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New treatment approach for inherited enzyme disease: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct.25 (ANI): A new report says that experiments designed to reveal how a protein protects the lungs from asthma-related damage suggest a new way to treat a rare disease marked by the inability of cells to break down fats.
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K.P. Yohannan-led Believers Church organises free medical camps
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.24 (ANI-Newsvoir): As Dengue and Chikungunya continue to affect people across northern India, Believers Church has started a campaign to educate economically weaker sections of the society about the disease and ways to prevent it.
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Here's how Alzheimer's disease can be possibly prevented
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 22 (ANI): A new study has found out that consuming pills that prevents the accumulation of toxic molecules in the brain might someday help prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease.
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Centre issues guidelines to states, zoo authorities on containment of Avia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, the Union Agriculture Ministry, has issued the necessary guidelines to the state government and the zoo authorities on control and containment of the infection, and has urged the Ministry of Environ
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'Stitch' in time to save 'nine' fractures due to osteo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Bones in India are becoming increasingly fragile due to osteoporosis, the disease eating into the vitals that firm them up. Osteoporotic people do not know as to what body movement can cause fractures. Osteoporotic fractures catch them unawares. Just a simpl
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Few minutes of exercise can prevent disease, weight gain in women during m
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[US], Oct. 18 (ANI): According to new research, minimal exercise may be all it takes for postmenopausal women to better regulate insulin, maintain metabolic function and help prevent significant weight gain.
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Dengue-chikungunya cases: SC asks details of meeting chaired by LG
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked details of the meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendra Jain on the dengue-chikungunya cases and the action plan to fight the vector-born
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Test for coronary artery disease motivates people to adopt healthier habit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[US], Oct. 15 (ANI): Researchers have found that undergoing a computer tomographic angiography was a better motivator to get people with suspected coronary artery disease to adopt healthier lifestyle practices than an exercise electrocardiography and stress test.
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Depression symptoms may influence lung cancer survival
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 14 (ANI): Worsening depression symptoms are associated with shorter survival for lung cancer patients, particularly those in the early stages of disease, according to a recent study.
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Siemens Healthineers, IBM Watson Health Forge Global tie-up for population
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): IBM and Siemens Healthineers today announced a five year, global strategic alliance in Population Health Management (PHM). The alliance aims to help hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, and other providers deliver value-based care to patie
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Excess consumption of marijuana may lead to bone diseases, fractures
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): A recent study has found that people, who regularly smoke large amounts of cannabis have reduced bone density and are more prone to fractures.
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Obesity in mothers could lead to high blood pressure risk in offsprings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Exposure of babies to high levels of the satiety hormone, Leptin, in the womb irreversibly activates receptors in the brain that regulate blood pressure and this activation may lead to a lifelong increased risk of high blood pressure and kidney disease
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