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Study suggests learning second language boosts cognitive function
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): A new study that was jointly conducted by Baycrest and York University has reported that learning a second language is an effective and enjoyable way to improve brain health.
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Study explores how social media changes way people get to know each anothe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): According to a new book by a Penn State researcher, social media has the ability to connect people with almost anyone in the world; however it can also change the way brains form new social relationships, maintain current ones, and participate in social gro
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Heart flown from Kochi, saves the life of 51-year-old man
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Heart harvested from a brain-dead person in Kochi was flown to Chennai airport in 1 hour 5 mins time and transported to Rela Hospital through a green corridor in less than 5 minutes for a heart transplant surgery. The recipient, a 51
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Study suggests immunotherapy beneficial for patients with cancer that spre
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): Two new studies have indicated that immunotherapy might benefit people with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMD), a rare but serious complication of cancer that has spread to the brain and/or spinal cord.
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Study finds key protein linked to appetite, obesity
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): A protein has been identified by researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism.
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Study finds why people tend to remember stressful events better
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 24 (ANI): When the brain stores memories of objects, it creates a characteristic pattern of activity for each of them. Stress changes such memory traces.
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Extra brain processing during sleep enhances learning of new motor skills:
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can get additional memory processing during sleep, according to a recent study led by researchers at Northwestern University.
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Xenotransplantation solution to donor organ shortage in India, says Nephro
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 23 (ANI): As surgeons in the United States had successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead human, senior Nephrology Specialist and transplant physician at Fortis Hospital, Chennai, Dr NK Ganesh Prasad said that such transplants can eventuall
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Samruddhi Silver, a one-stop showroom for all kinds of silver jewellery, a
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 23,(ANI/PNN): Surat is now home to a unique jewellery store, the first of its type in Gujarat, and a one-stop-shop for buying beautiful silver jewellery and other articles at attractive prices. The brain behind this unique jewellery store is Surat's famous je
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Research breakthrough could mean better treatment for patients with deadly
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 21 (ANI): Scientists studying the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour in adults have discovered a new way of analysing diseased and healthy cells from the same patient.
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Immunotherapy beneficial for patients with cancer that has spread to tissu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Two new studies indicate that immunotherapy may benefit people with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMD), a rare but serious complication of cancer that has spread to the brain and/or spinal cord. The research was led by investigators at Massachusetts Genera
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T20 WC: Having Dhoni inside dressing room gives a sense of calmness, says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): India batter KL Rahul on Tuesday said having MS Dhoni as a mentor for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup gives a sense of calmness and he is looking forward to picking the brains of the former Indian skipper on all things cricket.
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