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Study reveals common, serious gut disorder is often misdiagnosed
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Patients who regurgitate frequently but for no apparent reason may be suffering from rumination. Unfortunately, rumination is frequently misdiagnosed as other gastrointestinal conditions, which means that many patients may not receive timely treatment.
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Study finds association between Thyroid problems, risk of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study found that older persons with hypothyroidism, generally known as an underactive thyroid, may have a higher risk of dementia. People with thyroid conditions who needed to take thyroid hormone replacement therapy had a significantly higher incidence of dementia.
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Stress speeds up immune ageing: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a new USC study, stress in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors, and discrimination accelerates immune system ageing, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and illness from infections like COVID-19.
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Study finds genes influence cats' response to disease medication
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cats develop hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, which causes the heart muscle to thicken. As the illness progresses, cats can develop blood clots in their hearts, which can dislodge and cause excruciating pain, anxiety, or even death.
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Stress does not lead to loss of self-control in eating disorders
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control, leading to binge-eating, in response to stress. The findings of the Cambridge-led research are published today in the Journal of Neuroscience.
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Study finds stress accelerates immune aging
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Stress in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination, accelerates aging of the immune system, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and illness from infections such as COVID-19, according to a new USC study.
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Research: Thyroid problems linked to increased risk of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the July 6, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The risk of developing dementia was eve
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Anemia discovery offers new targets to treat fatigue in millions
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered an unknown biological process that controls the production of vital cells that carry oxygen throughout the body. The discovery could help doctors develop new treatments for anaemias that affect millions of people.
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Genes influence cats' response to disease medication: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cats develop hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, which thickens their heart muscle. Cats can develop blood clots in their hearts as the illness develops, which could eventually dislodge and result in excruciating pain, anxiety, or even abrupt death.
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Study reveals music therapy is effective in anxiety reduction in cancer p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The study, which was published in the journal 'Integrative Cancer Therapies', found patients with cancer benefited from music therapy as it brought down their levels of anxiety and discomfort.
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Study finds remote fear memories stored in memory neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A remote fear memory is a recollection of painful experiences that took place in the far past, from a few months to decades. The underlying mechanisms by which the brain consolidates distant terror memories have now been clarified by a University of California, Riverside mouse study that was
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China's incursions across the LAC a long-term strategy with no endgame: Re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The long-running border dispute between India and China is partly informed by China's anxiety about political instability in Xinjiang and Tibet.
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