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German COVID-19 incidence rate rises above 500 amidst summer wave
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Berlin [Germany], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate on Thursday increased to 533 infections per 100,000 inhabitants amidst the summer wave, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
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Scientists reveal leptin levels rising in preeclampsia trigger cardiovascu
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Augusta [Georgia], June 23 (ANI): In preeclampsia, which puts both mother and baby at risk, researchers have discovered that a midgestational rise in the hormone leptin, which most of us associate with appetite suppression, causes problematic blood vessel dysfunction and limits the baby's gr
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75 per cent Indian population never goes for diagnostic tests due to a lac
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/PNN): Neglecting preventive care leads to high cases of preventable diseases. And this applies to cardiovascular diseases as well. Currently, in India, there is a lack of preventive care ecosystem, which is the reason why the majority of the people don't go fo
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Study finds light exposure during sleep linked to blood pressure, diabetes
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Evanston [US], June 23 (ANI): According to a study, even low light can disturb sleep, increasing the risk of serious health problems such as blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity in older adults.
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Study: The astrocytic urea cycle in brain controls memory loss in Alzheime
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Daejeon [South Korea], June 22 (ANI): The number of elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease has increased rapidly in recent decades. For a long time, scientists believed that misfolded aggregates of amyloid-beta protein accumulated and formed plaques in the brain, leading to memory
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Research finds new understanding of congenital heart disease progression,
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Houston [Texas], June 22 (ANI): Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a spectrum of heart defects that develop before birth and continue to be the leading cause of child fatalities. A team of researchers from Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine have d
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Study: Children with bronchitis can develop lung problems in adulthood
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Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): According to research from the Allergy and Lung Health Unit at the University of Melbourne, bronchitis in early childhood has been found to increase the risk of lung diseases in middle age.
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Scientists discover why vaccination against malaria loses its effect in sh
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Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have studied the human immune response after immunization with the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum. Their findings could explain why natural infections, to which people in endemic areas are constantly expo
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Yoga helps in getting rid of tension, diseases, says Scindia on Internatio
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Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): Yoga helps in getting rid of tension and diseases entirely from the human body and helps attain peace inside a society, said Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia as the Ministry celebrated International Day of Yoga on Tuesda
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New computer model helps identify mutations that drive cancer
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Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): Scientists have built a computer model that can rapidly scan the entire genome of cancer cells and identify mutations that occur more frequently than expected, suggesting that they are driving tumour growth.
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Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed with single brain scan: Research
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London [UK], June 20 (ANI): During new research, researchers used a machine learning technology to look into the structural features within the brain, including the areas which were not previously associated with Alzheimer's.
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New discovery of 'powerful clinical strategy' for treating heart disease
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Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Houston revealed a new technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as it's medically known.
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