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Study finds how brain strengthens memories while sleeping
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], May 30 (ANI): Researchers have been exploring the link between memories and sleep for a long period of time. During a recent study, they found that the two activities in the brain, slow oscillations and sleep spindles, help keep the memories strong.
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Regulation of brain circuit signals can help with obesity
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Similar to any good story, feeding has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The process starts with appetite prompting the search for food, continues with eating the food and finally ends when satiation hits and the consumption of food is stopped.
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Obesity might protect against death in severe bacterial infection
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a higher BMI can be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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Warning labels, limits on sugar, salt in junk food can curb alarming rise
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Recently during a multistakeholder session on childhood obesity in India, public health experts and doctors highlighted the need for urgent policy action to establish strong limits for salt, sugar, saturated fats and other harmful ingredients in packaged and
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New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 28 (ANI): During a recent study Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in children.
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Deconstructing black fungus: Experts talk about myths, misconceptions arou
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Mucormycosis, previously known as zygomycosis and sometimes termed as black fungus, is a serious fungal infection, found generally in people with less ability to fight infection. As the cases of black fungus infection continue to rise in India, doctors and sc
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Survey finds women in India had irregular gap in menstrual cycle during CO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The findings of a new survey suggest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women in India faced irregular gaps in their menstrual cycle due to coronavirus, which brings a fresh supply of stress and anxiety every day.
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Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while, suggested a new stud
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In severe bacterial infection, obesity protects against death
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a new study suggests that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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COVID mortality associated with 2 signs easily measurable at home: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): A new study on COVID patients has found that abnormal blood-oxygen levels and breathing rates are strong predictors of poor patient outcomes in hospitals.
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Tailored cardiac rehab program benefits older heart failure patients: Stud
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): A tailored cardiac rehab program improved function and quality of life in older heart failure patients, suggested a new study.
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Environmental quality linked to advanced-stage prostate cancer at diagnosi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chicago [US], May 23 (ANI): According to a new study by University of Illinois Chicago researchers, environmental quality is associated with advanced-stage prostate cancer at diagnosis.
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