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Study suggests bioelectric stimulations can be used to treat skin lesions
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): A new study reveals that several human diseases including skin lesions can be treated by applying bioelectrical impulses.
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Study suggests high BMI may improve cancer survival
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): While above average or high BMI (Body Mass Index) is often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases, in some cases the higher level of BMI can improve the chance of survival among certain cancers, suggests new research.
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Researchers use deep learning to predict disease related mutations of meta
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): In an effort to find the origin of various human diseases, a research team has used deep learning approach to predict disease-associated mutations of the metal-binding sites in a protein.
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Illicit opioid users at higher mortality risk due to various causes, revea
Updated : 6 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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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Vice President calls for dedicating next decade to make India healthier
Updated : 6 years, 2 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, 2 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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Revenue growth of hospitals seen up 14 to 15 pc: Crisil
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Study reveals protein SIRT6 protects against fatty liver, liver diseases
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): Fatty liver, or hepatic steatosis, which develops when the body produces too much fat or doesn't metabolise fat efficiently enough, affects around 25 per cent of the global population.
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ICMR releases draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13, (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday released the draft guidelines for ensuring that rare genetic therapies and clinical trials can be performed in an ethical, scientific and safe manner in India.
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Doctors raise concern that ban on e-cigarettes will increase cancer, lung
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): After Parliament passed the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Bill, 2019, doctors have raised concerns about people becoming vulnerable to chronic heart and lung diseases.
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