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Heart attack prevention efforts lag for people with stroke, peripheral artery disease

Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): Patients with peripheral artery disease or stroke are less likely to receive recommended treatments to prevent heart attack, as compared to patients with coronary artery disease, according to a new study.

2020-05-18T04:27:56.448311+00:00 IST

Study reveals antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean diet significantly lowers pre-heart failure

Washington D.C.[USA], May 17 (ANI): While Indo-Mediterranean diets are anti-inflammatory and considered good for a healthy heart, recently, cohort studies and case-control studies have demonstrated that western-style diets rich in sugar and lack of physical activity are important behavioural risk factors of heart failure.

2020-05-17T15:39:17.074525+00:00 IST

Study points at 60 pc rise in mental health visits among youth to emergency departments

Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): While the number of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits across the nation has remained stable over the last 10 years, visits for mental health disorders have risen 60 per cent and the rate of visits for deliberate self-harm have increased 329 per cent, suggests a recent study.

2020-05-17T11:39:06.062711+00:00 IST

World Hypertension Day: Dietary, lifestyle modification is the key

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): World Hypertension Day, observed on May 17 every year, stresses the need for increasing awareness about this 'silent killer' and help people realise that hypertension or high blood pressure is a preventable and controllable condition.

2020-05-16T12:09:46.664114+00:00 IST

Combination of Vitamin C with fasting is effective for cancers that are hard to treat

California [USA], May 16 (ANI): A new study conducted by scientists from USC and the IFOM Cancer Institute in Milan suggests that a fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C.

2020-05-16T06:17:15.345030+00:00 IST

Researchers examine effects of antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean diet on pre-heart failure

Washington D.C.[USA], May 16 (ANI): Scientists have examined the effects of antioxidant-rich Indo-Mediterranean food on pre-heart failure.

2020-05-16T05:25:05.371769+00:00 IST

Experiment shows ordinary speech generates droplets that linger in the air

Washington D.C. [USA], May 15 (ANI): Ordinary speech has the capability of emitting small respiratory droplets that stay in the air for a minimum eight minutes, shows a new study reported the Washington Post.

2020-05-15T06:54:54.859253+00:00 IST

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Simpler methods of saliva test being employed for coronavirus testing

Washington D.C. [USA], May 15 (ANI): Several simpler methods apart from nasopharyngeal swab technique are being used to conduct coronavirus testing that may help flatten the transmission curve in order to prevent a sharp spike in cases.

2020-05-15T06:52:26.347014+00:00 IST

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Cats can transmit coronavirus to each other, won't show symptoms: Study

Wisconsin [USA], May 14 (ANI): Cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and may be able to pass the virus to other cats, according to a new laboratory experiment.

2020-05-14T05:58:31.492469+00:00 IST

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Speech-generated droplets and COVID-19 transmission

California [USA], May 14 (ANI): Researchers report that airborne droplets produced through speech could be a potentially significant mode of COVID-19 transmission.

2020-05-14T04:37:08.203618+00:00 IST

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Combination of fasting, vitamin C effective on hard-to-treat cancers, suggests study

California [USA], May 13 (ANI): A fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C, suggests a new study conducted by the scientists from USC and the IFOM Cancer Institute in Milan.

2020-05-13T05:33:14.597594+00:00 IST

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New imaging tool helps researchers see extent of Alzheimer's early damage

Washington D.C. [USA], May 13 (ANI): New imaging technology allows scientists to see the widespread loss of brain synapses in early stages of Alzheimer's disease, a finding that one day may help aid in drug development, according to a new Yale University study.

2020-05-13T04:57:18.824210+00:00 IST

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COPD and smoking associated with higher COVID-19 mortality

London [UK], May 12 (ANI): Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, according to a new study.

2020-05-12T04:45:25.829975+00:00 IST

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Too little sleep can mean more asthma attacks in adults

California [USA], May 12 (ANI): A good night's sleep is crucial to good health and can also be necessary for Asthma patients, suggests a new study.

2020-05-12T04:41:02.507845+00:00 IST

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Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate Mars

Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): A Southwest Research Institute scientist has modelled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on the Earth.

2020-05-11T16:36:10.160795+00:00 IST

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Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells

Massachusetts [USA], May 11 (ANI): Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women.

2020-05-11T04:54:46.081958+00:00 IST

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Early mammography screening lowers risk of developing fatal breast cancer

Falun [Sweden], May 11 (ANI): An analysis of more than half a million women in Sweden has revealed that mammography screening reduces the rates of advanced and fatal breast cancers.

2020-05-11T04:43:38.606967+00:00 IST

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Study reveals individualised mosaics of microbial strains transfer from maternal to infant gut

Birmingham [UK], May 10 (ANI): Microbial communities in the intestine -- also known as the gut microbiome -- are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonisation by pathogens. The gut microbiome composition in infants and toddlers changes extensively in the first three years of life but the researchers have long been finding the origin of these microbes.

2020-05-10T09:24:20.880999+00:00 IST

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Here are factors which influence youth to regularly use e-cigarettes

Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): In a bid to understand the growing use of e-cigarettes among youth, researchers have analysed the factors that influence adolescents to use it frequently.

2020-05-10T07:45:08.503163+00:00 IST

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Staying hygienic cuts down the use of antibiotics: study

Washington DC [USA], May 9 (ANI): Improving hygiene practices like washing hands reduces the risk of catching infections by 50 percent and cuts the use of antibiotics by 30 percent, suggests a new study.

2020-05-09T09:26:47.193298+00:00 IST

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Study suggests sleep disturbances among infants may lead to altered brain development

Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): Novel research has found that sleep problems in a baby's first 12 months may not only precede an autism diagnosis but also may be associated with altered growth trajectory in a key part of the brain, the hippocampus.

2020-05-09T08:55:35.933727+00:00 IST