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Here's how COVID-19 altered drinking habits among young adults
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): With the implementation of several restrictions, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has somehow managed to alter the drinking habits among young adults, suggested a new study.
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Secondary infections inflame the brain, worsening cognition in Alzheimer's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): A new research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggested that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans - even when these secondary events occur outside the brain.
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Study suggests people who use methamphetamine likely to report several chr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): People who use methamphetamine are more likely to have health conditions, mental illness, and substance use disorders than people who do not use the drug, according to a new study.
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COVID-19 pandemic led to increased screen time, more sleep problems: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): A new study has found that increased evening screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the sleep quality of people.
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Study suggests game-based program boosts physical activity among diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): According to a new study, people with diabetes could be nudged toward increasing their physical activity by following game-based programs and routines.
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Young adults with schizophrenia have highest suicide risk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new study has found that young adults with schizophrenia have the highest suicide risk and those aged 65 and older have the lowest.
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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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