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Study reveals chronic inflammation as cause for decline in breastfeeding
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Despite the fact that 80 percent of mothers nurse their newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that only 25 percent of women exclusively breastfeed their infants for the six months recommended by the United States Dietary Guidelines. Researchers found that social is
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Researchers reveal traumatic brain injury, PTSD strong associations with A
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The influence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and genetic risk factors in a large cohort have never been studied simultaneously in the medical community.
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Warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest provide opportunity for prevention
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sudden cardiac arrest causes one in five deaths in industrialised countries.2 Most sudden cardiac arrests occur in the community in people not known to be at risk. A cardiac arrhythmia, called ventricular fibrillation, causes the heart to stop pumping and blood flow to cease. If blood flow i
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Drinking 2 cups of coffee daily may double risk of heart death in people w
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Drinking two or more cups of coffee a day may double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people with severe high blood pressure (160/100 mm Hg or higher) but not people with high blood pressure not considered severe, according to research published today in the Journal of the
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Osteoporosis screening lags behind other disorders: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a recent perspective piece published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, osteoporosis screening and treatment lags behind other diseases, resulting in significant morbidity, death, and economic implications.
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Study finds how humans continue to evolve with new genes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Even though we diverged from our chimpanzee ancestors about 7 million years ago, we are still evolving today. The human lineage has 155 novel genes that spontaneously developed from little fragments of our DNA. Some of these novel "microgenes" are thought to be linked to diseases that are un
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Common food dye can trigger inflammatory bowel diseases: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Long-term consumption of Allura Red food dye can be a potential trigger of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, says McMaster University's Waliul Khan. Researchers using experimental animal models of IBD found that continual exposure to Allura Red AC ha
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China's low Covid death count could just be data manipulation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China has reported zero deaths even after being hit by a critical Covid-19 outbreak again this year. This raises questions about China trying to manipulate the disease data
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Rs 37 cr given as compensation for owners of cattle dead due to lumpy skin
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Minister Prabhu Chavan explained that as soon as skin nodule disease was found in the cattle, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took special interest and our state government immediately gave Rs 37 crores for the distribution of compensation money.
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Music therapies bring down discomfort, anxiety in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the journal 'Integrative Cancer Therapies', music therapy reduces levels of pain and anxiety in cancer patients and sickle cell disease patients.
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Researches come up with new findings on memory impairment in epilepsy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It is possible that retention of the exact combination of features is impaired in people with chronic epilepsy
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Govt sets target to install health ATMs at 4600 health, wellness centres o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister inaugurated the first health ATM of the state in the month of September this year to upgrade health services in the state. A health ATM can conduct tests for more than 30 diseases immediately.
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