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Consuming walnuts daily lowers 'bad' cholesterol levels
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): Healthy older adults who ate a handful of walnuts (about 1/2 cup) a day for two years modestly lowered their level of low-density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol levels, according to the findings of new research.
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Predicting possible Alzheimer's with nearly 100 per cent accuracy: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kaunas [Lithuania], September 5 (ANI): Researchers have developed a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer's disease from brain images with an accuracy of over 99 per cent.
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Turning cameras off during virtual meetings can reduce fatigue: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): A new study has found that having your camera on during a virtual meeting increases "Zoom fatigue" -- a feeling of being drained and lacking energy following a day of virtual meetings.
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Maternal voice reduces pain in premature babies: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the mother's voice at the time of painful medical intervention for her prematurely born baby decreased the baby's expression of pain.
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Study suggests combination therapy cuts risk of strokes, heart attacks in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 4 (ANI): The findings of an international study led by Hamilton researchers suggest that combination therapy of aspirin, statins and at least two blood pressure medications given in fixed doses can slash the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) by more than h
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Quality of life, mood can be improved by integrated treatment for depressi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): Recently, University of Pittsburgh clinicians discovered that a telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients' clinical outcomes.
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Severe infections during pregnancy associated with complications around ch
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): According to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco, individuals who are hospitalised during pregnancy due to sepsis have higher odds of complications surrounding childbirth.
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Recovery period from normal concussion can last up to one month
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Michigan [US], September 3 (ANI): The findings of the largest study to be ever done on college athletes has redefined the timeline for recovery from concussion. Previously the normal recovery time was of up to 14 days, which has now been extended up to 28 days.
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New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): The findings of a new Cornell University research suggested that female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emoti
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Study shows having MS plus depression may be tied to increased risk of dea
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that people with depression and multiple sclerosis (MS) may be more likely to die over the next decade than people with just one or neither condition.
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Human health at risk from long-term exposure to air pollution below curren
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 2 (ANI): A new study has suggested that long-term exposure to air pollution appears to still be linked to higher mortality despite the existence of air quality standards that restrict levels of pollution.
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Older people with abdominal fat, weak muscles more likely to develop mobil
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], September 1 (ANI): A new study has found that the dangerous combination of weak muscles and abdominal fat can lead to a significant loss of gait speed in older people.
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