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Rich people's swimming pools make cities thirsty: Research
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Wealthy elites with huge swimming pools and well-kept lawns are leaving underprivileged people in cities throughout the world without basic access to water. According to a new study, societal inequalities drive urban water issues more than environmental factors like climate change or urban p
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Study reveals how people with obesity due to genetic tendency have lower r
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers found that those with obesity who have a genetic tendency for high BMI have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is mostly caused by environmental factors like lifestyle.
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On World Birth Defects Day, WHO reaffirms commitment to prevent, control b
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down syndrome, but there
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Researchers reveal environmental chemicals that influence gastrointestinal
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
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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Research: Climate change may impact marine environments badly
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], September 20 (ANI): Planning is necessary to promote the sustainable development of marine habitats, just as there has long been spatial planning for operations on land. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and other institutions are now demonstrating that marin
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Nirvana Being's Ventimax, a 2-in-1 solution for indoor ventilation and air
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): Environmental factors such extreme temperatures in the summer, cold winters and the use of new age technologies such as split AC's and air purifiers have forced us to seal people indoors, with little to no ventilation in ones' immediate surrou
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Scientists discover a new gene to protect plants from common diseases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene to protect plants from common diseases like fungi, bacteria and adverse environmental factors.
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Study reveals regardless of genetic relationship, there is link between da
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): New study suggested that paternal depression may be contributing to the growth in adolescent depression and behavioural issues, regardless of the fathers' genetic relationship to their offspring.
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Specific environmental exposures might help predict death risk from cardio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 per cent.
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Environmental factors like 'Air Pollution' highly predict risk of death
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Environmental factors such as air pollution, along with other parameters like high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
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World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measure
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): The World Health Organization has defined birth defects as structural or functional anomalies (for example, metabolic disorders) that occur during intrauterine life. They can be identified during pregnancy, at birth and at times, detected only later. Birth d
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Love for nature is partially heritable, suggests study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, February 7 (ANI): How many of us love visiting nature parks and taking a quiet stroll there, with nothing but the sound of birds? Did our parents do the same thing when they were young? According to a large-scale study of UK twins led by Chia-chen Chang at the National University
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