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Combined physical and mental disorders increase emergency department visit
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): In a recent study it has been found that people suffering from both physical illnesses and mental disorders visit emergency department more than those who suffer from multiple physical illnesses or mental illness alone.
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People with multiple diseases have faster brain decline: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): A new research has found that multimorbidity scores can help doctors understand their patients' overall prognosis and can help researchers identify risks faced by people with multiple chronic illnesses such as arthritis, diabetes, or heart disease.
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Mental disorder or illness? Where to draw the line?
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 6 (ANI): When it comes to mental health, differentiating mental disorders from mental illnesses has always been a tricky task.
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Scientists identify new genes responsible for four serious mental illnesse
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): While mental health still remains a taboo as far as mainstream discussions are concerned, researchers are constantly trying to zero down every possible root cause of it.
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Indonesia elections: More than 270 staff die from fatigue-related illnesse
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Apr 29 (ANI): Ten days after Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day Presidential elections, more than 270 election workers have lost their lives mostly due to fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, aut
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State-mandated guidelines reduce heat illnesses among high school football
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], Apr 11 (ANI): Rates of heat-related illnesses, such as heat cramps and heat strokes, were reduced by half in places that follow state-mandated guidelines to reduce exertional heat illness among high school football players, according to a study.
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Here's how colourful food boost immunity
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 5 (ANI): It turns out that what you eat can help your immune system fight off any potential illnesses.
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Adolescents exposed to cannabis at risk of long-term anxiety disorders
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): According to a recent study - conducted on laboratory animals - exposure to cannabis in adolescents could increase risk of the onset of psychiatric illnesses in adulthood.
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Individuals with mental illness have right to live like any other person:
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri on Saturday asserted the need for mentally ill people to be treated at par with other individuals.
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UP: Mentally ill people chained in shelter, SC notice to govt
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): People with psychological disorders shackled like cattle, their feet tied with iron chains and padlocked for days, months and years- this is the sight at a dirty shed in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun where men and women, young and old, suffering from mental illnes
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Eat Right India: Reducing the Escalating Burden of Noncommunicable Disease
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition, whereby infectious, maternal, and nutritional diseases exist in conjunction with noncommunicable chronic illnesses. India ranks at 130 out of 183 countries in the United Nation's Human
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Just being overweight can lead to depression
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): In spite of the absence of other health issues, being overweight alone can cause depression, suggested a study.
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