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Researchers suggest pharmacologic treatments for managing tooth extraction
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The current clinical practice guidelines lack evidence-based guidance on the effective management of acute dental pain. The National Academies' report entitled "Framing Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Acute Pain", highlighted the need to formalize evidence-based alternatives to opioid anal
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Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest rare in older adults: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The annual incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in older adults is rare: 2 to 3 cases per 1,00,000 people.
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Researchers reveal how depression, poor mental health connected with heart
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a recent study, researchers found that examined data from more than 500,000 people between the ages of 18 and 49, young adults who experience sadness or depression are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and have poor heart health. The findings support a growing
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Study reveals adult brain contains millions of silent synapses
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses," which are immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are recruited to help form new memories, according to MIT neuroscientists.
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Healthy lifestyle connected to slower memory decline in older adults
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a decade-long study of older adults, a healthy lifestyle, particularly a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline.
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Head injury associated with doubled mortality rate in long term: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults who suffered any type of head injury during a 30-year study period had twice the rate of mortality as those who did not, according to new research, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Head injuries linked to double death rate in long run: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults who sustained any form of brain injury during a 30-year study period had double the rate of mortality as those who did not, according to new research, while mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Blood sugar monitoring devices create wearablity problems for older adults
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute showed that continuous glucose monitors and other wearable devices present wearability and use issues for patients and their carers when used by older persons with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to test and control low blood sugar.
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Gratitude has stress-busting effects: Research
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers from Irish universities carried out a study with 68 adults and found that gratitude has a unique stress-buffering effect on both reactions to and recovery from acute psychological stress, which can contribute to the improvement of cardiovascular health.
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Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene - the strongest known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias - a healthy lifestyle was found to slow memory loss
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Study: Head injury is associated with doubled mortality rate long-term
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher, according to new research from the Perelman
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Sheriff's report: Jeremy Renner saved his nephew in snowplow accident
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new report from the Nevada sheriff's office has revealed that Hollywood star Jeremy Renner was trying to stop his snowplow from sliding and hitting his adult nephew when the actor was pulled under and crushed by the vehicle.
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