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Gene study sheds light on causes of childhood sight loss
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): A genetic mutation that contributes to sight loss in children has been identified by scientists.
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Srinagar hosts medical conference to create awareness about PCOS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 12 (ANI): The department of endocrinology in Sher-e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) organised a three day medical conference to promote health sector and treat the challenging diseases and create awareness about possible causes of polyc
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Impact Guru, GlobalGiving tie-up to scale crowd funding in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Impact Guru, India's leading crowd funding platform for NGOs, medical and personal causes has entered into a strategic partnership with US and UK based GlobalGiving, the world's first and largest non-profit crowd funding platform.
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How mangrove forest conversion is killing Earth
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 11 (ANI): You may want to stop creating those man-made ponds or pastures as a recent study has revealed that clear-cutting of tropical mangrove forests contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas, like carbon, one of the leading causes of global warming.
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Beware! Those heartburn drugs up risk of diarrhea, inflammation of colon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington.D.C. [USA], Mar. 29 (ANI): A study finds that gastric acid suppression drugs increase the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection - which causes diarrhea and life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017: Need to increase public awareness on TB among
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis can affect any age, caste or class and it is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017 - Unite to End TB: Leave No One Behind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, there were 10.4 million new cases of TB worldwide.
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NCP against red beacon culture, says it causes inconvenience to commoners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Giving a thumbs down to the age-old red beacon culture, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said the idea should be discouraged as it causes inconvenience to the commoners and also cost the government.
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Gene that causes rare disorder Opitz C syndrome identified
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 13 (ANI): A team of researchers has identified the gene that causes Opitz C syndrome in the only patient diagnosed with this ultra-rare disorder in Catalonia.
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Erratic power supply at Puducherry hospital causes death of three patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): As the World Kidney Day was being observed across the globe on Thursday; a tragedy unfolded in the union territory of Puducherry, where three patients, including two women, who were undergoing Haemodialysis at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research
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Organ-on-a-chip model offers clues to rare ageing condition
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 5 (ANI): Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic condition that causes premature and accelerated aging and now, a team of researchers has built a new model that offers insights into it.
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Gang warfare not unique to humans - banded mongooses do it too
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C.[USA], Mar.1 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Exeter have shed light on the causes of the fights - and found they are most common when females are receptive to breeding and when there is competition over food and territory.
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