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Hypertension medications may be used to slow ageing process: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers discovered that the drug rilmenidine can extend life and slow down the ageing process.
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Study reveals traffic pollution affects brain function
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study undertaken by scientists at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, average levels of traffic pollution can harm human brain function in a matter of hours.
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Over 200,000 livestock die due to cold weather in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The deadly spell of cold wave continues in Afghanistan as over 200,000 livestock have died in the country apart from loss of human lives in the last two weeks, Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
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Study: Artificial human skin block invasive growth in a skin cancer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A study team from the University of Copenhagen was able to stop invasive growth in a skin cancer model by utilising synthetic human skin.
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Study reveals new test might detect Alzheimer's disease 3.5 years before c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has developed a blood-based test that can predict the risk of Alzheimer's disease up to 3.5 years before clinical diagnosis.
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Research suggests young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking beha
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adolescent chimpanzees share some of the same risk-taking behaviours as human teens, but they may be less impulsive than their human counterparts, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Does the study get at age-old nature/nurture questions about why adole
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Study suggests brief exposure to air pollution has rapid impacts on brain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of diffe
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Quality of aid will be affected: UN on ban on female employees at NGOs by
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban banned female employees from working at NGOs, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said that the quality of the UN aid will be impacted to quite an extent if Afghan women cannot go to work in the country, TOLOnews reported on Thu
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Reviews explore impacts of Amazon deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In two separate Reviews, researchers underscore the rapid and profound changes occurring in the Amazon resulting from ever-increasing human activity. They discuss what's known about the drivers and impacts of the ongoing deforestation and landscape degradation the region is experiencing, and
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When leaders reflect on their mistakes, good things happen: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While some leaders believe they must appear flawless to their employees, a new study reveals that those who reflect on and learn from their failures get advantages.
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Novel microneedle bandage could save lives by stopping blood loss from wou
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A soldier suffers a serious gunshot wound on a remote battlefield or a machinist has a work accident and gets stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital. Secondary, uncontrolled bleeding from traumatic injury is the leading cause of death of Americans from ages one to 46.
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HRT could ward off Alzheimer's among at-risk women: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) could help prevent Alzheimer's Dementia among women at risk of developing the disease, according to University of East Anglia research.
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