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High BMI likely to have negative impact on brain functioning
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 18 (ANI): In a recent research conducted at the University of Arizona, scientists have found that having a higher body mass index (BMI), can negatively impact cognitive functioning in older adults.
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Manipal surgeon says obesity a disease, not a lifestyle problem
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], Sept.28 (ANI-Newsvoir): According to WHO, more than 1.9 billion adults aged over 18 are overweight and over 600 million adults are obese, with at least2.8 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Obesity is the new epidemic sprea
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Graduate adults more likely use e-cigs to quit smoking: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept. 12 (ANI): A recent study showed that the intent on quitting tobacco, be it electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or cigarettes, seems to drop off among less educated smokers.
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Ticket ballot opens for ICC Champions Trophy 2017
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Sept.1 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced that the ticket ballot for next year's ICC Champions Trophy, to be staged in England and Wales from 1-18 June, will open today giving cricket fans the opportunity to apply to watch one of the 15 gam
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Seven percent of adults sexually abused in childhood in UK, new figures re
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Aug.12 (ANI): One in every 14 adults in England and Wales was sexually abused as a child, according to the first research of its kind.
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Rights to sexual freedom hampered at retirement homes: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug. 9 (ANI): Putting up at retirement homes limits older adults' rights to sexual freedom because of a lack of policies regarding the issue and the actions of staff and administrators at these facilities.
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Simple 'talk therapy' can help cut cost of curing the blues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 23 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a simple and inexpensive psychotherapy or talking therapy, known as behavioural activation (BA), treats depression in adults just as well as the gold-standard cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
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Global obesity figures miss out more than half a billion: study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C., July 7 (ANI): Though official estimates say there are 600 million obese adults in the world, a new study claims that this estimate misses out more than half a billion fat people.
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