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America: Adults' cardiometabolic health status sets alarm bells ringing fo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): According to a recent study which suggested that less than 7 percent of the U.S. adult population has good cardiometabolic health, a devastating health crisis requires urgent action. A group of researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Polic
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Research finds switching to low-carbon energy could reduce racial disparit
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Davis (California) [US], May 13 (ANI): According to the University of California, switching to low-carbon fuels for transportation, cooking, heating, electricity generation and other needs will help combat climate change and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution.
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GSMA sets out 5G Roadmap for Asia Pacific
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI/PRNewswire): A new analysis of 5G across the Asia Pacific (APAC), published today by the GSMA, has revealed wide disparities in 5G readiness across the region. The report found that a planned approach to spectrum availability and management are key differentiators
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State of Black Americans grim, make 37 pc less income than White Americans
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): The state of Black Americans is grim and the gap between White and Black Americans is continuing to expand in all areas of life.
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Study finds persistent racial, ethnic disparities in sleep duration
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers found that the proportion of people who reported sleeping fewer than seven hours per day increased significantly over a 15-year period, and it was significantly higher among Black people.
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Study finds life expectancy disparities in India
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): According to a new study, life expectancy in India varies across different social groups.
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Study finds gender disparities might be increasing for physicians due to p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Evanston [US], January 27 (ANI): A new study has found that as people started working from home due to the pandemic, men's scholarly productivity increased, while women physicians were submitting less.
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Study on interventions that may improve girls' education in low and middle
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has summarised evidence from 82 studies from low- and middle-income countries to identify programs that may help to improve girls' education outcomes and narrow gender disparities.
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Assam to create awareness on population control measures, to supply contra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 20 (ANI): Terming population explosion as the "root cause of economic disparities and poverty among minority Muslims in Assam", Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that youths will be sent to areas in lower parts of the state to create awarenes
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Addressing social needs may reduce distress, improve health of women with
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): A new study found that unmet social needs in women with gynecologic cancer could be addressed to improve care for patients and lessen disparities.
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Despite hike in education budgets, Pak remains worst country in terms of c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Although Pakistan's education budgets have increased upto 2.8 per cent, the country still has the world's second-highest number of out-of-school children (OOSC) due to disparities in gender, socio-economic status, geography and availability of quality educ
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UNDP lauds India's Aspirational Districts Programme, recommends replicatio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Saturday lauded India's Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) as 'a very successful model of local area development' that should serve as a best practice for other countries where regional disparities in de
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