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Microplastic may fuel antibiotic resistance: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a startling discovery, a team of Boston University researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics commonly used to treat infections.
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First Academy: Guiding Indian Students to Prestigious US Universities with
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3: In the competitive world of higher education, securing admission to top-tier universities in the United States, along with substantial scholarships, is a significant achievement. For many Indian students, this dream is not often realized. This could be due to sever
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Study reveals how tuberculosis cases in prisons worldwide go unnoticed
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered TB case rates to be persistently high and case detection to be low in jails, indicating the need for health organisations to step up efforts to stop the spread of TB among this high-risk demographic. A recent study done by the Boston University School of Public Health
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Pre-teen girls who consume fruit juices have no adverse effect on weight:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dr Lynn L. Moore, a Professor of Medicine at Boston University's Chobanian and Avedisian Schools of Medicine, recently published an online study on Beverages. Moore and her colleagues observed that pre-teen girls who drank 100% fruit juice had long-term nutritional benefits with no negative
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China's lending debacle: Development loans hit 13-year low
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has left scores of Lower and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) saddled with "hidden debts." China is using debt rather than aid to establish a dominant position in the international development finance market.
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Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, deadly COVID st
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Following a set of linked experiments that were first believed to have sparked the global epidemic in China, researchers at Boston University claim to have developed a new COVID strain with an 80% death rate.
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US: Former Northeastern University worker arrested, charged for staging ho
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): A former Northeastern employee has been charged with staging a hoax explosion inside Holmes Hall on the university's Boston campus last month and providing false information to investigators, according to a statement issued by the Department of Justice on Tu
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Summer season likely to increase the risk of miscarriages: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Boston [Massachusetts], July 10 (ANI): As per a recent study made by the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSHP), the summer months raise the chances of miscarriages in women when compared to other weather conditions.
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Study finds miscarriage may increase during summer
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Boston [Massachusetts], June 28 (ANI): Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that the chance of miscarriage may rise over the summer.
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Ignoring cholesterol, glucose levels at 35 may get chance of Alzheimer's d
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], March 25 (ANI): A new research conducted by the Boston University of School and Medicine has revealed that lower high-density cholesterol (HDL) and high triglyceride levels measured in the blood as early as age 35 are associated with a higher incidence of AD in t
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Study says extreme heat is linked to rise in mental health emergency care
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): According to a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health researchers, during periods of extreme heat, clinicians were expected to see an increase in patients requiring health" mental health services.
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Moderate-vigorous physical activity is most efficient at improving fitness
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): In the largest study performed to date to understand the relationship between habitual physical activity and physical fitness, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that a higher amount of time spent performing exercise (mod
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