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Diabetes triggers risk of Tuberculosis and vice-versa, says NIH Scientist
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The National Institutes of Health confirmed that diabetes and tuberculosis can both trigger the occurrence of the other. Citing the presence of a stress-induced process, NIH Scientist and Scientific Director(ICER), Dr Subash Babu on Thursday said that diabet
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Research reveals patients with lifelong disability tend to have far higher
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a Michigan Medicine study, patients with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental diseases are substantially more frequently prescribed opioids at higher rate than people without these conditions. This finding raises worries about addiction, overdos
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Scientists develop unique thermogel to help prevent scarring of retina
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A group of Singaporean scientists have developed a bio-functional thermogel, a type of synthetic polymer, to prevent retinal scarring caused by failed retinal detachment repair surgery, according to a new study.
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Male dogs are four times more likely than female dogs to develop infectiou
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], July 9 (ANI): A recent study found that male dogs are four to five times more likely than female dogs to develop the oro-nasal variant of a canine transmissible venereal tumour.
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Water-borne diseases loom large as floodwaters recede in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): As the flood situation in Assam has been improving, the authorities are now worried about rising cases of water and vector-borne diseases in the flood-affected areas.
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Study find that copper leads to protein aggregation, may cause Parkinson's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Copper exposure in the environment and the protein alpha-synuclein in the human brain could play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Researchers were able to show how the protein takes on an unusual shape when exposed to large amounts
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Childhood obesity occurring at greater frequency, younger ages: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Despite numerous public health initiatives to encourage healthy behaviours and improve living conditions the rates of new cases of obesity in elementary school are higher and are occurring earlier in childhood than they were even a decade earlier, according to
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Researchers discovers plant immunity-boosting molecules
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], July 8 (ANI): Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, in conjunction with colleagues in China, uncovered natural cellular components that trigger crucial plant immune responses.
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Scientists develop technique for imaging mRNA molecules in brains of livin
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new technique for imaging mRNA molecules in the brains of living mice. The research reveals new insights into how memories are formed and stored in the brain and could allow scientists to learn more about diseases such as Alzheimer's
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Research shows new guidelines set to standardize swallowing fluoroscopy
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Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, or prolonged intubation. In spite of its widespread use, there wasn't any stan
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Assam floods: People worried over post flood diseases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Morigaon (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): Reeling from the flood situation that has devastated Assam, the people of the state are now worried over the post-flood complications including diseases.
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Man dies of cardiac arrest while having sex: Here's what expert say about
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): A shocking incident where a Nagpur man dies of cardiac arrest while having sex with his partner recently, has raised serious concern and queries in society, about the interrelation between a heart attack and sex.
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