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20 minutes of daily exercise at 70 may stave off major heart disease later
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Padua [Italy], February 15 (ANI): Exercise at an older age is always recommended so that older people can avoid contracting diseases due to lack of physical movement. Now, research has suggested that twenty minutes of daily moderate to vigorous exercise in early old age (seventy - seventy-fi
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Taiwan plans to ease its COVID-19 quarantine policy
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan planned to ease its COVID-19 quarantine policy from next month, given that the local epidemic is stable and under control, the island's disease-monitoring agency said Monday.
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Infusion of 3D cellular structures has potential to repair damaged intesti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 14 (ANI): Ulcerative colitis, the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and ulcers (sores) in the digestive tract, also affects the innermost lining of the colon and rectum. It can be a debilitating condition and can sometimes lead to life-threaten
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Mosquito vision could help in hiding from disease vectors: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A new research led by scientists at the University of Washington has indicated that a common mosquito species (after detecting a tell-tale gas that we exhale) flies toward specific colours, including red, orange, black and cyan. The mosquitoes ignore other
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Study explores identifying Alzheimer's risk in middle age
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Otago are exploring the possibility that a simple eye test may make diagnosing the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease when people are much younger.
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Study finds clearance of protein linked to Alzheimer's is controlled by ci
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): A recent study has shown that the brain's ability to clear a protein closely linked to Alzheimer's disease is linked to the circadian cycle.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 11 million
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Africa], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,001,034 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Research explores possibility to identify Alzheimer's risk in middle age
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): University of Otago researchers hope that a simple eye test may make diagnosing the earliest stages of 'diseases of old age' possible when people are much younger.
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Clearance of protein linked to Alzheimer's controlled by circadian cycle:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): The brain's ability to clear a protein closely linked to Alzheimer's disease is tied to our circadian cycle, according to a recent study led by the researchers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Ebola virus hides in brain even after years of treatment? Study reveals sh
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Maryland [US], February 10 (ANI): Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with the Ebola virus. In a ground-breaking s
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Project Prarambh: Initiative by IIDE to digitally transform the Non-Profit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): In an attempt to grow their online presence during Covid, several Patient Advocacy Groups (PAGs) and Non-Profit Organisations such as the Indian Cancer Society, Organisation for Rare Disease (ORD), and Cure SMA partnered with IID
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Changing diet could add up to a decade of life expectancy, says study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bergen [Norway], February 9 (ANI): Our elders unsurprisingly lived up to eighty years and more, even without much medication or hospitalisation, while the youth nowadays grapple with heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, blood pressure and whatnot. But, according to a new study, a young adult c
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