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30 more Afghan Sikhs set to arrive in India today
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): At least 30 Afghan Sikhs including children and infants, fleeing from the Taliban are scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday as religious persecution escalates in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
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Study finds child malnutrition gets worsened by extreme heat exposure
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI): Cornell University research has found that exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries, threatening to reverse decades of progress.
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Researchers discover baby naming moments
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): A new study from researchers of Indiana University focuses on understanding how babies develop their memories for the objects and categories more generally.
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Study finds new signalling molecule that boosts brown fat cells' energy co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], July 20 (ANI): Fat cells often store energy. However, energy is lost as heat in brown fat cells; as a result, brown fat acts as a biological heater. This mechanism is consequently present in most mammals. In adults, brown fat activation is positively correlated with cardiomet
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Researchers reveal infant naming moments
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): There is little understanding about how young children start to associate names with things, a crucial ability for subsequent language development. Researchers from Indiana University have suggested a new perspective on how infants achieve this milestone in hu
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Maternal milk tied to better school-age outcomes for children born preterm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): In a study that followed preterm infants for seven years, investigators found that children who received greater quantities of maternal milk both during and after time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) had greater academic achievement, higher IQs and
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Health food brand Grain Forests brings rural farm produce closer to urban
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/GPRC): Grain Forests, a health food brand connecting rural organic farmers with urban consumers, has launched its new range of products.
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Study: Vaccination against COVID19 during pregnancy helps protect babies f
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chicago [US], June 24 (ANI): Researchers have provided additional evidence that vaccination against COVID-19 during pregnancy helps protect young infants.
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Peanut allergy treatment most effective when started early in infants :Stu
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): In 2019, UBC researchers revealed that pre-schoolers can safely overcome peanut allergies using an oral immunotherapy treatment. They now have proof that the sooner pre-schoolers begin treatment, the better.
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Study: Treatment for peanut allergy safest when started early for infants
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): UBC researchers demonstrated in 2019 that pre-schoolers can safely overcome peanut allergies with a treatment called oral immunotherapy. Now they have evidence that the earlier pre-schoolers start this treatment, the better.
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Study explores if humans are born with moral compass
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): For millennia, philosophers have pondered the question of whether humans are inherently good. But now, researchers from Japan have found that young infants can make and act on moral judgments, shedding light on the origin of morality.
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Research reveals stress, anxiety, depression during pregnancy can impair c
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): According to new research at Children's National Hospital, stress, anxiety, and depression in pregnant women affect fundamental aspects of the fetal brain, resulting in a reduction in cognitive development in children at 18 months of age.
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