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Study: Thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin diseases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 12 (ANI): Thirdhand smoke (THS) refers to the residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked. It can linger on indoor surfaces indefinitely, exposing both smokers and nonsmokers to potentially h
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Flood-hit Pak gives nod to buy 6.2 mn mosquito nets from India
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): The Pakistan government on Tuesday gave a nod to the country's health ministry to procure 6.2 million mosquito nets from India, in a bid to protect the public from vector-borne diseases after the last month's devastating floods that killed more the 1,6
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Army Wives association provides counselling for lifestyle diseases to ser
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Army Wives Welfare Association has started rendering comprehensive preventive and curative care on lifestyle diseases to all serving and retired personnel.
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Respiratory problems rising in Delhi-NCR due to change in weather, increas
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Respiratory-related problems among the people are rising due to the change in weather and increasing smog in Delhi-NCR, said experts, adding that people have started coming up with breathing, bronchitis, asthma and other respiratory problems.
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Amid rising dengue cases, Delhi govt asks hospitals to keep beds reserved
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): The Delhi Government has asked all the hospitals to reserve 10-15% of their hospital beds for vector borne diseases (VBD) patients, taking cognizance of the current situation of vector-borne disease (VBD) cases, especially dengue, in the national capital.
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Scientists turn up spotlight on cells in tissues so RNA could explain dise
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): A new advance overcomes present limitations in spatial transcriptomics with a DNA nanotechnology-driven method called 'Light-Seq.' Light-Seq allows researchers to 'geotag' the full repertoire of RNA sequences with unique DNA barcodes exclusive to a few cell
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Study: Electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 11 (ANI): Researchers revealed how electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have gone unnoticed previously. The researchers discovered a rare yet distinct trend in youngsters who lose conscio
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Survey: Families who eat together are less stressed
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Lifetime risk of heart disease and stroke can increase due to chronic and constant stress but a new survey from the American Heart Association has revealed that regular mealtime with others could be a simple solution to help manage stress.
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Pakistan flood losses estimated to tune of USD 40 bn by World Bank, says S
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Climate Change Minister, Sherry Rehman on Monday said that the World Bank estimated the country's flood losses at USD 40 billion.
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Eating after bedtime increases hunger, decreases calories burned
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [US], October 10 (ANI): About 42% of adult Americans in the United States are obese, which increases the risk of developing chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and other illnesses.
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Study: Development of tools, techniques to explore tumor microenvironment
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], October 10 (ANI): The researcher is aiming to improve the odds for these patients in two recent studies that are primarily concerned with understanding why and how people respond differently to disease and therapies.
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Researchers observes DNA methylation in Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): DNA methylation, a process which regulates the activity of genes, in Alzheimer's disease has recently been observed during a large study.
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