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Exposure to green outdoors had positive mental health impact during pandem
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Boulder [Colorado], March 3 (ANI): The lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic gave a breather to the trees, plants and parks around our houses, with lesser pollution causing vehicles roaming around like mad. The peace and calm during the first lockdown made people appreciate nature even more.
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Govt's supply-side reforms preparing economy for sustained long-term expan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The economic impact of the "second wave" of COVID-19 was much smaller than that during the full lockdown phase in 2020-21, though the health impact was more severe, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday.
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Study finds repeated exposure to natural disasters has long-term mental he
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], January 15 (ANI): According to a recent research, repeated exposure to major disasters does not make people mentally stronger and leads to long-term mental health issues.
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Homelessness heightens serious illness, hospital visits during heat waves:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], December 26, (ANI): A team of researchers have found evidence of the health impacts of heatwaves on people experiencing homelessness, visits to emergency departments and which characteristics make them particularly at-risk.
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Adolescents suffered severe mental health impact due to COVID pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): A team of Icelandic and North American behavioural and social scientists recently studied 59,000 Icelandic adolescents and found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls.
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COVID-19 vaccine delivery by age may mitigate deaths and severe health imp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): A multi-institutional study suggests that prioritizing vaccine delivery to older age groups and the medically vulnerable has the greatest impact in minimizing loss of life.
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Air pollution costs Indian business $95 billion each year: Dalberg Adviso
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Air pollution costs Indian business about 95 billion dollars (about Rs 7 lakh crore) every fiscal year, around 3 per cent of India's total GDP, a major research report shows.
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Researchers identify genes that increase risk of obesity but also protect
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], February 26 (ANI): A team of researchers - led by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York - have identified a range of genes that are linked to both elevated levels of body fat, as well as offering protection from
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Divorce impacts physical and mental health negatively, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 30 (ANI): A recent study is the first to examine health impacts immediately after a divorce. The study found that the mental and physical health of recent divorcees was worse than that of the background population and that higher levels of conflict predicted wo
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Study reveals suspension of fertility treatments during COVID-19 has menta
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], September 22 (ANI): The suspension of fertility treatments due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of psychological impacts on women whose treatments were canceled, but there are several protective factors that can be fostered to help in the future, according to a ne
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Policy action needed for a healthy global economy: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): While quarantining and social distancing is the right prescription to combat COVID-19's public health impact, the exact opposite is needed when it comes to securing the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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Study reveals excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm the
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): While antibiotics are known for their properties to fight bacteria and are the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting the bacterial infection, a new study suggests that excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health
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