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Scientists find Tuberculosis vaccine lowers rate of Alzheimer's disease in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): Currently, Alzheimer's affects one-in-ten adults over the age of 65 -- a number that is expected to triple by 2030. The need to find a cure is great. In the backdrop of the following facts, researchers have developed a TB vaccine that lowers rates of Alzh
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Illicit opioid users at higher mortality risk due to various causes, revea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): People hooked on to illicit opioids are not only at the risk of dying from a drug overdose but also face increased chances of death from communicable and non-communicable diseases, injuries and suicide.
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High BMI may increase chances of survival for some cancer patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 27 (ANI): A new research suggests that a high Body Mass Index (BMI) which is usually linked to diseases like diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases may in some cases improve the chance of survival for cancer patients.
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Rise of diet-related diseases suggests people are eating less healthy food
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the rise of diet-related diseases suggests that people are eating less healthy food than they were eating a decade ago.
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Dual burden of obesity, malnutrition can be tackled through healthy diet:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): With India suffering from the double burden of obesity and malnutrition, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday stressed the need for the right kind of diet, which will help to reduce the disease burden in the country.
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Vice President calls for dedicating next decade to make India healthier
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajahmundry [Andhra Pradesh], Dec 26 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday stressed the need to dedicate the next decade from 2020 to 2030 to make India healthier by promoting a healthy lifestyle, improving healthcare facilities and making healthcare affordable and accessible to
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Why is there no staph vaccine?
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Staph bacteria are mostly feared for drug-resistant strains, which are becoming a serious threat to public health because they are the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin diseases. Attempts to establish a Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistan
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Stomach cancer in patients below 60 much more lethal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Minnesota [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): A high proportion of stomach cancer patients who are below the age of 60 suffer from a specific and genetically unique form of the disease that spreads much more rapidly and is resistant to traditional chemotherapy, a new study has found.
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'Higher magnesium intake may reduce fatal coronary heart disease risk in p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): A new prospective study based on data from the Women's Health Initiative found a potential inverse association between dietary magnesium and fatal coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women.
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Revenue growth of hospitals seen up 14 to 15 pc: Crisil
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Revenue and profitability of India's hospital sector should continue to improve between fiscals 2020 and 2021, sustaining the recovery witnessed last fiscal, global analytics company Crisil said on Monday.
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One in seven persons in India suffers from mental disorders: ICMR study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): About one in seven persons in India suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017, with depression and anxiety disorders being the most common mental disorders affecting 45.7 million and 44.9 million people each in the country, noted the findings
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Toll from measles outbreak in Samoa rises to 79
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Apia [Samoa], Dec 22 (Sputnik/ANI) A measles outbreak in Samoa has already killed 79 people, with over 5,500 cases of the disease registered in the country, which has a population of less than 200,000, the Samoan government said on Sunday.
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