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Research shows how obesity dismantles our mitochondria
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Since 1975, the number of obese people has nearly tripled, creating a global epidemic. While lifestyle variables such as nutrition and exercise contribute to the development and progression of obesity, scientists have shown that obesity is also linked to intrinsic metabolic abnormalities.
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Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Seven Innovations Could Save 2 Mi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Seattle [US], September 12: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today released its seventh annual Goalkeepers Report, describing where the world has collectively fallen short at the halfway point for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and where innovation
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The Travelling CEO: An Expedition from Delhi to London for Hearing Awarene
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 2: The global epidemic of hearing loss has motivated Noida-based entrepreneur, Vishwajeet Vishnu, Managing Director at Ear Solutions, to embark on an extraordinary journey that will span over 20,000 kilometres from Delhi to London. The Travelling CEO's r
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Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, deadly COVID st
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Following a set of linked experiments that were first believed to have sparked the global epidemic in China, researchers at Boston University claim to have developed a new COVID strain with an 80% death rate.
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This year's theme for World TB Day: 'The Clock is Ticking'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): World Tuberculosis Day is observed each year on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global epidemic.
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India-Netherlands-Sweden collaborative programme on HIV/AIDS research
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Governments of India and The Netherlands on Wednesday will announce the launch of the first-of-its-kind collaborative research programme on HIV/AIDS, between India, The Netherlands and Sweden.
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Indian Council for Medical Research along others to raise awareness of Blo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): Recognizing that raised blood pressure or Hypertension is the biggest single contributing risk factor to death and the burden of disease worldwide, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - Government of India, along with Public Health Foundation o
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'War on Drugs' pushing world towards HIV, TB, hepatitis epidemic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 15 (ANI): The War on Drugs, mass incarceration of drug users and the failure to provide proven harm reduction and treatment strategies have driven up global epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C, reveals a new study.
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