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Research: Potential cure for alcohol use disorder is heart medication
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): A recent study by National Institutes of Health researchers and their associates suggests that a drug used to treat heart issues and high blood pressure may also be useful in treating alcohol use disorder.
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SIMS hospital pedals for a healthy Aorta
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders (ICAD) at SIMS hospitals, Vadapalani, organised a Cycle Rally recently ( September 18, 2022) to commemorate the Aortic Dissection Awareness Day. The event was flagged off by the Chief Gue
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Researchers find causes of brain disorders in people with Huntington's dis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): Huntington's disease is a genetic brain disorder caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene. HD is a neurological disease that has no cure and produces personality changes, dementia symptoms, and uncontrollable convulsive movements, eventually leading to
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Study reveals that daytime eating may benefit mental health
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Investigators have designed a study that simulated night work and then tested the effects of daytime and nighttime eating versus daytime eating only. The team found that, among participants in the daytime and nighttime eating group, depression-like mood l
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Researchers find exercise might be a developing treatment for movement dis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], September 17 (ANI): Spinal cerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6) is a hereditary neurological disease that impairs motor coordination. Because SCA6 affects only about one in 100,000 people, medical researchers have paid it little attention. There is currently no known cure and just
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Researchers find macrophages may be scavenger cells of the immune system
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in our lungs that exchange gases between the air we breathe and our blood. To keep this process running properly, the alveolar epithelial cells create a material called "surfactant," which coats the alveoli like a film. Th
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Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of physiological and molecular
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Scientists have identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings offer a more nuanced understanding of obesity than curre
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Researchers find that anti-diarrheal drug might treat core ASD symptoms
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Currently, there are no medication treatments for the basic symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may an existing drug provide a new treatment, even if it previously had no association with ASD? A new study posed this question. The researchers devel
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A Seven Boats initiative towards spreading true awareness about this extre
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 12 (ANI/ATK): Each suicide is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuing ripple effect, affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year, more than 1,00,000 people commit suicide in our
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Researchers find novel method for treating neurological disorders in patie
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, and other organisations have successfully reversed the effects of several lethal inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosom
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Do you know Artificial sweeteners are associated with cardiovascular disor
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11(ANI): A study found a correlation between higher artificial sweetener usage and an increased risk of cardiovascular disorders like heart attack and stroke.
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Afghanistan tops the list of unhappiest countries: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): Under the Taliban regime, Afghanistan ranked first among the list of unhappiest countries in terms of physical pain, mental stress, mental disorders triggered by poverty and unemployment, anxiety, and anger, as per a report by a global analytics firm.
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