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Teens' vaping habit increases risk of beginning tobacco smoking
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): New research suggests that young adults who have used electronic cigarettes are four times more likely than others to start smoking tobacco cigarettes within 18 months.
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SC issues notice to Centre questioning gender discrimination in adultery l
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): In the hearing of a petition challenging Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre asking why a married woman who is equally liable for the offence of adultery with a married man, who is
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Blood pressure begins to decline 14 years before death in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 5 (ANI): Beware! Drop in blood pressure in elderly adults is an indicative of early death, warns a study.
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One killed, two injured in blast in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Dec 2 (ANI): A seven-year-old child was killed and two adults were injured in an explosion in Balochistan on Friday evening.
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Teen pot smoking linked to bipolar symptoms in adulthood
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 1 (ANI): Beware! Teenagers smoking pot two to three times in a week is linked to bipolar symptoms in later years, warns a recent study.
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'Lets Talk' campaign kicks-off on World AIDS Day
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI):In the early 1980s, when the Time magazine blared, 'No one is safe from AIDS', the concern about arguably one of the most dreaded diseases of the humankind - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - shifted to homosexuality.
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Preemies likely to suffer from respiratory problems all their lives: Study
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 30 (ANI): A study has recently found that adults, who are born prematurely (eight or more weeks early), are more likely to suffer from respiratory problems because of smaller airways than those born at full term.
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Obesity among youth is challenging: Vandana Luthra
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Obesity is a global pandemic which needs to be addressed with about 2.7 billion overweight adults worldwide today sitting on the borderline of becoming obese by 2025, VLCC founder Vandana Luthra said on the sidelines of the Anti Obesity Day observed on Novemb
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HIV-positive adults under-treated for heart problems
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): People with both HIV and cardiovascular problems receive inferior cardiovascular care when compared to the patients without HIV, according to a recent study.
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Adult survivors of childhood cancer at high BP risk
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): People who survived childhood cancer were more than twice as likely as the general population to have high blood pressure (hypertension) as adults.
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Childhood cancer survivors twice as likely to suffer high BP
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 22 (ANI): People, especially overweight or obese men, who have survived childhood cancer, are more than twice as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as adults.
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Diabetes patients 'often' experience mental health issues, suggests study
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 20 (ANI): Diabetes can strike anyone, from any walk of life. It is a disease in which the body's ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood.
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