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Study finds a slow strategy may help people with alcohol use disorder
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that modifying the time perspective of people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) may improve their recoveries.
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Researchers develop new stratification tool for liver cancer risk after he
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Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): While Hepatitis C can be now cured with the help of modern drugs, some patients go on to develop liver cancer after that. A research team has now developed a new tool that can determine patients' cancer risk in a single examination.
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Those living near unconventional oil, gas development areas have higher ri
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Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 31 (ANI): A large study, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has said that elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) are at higher risk of early death, compared to their counterparts wh
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New research sheds light on how lactic acid weakens anti-tumour defences
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Ixelles [Belgium], January 31 (ANI): In cancer research, it has been a long-known fact that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quantities by cancer cells and that this lactic acid disrupts our defence against tumours. Now, a recent study has shed light on exactly "how" this happen
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Study finds adults with disabilities in hospital with COVID-19 have worse
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Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has found that disabled adults have worse outcomes when hospitalised for COVID-19 when compared to patients without disabilities.
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Does socioeconomic status affect outcomes post surgery? Research suggests
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Chicago [US], January 31 (ANI): "Health is wealth" is a saying engrained in us since childhood, but does lack of "wealth" create complications in "health"? A new research sheds light on this.
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COVID-19 disruption in multi-child families has more affect on one sibling
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Waterloo [Canada], January 30 (ANI): When COVID-19 disrupts homes with two or more children, one sibling is affected more than the other, suggests the findings of a recent study.
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Study finds unexpected benefits of fat in type 2 diabetes
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered how a cycle of fat storage and mobilisation allows cells to adapt to excess sugar.
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Study finds exercise slows progression of Parkinson's disease
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Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that people with early-stage Parkinson's disease, who regularly got one to two hours of moderate exercise twice a week, may have less trouble doing daily physical activities later.
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Study finds Zika vaccine shows better results in preclinical studies
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Texas [US], January 30 (ANI): A study has found a Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus from passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies.
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Study finds pandemic added challenges for maternity care
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Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): According to new research, the COVID-19 pandemic had a wide range of impacts on maternity care.
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Infant deaths from RSV are much higher than previously known, finds study
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Boston [US], January 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that nearly one in 10 of deceased infants less than six months were infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
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