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Lack of sleep can trigger asthma symptoms: study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 16 (ANI): Lack of sleep has long been considered as a potential threat leading to many health-related issues. A recent study reveals that too little sleep, and occasionally too much sleep, can negatively impact adults with asthma.
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Study finds rising rate of mental health visits among youth to emergency d
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): A recent study has found that while the number of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits across the nation has remained stable over the last 10 years, visits for mental health disorders have risen 60% and the rate of visits for deliberate self-harm ha
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Study reveals individualised mosaics of microbial strains transfer from ma
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], May 10 (ANI): Microbial communities in the intestine -- also known as the gut microbiome -- are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonisation by pathogens. The gut microbiome composition in infants and toddlers changes extensively in the first three ye
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Researchers find AI-supported test could lead to early detection of glauco
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): In a bid to detect glaucoma progression in patients even before its visible signs appear, researchers have discovered a new Artificial Intelligence-based test that can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the gold standard method used curren
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Plasma medicine research highlights its antibacterial effects, potential u
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): A team of researchers say that the direct low-temperature plasma (LTP) treatment and plasma-activated media are effective treatments against bacteria found in liquid cultures. The researchers also say they have devised a unique way to create plasma directl
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Immune system discovery paves way to lengthen organ transplant survival: S
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): While the chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, a new discovery suggests that the innate immune system can specifically remember foreign cells, which could pave the way to drugs that lengthen long-term surviva
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Study finds treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): A new nationwide study shows that a scant proportion of hospitalised patients with opioid use disorder receive proven life-saving medications both during and after they are discharged.
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Stem cells shown to delay their own death to aid healing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): A new study shows how stem cells, which can contribute to creating many parts of the body, not just one organ or body part, are able to postpone their own death in order to respond to an injury that needs their attention.
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Everyday hygiene reduces need for antibiotics by 30 pc, says new paper
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): Improved everyday hygiene practices, such as hand-washing, decreases the risk of common infections by up to 50 per cent, reducing the need for antibiotics by up to 30 per cent, according to a new position paper.
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Growth hormone assists with liver regeneration post-surgery, says study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], May 6 (ANI): While growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery, researchers investigated how the body's growth hormone assists with liver regeneration in a study using mice.
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Study focuses on 'loss of pleasure' in teen sleep
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 6 (ANI): Owing to increased screen time amid the COVID-19 self-isolation requirements there is a certain 'loss of pleasure' in sleep of teenagers that causes negative mood. A global study of more than 350,000 teens shows that this lack of sleep can affect mental he
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Researchers find strenuous exercise safe for people at high risk of knee a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chicago [USA], May 5 (ANI): While strenuous physical activities such as jogging, cycling, singles tennis and skiing may be challenging to people at high risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA), a recent study that followed high-risk individuals for 10 years showed vigorous exercise did not increas
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