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Not genetics, lifestyle leads to most premature heart diseases
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 2 (ANI): Physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol play a greater role than genetics in many young patients with heart diseases, suggests a new study.
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Congress MLAs resigning because of their inactivity: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 7 (ANI): In the wake of the political crisis in Karnataka, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday hit out at Congress saying their MLAs are resigning as they are losing the plot because of their inactivity.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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Baby staying up at night? Inactivity may be the reason
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): According to a recent study, babies who are less active get less sleep, something new parents may want to consider when looking for possible solutions for the long, sleepless nights.
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Social isolation increases death risk
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): Findings of a recent study have linked social isolation to higher risk of death.
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Inactivity amongst older people leads to diabetes
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 31 (ANI): Inactivity for two straight weeks amongst older overweight people increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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Sedentary lifestyle can increase risk of urinary tract symptoms
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): Sitting and physical inactivity can increase the risk of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
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Cartoonist Bala exposed Tirunelveli district collector's inactivity: Journ
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 7 (ANI): A week after the arrest of Tamil Nadu cartoonist Bala, a regional journalist, Mani, said that the former faced legal actions just for exposing the inactivity of the Kasidharmam's District Collector.
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Poor sleep, physical inactivity up risk of obesity
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 22 (ANI): Obesity is a disease characterised by excessive body fat. People, who are medically obese, usually are affected by behaviour, genetic and environmental factors that are difficult to control with dieting.
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Insulin resistance linked with cognitive performance: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 23 (ANI): Higher level of blood sugar and insulin resistance, accompanied by obesity and physical inactivity, is also linked to more rapid decline in cognitive performance, says a new study.
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Here`s how much couch potatoes are costing the world
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 28 (ANI): A world-first study has revealed that in 2013, physical inactivity cost 67.5 billion international dollars globally in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity, revealing the enormous economic burden of an increasingly sedentary world.
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