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Veteran politician George Fernandes passes away at 88
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29, (ANI): One of the most popular defence ministers, veteran politician George Fernandes passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 88.
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Alan Alda delivers heart-touching speech while accepting SAG Lifetime Achi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 28 (ANI): American actor Alan Alda accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday night, marking one of his first appearances since revealing his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
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An egg a day might reduce risk of heart disease: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): A new study conducted in China finds that eating an egg a day may lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Gum infection may be linked to Alzheimer's disease: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that gum infection could be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Detecting prediabetes early may reduce risk of developing cardiovascular d
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): A diagnosis of prediabetes should be a wake-up call for people to make lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
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Restoring memory function in Alzheimer's disease may now be possible
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): A study now finds that a new approach to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may eventually make it possible to reverse memory loss, a hallmark of the disease in its later stages.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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Eradicate drug abuse, terrorism, militancy, corruption: Sheikh Hasina to H
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) Jan 20 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the country's Home Ministry to work towards eradicating drug abuse, terrorism, militancy and the 'black disease' of corruption spread by the military dictators who ruled the country in the past.
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Now, combination blood test for pancreatic cancer may catch disease earlie
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Detecting pancreatic cancer may have gotten a little bit easier. A new approach to pancreatic cancer screening may help doctors detect the disease in people who are at high risk before it reaches more advanced stages and becomes difficult to treat.
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Scientists identify another piece of Ebola virus puzzle
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A new study now finds a team of researchers discovering the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to unlocking the pathway of replication of the killer disease in human hosts.
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Fasting can improve overall health, study suggests
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Fasting can lead to improved health and provide protection against aging-associated diseases, a recent study suggests.
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