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Study finds postpartum depression may persist three years after giving bir
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women has found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. The rest of the women experienced low levels of depression throughou
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New map of the immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide immunothe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): A new study combined single-cell RNA sequencing with two other investigative techniques to create what is believed to be the most robust and detailed portrait to date of the network of interactions that suppress the body's immune response in and around panc
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Study estimates exposure to air pollution increases COVID-19 deaths by 15
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of dying from COVID-19 and, for the first time, a study has estimated the proportion of deaths from the coronavirus that could be attributed to the exacerbating effects of air pollutio
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Ontario should vaccinate newborns for hepatitis B, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], October 26 (ANI): Not all pregnant women are universally screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Ontario, even though this screening is recommended, and the majority of those who test positive do not receive follow-up testing or interventions, leading to infections of newbo
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Study reveals liver cancer diagnoses and deaths impacted by geography, hou
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): An analysis of information from a large US cancer database indicates that patients with liver cancer from rural regions and lower-income households often have more advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis and face a higher risk of death compared with other
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People with type 2 diabetes need not avoid eating potatoes based on glycem
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): New study findings show that people with type 2 diabetes can better maintain overnight glycemic control when high Glycemic Index (GI) potatoes are included in an evening meal versus low GI basmati rice.
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Study reveals effects of social determinants of health on kidney transplan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Certain social determinants of health predict patient-reported outcomes in potential kidney transplant recipients, according to a study.
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AI Model predicts COVID-19 patients face high risk of developing acute kid
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): A new artificial-intelligence-based algorithm may help clinicians predict which patients with COVID-19 face a high risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring dialysis.
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Cause of Alzheimer's disease traced to mutation in common enzyme: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps of tau protein are created in the brain, killing brain cells and causing Alzheimer's disease.
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New model predicts which patients with kidney disease may develop heartbea
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): A new model that uses machine learning, which is a type of artificial intelligence, may help predict which patients with kidney disease are at especially high risk of developing heartbeat irregularities.
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Your unwanted thoughts could be stemming from sleep deprivation
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): The human ability to stop unwanted and unpleasant thoughts from entering the mind is significantly impaired by the lack of sleep, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Here's how exercising one arm benefits the other
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm - without even moving it, suggest the findings of new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU).
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