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Air pollution leads to irregular menstrual cycle: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): The air your teenage daughter breathes may be causing irregular menstrual cycles, say researchers as negative health effects from air pollution exposure include infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome.
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How safe is it to consume marijuana?
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): A research studying the effects of eating marijuana in mice found that they became less active, and their body temperatures dropped when they consumed edible THC, the primary psychoactive component in marijuana.
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Is it safe to use dispersants in oil spill clean ups?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): In new research, scientists have found that the risks associated with using dispersant compound (DOSS) were minimal. Also, the areas where oil concentrations in water were more than 100 milligrams per litre increased the toxicity.
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Here's why men should train harder, for less time
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): A new study, published in Experimental Physiology by researchers from the University of Glasgow, has highlighted several of the positive health effects of short duration, high-intensity resistance exercise training programme in overweight men.
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Adding refined fiber to processed food can have negative health effects, f
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 22 (ANI): While your mother might be after your life for adding more and more fiber-rich food to your diet, you need to choose your fibers carefully.
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Know the neurobiological effects of providing 'targeted' support to others
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 01 (ANI): Turns out, providing 'targeted' social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental care- which may help in understanding the positive health effects of social ties.
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Parents worried about their teens getting tattoos
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 20 (ANI): Getting a tattoo for teenagers is a fad these days, in contrast their parents are concerned about the negative health effects, social acceptance, and their child's professional career, a new study reveals.
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World No Tobacco Day: India among top 4 users of tobacco
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Tobacco is one of the most common and preferred forms of addiction. Even though scientific evidences have revealed its harmful health effects, the use of tobacco in different forms has seen a dramatic increase, especially in the developing countries.
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Cleaner Cooking Fuel for 300 Million by 2021 - Randeep Agarwal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (NewsVoir): Globally, there are approximately 1.4 billion people without access to electricity and 2.7 billion people who rely on solid fuel (wood, crop residue, dung and coal) for cooking. The use of these traditional cooking fuels creates several significant pr
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Air pollution may affect your menstrual cycle
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 26 (ANI): You may need to ask your teenage daughter to put anti-pollution mask before stepping out in open, as extremely small particles of pollution have the potential to cause her irregular menstrual cycle, finds a recent study.
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Reports of health effects of cosmetics have doubled
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], June 28 (ANI): For most of us, a normal day is simply incomplete without using a cosmetic product.
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Here's why it's time to rethink nutrition labelling
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 23 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that the health effects of a particular food product cannot be determined on the basis on the individual protein, fat and fibre content, instead it should be evaluated with other item eaten at the same time.
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