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Study gives insights into high incidence of youth with risk factors for ca
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Due to high demand and limited resources, a child with risk factors for heart disease (high blood pressure, obesity, etc.) may have to wait nearly a year to see a cardiologist in the United States today. This is valuable time that could be spent controlling their diseases and preventing a he
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Study finds small molecules have significant impact on different brain, ro
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A recent study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and the VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Brain and Disease Research demonstrates that a little molecule known as microRNA-132 can significantly affect many brain cells and may be related to Alzheimer's disease.
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An oral probiotic might treat dry eye disease: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Oral treatment of a commercially available probiotic bacterial strain was found to improve dry eye condition in an animal model in a study conducted by a research group at Baylor College of Medicine. The findings were presented at ASM Microbe 2023, the American Society for Microbiology's ann
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Inflammatory bowel disease linked to higher risk of stroke: Research
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to research published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are more likely to suffer a stroke than people without the condition. The study doesn't prove that IBD causes stroke; rath
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Sleeping pill lowers levels of Alzheimer's proteins: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Sleep problems can be an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease. Many patients who are later diagnosed with Alzheimer's begin having trouble sleeping and staying asleep years before cognitive symptoms such as memory loss and confusion emerge. It's a vicious cycle: Alzheimer's disease causes
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Talking therapies may lower risk of future cardiovascular disease
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new health data analysis led by UCL researchers, using talking therapies to effectively treat depression in adults over 45 may be associated with lower rates of future cardiovascular disease.
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Researchers find new epigenetic vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemia
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a blood cancer that causes an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Due to the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers all over the world have been looking for new ways to treat AML while still allowing normal blood development to occur.
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Smartwatches may predict higher risk of heart failure: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a recent study performed by UCL researchers, wearable gadgets such as smartwatches might be used to predict a higher risk of developing heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms in later life.
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FNDR and DevsHealth announce a collaboration to discover and develop affor
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India]/ Barcelona [Spain], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR) and DevsHealth have announced the start of a collaborative project to develop new broad-spectrum antiviral agents for infections caused by flaviviruses such as dengue
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High sugar and fat diet can cause liver disease: Research
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine has found a correlation between high-fat, high-sugar Western diets and the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the main cause of chronic liver disease.
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Statins may lower heart disease in people with sleep apnea: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a new study by Columbia University researchers, cholesterol-lowering medicines known as statins have the potential to minimise heart disease in persons with obstructive sleep apnea regardless of whether they use CPAP equipment at night.
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Ozone pollution linked with increased hospitalisations for heart disease:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A recent publication in the European Heart Journal, a publication of the European Society of Cardiology, provides the first evidence that ozone levels above the World Health Organization (WHO) limit are significantly associated with an increase in hospital admissions for heart attacks, heart
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