health

Toronto [Canada], July 10 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Toronto recently conducted a study that found that elderly people who had been physically abused as children had a considerably higher likelihood of developing chronic pain and other physical ailments as they age.

2022-07-10T08:15:19.977182+00:00 IST

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Study: Feeling Hungry correlated to anger, irritability

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a new research, feelings of irritation and anger are significantly correlated with hunger, and being hungry might actually make us "hangry."

2022-07-10T07:36:34.005717+00:00 IST

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Gardening can promote better mental health: Study

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants even if they've never gardened before.

2022-07-10T01:18:49.382576+00:00 IST

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Human-like robots may be perceived as having mental states

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to new research, when robots appear to engage with people and display human-like emotions, people may perceive them as capable of 'thinking,' or acting on their own beliefs and desires rather than their programs.

2022-07-09T23:13:50.082865+00:00 IST

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Cancer triggers that could spur targeted drug therapies

Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.

2022-07-09T23:09:19.756798+00:00 IST

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Growing up changes our brain's reaction to understanding stories

Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Researchers have demonstrated the reaction of our brain alters from childhood to adulthood after it gets exposed to social or emotional stimuli shown in a particular film.

2022-07-09T16:59:31.881413+00:00 IST