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Potential new treatment target for sleep apnea identified during study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people, suggest Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers who did a study on mice.
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Researchers discover enzyme inhibitor that can treat cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a small molecule that controls an immune process that is crucial in the development of cancer and autoimmune disorders.
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Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study, published April 26 in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found that microplastics can make it easier for disease-causing pathogens to concentrate in plastic-contaminated areas of the ocean.
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Scientists manipulate emotions in dreams in attempt to ease nightmares
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions of their most frequent nightmares, but in a study of such patients published in the journal Current Biology, researchers in Switzerland take this a step further. They found that also playing a sound--one associated with a posi
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Study: Crossword puzzles show greater cognitive improvement than computer
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The study found the benefits of crossword puzzles in improving memory functioning in older adults.
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Neural disruptions underlying feeding, swallowing disorders in children id
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Every time you chew, talk, yawn, or sense the zap of a toothache, cranial nerve cells are shuttling electrochemical signals to your brain. Some of these neurons detect pain, while others sense facial muscle movements or sensations in the skin.
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No effect of anxiety disorders on vaccine hesitancy
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The new study led by the University of Waterloo aimed to investigate the relationship between vaccine hesitancy, psychological factors associated with anxiety, and individuals' reasoning for and against getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Research explains why late-night eating leads to weight gain, diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes. The connection between eating time, sleep and obesity is well-known but poorly understood, with research showing that over-nutrition can disrupt c
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Study finds drug resistance to fight lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Columbia [US], October 20 (ANI): When a person is diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, one of the two primary types of lung cancer, there is a 70-80 per cent risk that cancer will acquire resistance to the initial medication therapy used to treat it after 14 months. If this occurs, the
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Dr U. Meenakshisundaram of SIMS Hospitals becomes the first Indian to be i
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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr U Meenakshisundaram, Director and Senior Consultant, Neurology, SIMS Hospitals, Vadapalani, was recently invited by the International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Society as one of the eminent panellists, a
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Researchers reveal environmental chemicals that influence gastrointestinal
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Boston (Massachusetts) [US], October 19 (ANI): In industrialised countries, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition characterised by chronic gastrointestinal inflammation, is becoming more common. While researchers have identified approximately 200 genetic tags linked to the disease, t
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Metabolism may offer more insight into risk of some diseases: Research
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Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): In an analysis of the metabolic profiles of healthy American babies, researchers found surprising differences among ethnic groups which may help make screening for inherited metabolic disorders, cystic fibrosis, or hypothyroidism much more accurate than tra
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