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Study finds opioid prescription for knee surgery vary widely from state to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): New research from Texas A&M University and the University of Pennsylvania on opioid prescribing practices across the country after outpatient knee surgeries found that prescription strength and a number of tablets is prescribed highest in Oklahoma and
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Study links calorie restriction, body temperature, healthspan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Cutting calories significantly may not be an easy task for many, but it is tied to a host of health benefits ranging from longer lifespan to a much lower chance of developing cancer, heart disease, diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheime
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Gene test can predict risk of medications causing liver injury: Study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 8 (ANI): Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have discovered a testing method that may have far broader implications. They discovered a gene test that can possibly predict the risk of medications that cau
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Study finds vitamin D levels in blood can predict future health risks, dea
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Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): Free, circulating vitamin D levels in the blood may be a better predictor of future health risks in ageing men, according to a study.
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Study reveals children with asthma could benefit from prescribing accordin
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London [UK], September 8 (ANI): Selecting treatments according to genetic differences could help children and teenagers with asthma, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.
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Intensive therapy not necessarily best in treating loss of language, commu
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Joondalup [Australia], September 7 (ANI): New Edith Cowan University research has found that intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes to treating the loss of language and communication in early recovery after a stroke.
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Study finds thyroid inflammation linked to anxiety disorders
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): Patients with autoimmune inflammation of their thyroid may be at greater risk of developing anxiety, according to a study being presented at e-ECE 2020.
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Study reveals post-COVID syndrome severely damages children's hearts
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Texas [US], September 6 (ANI): Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that some children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions, said the senior author of a medical review.
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Study reveals there's no link between blood pressure medication and cancer
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 5 (ANI): While a potential link between blood pressure drugs and cancer has been debated for more than 40 years, the findings of a breakthrough study revealed that there is no evidence that blood pressure-lowering drugs increase the risk of cancer.
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Study finds common cold combats influenza
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 5 (ANI): Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of common colds, can prevent the flu virus from infecting airways by jumpstarting the body's antiviral defences, suggest the findings of a recent study.
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How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer's disease begins
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): Neuroscientists have found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame for when Alzheimer's is most likely to strike in a person's lifetime, based on their sleep patterns. Their findings suggest one defence against this virulent form of d
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Study finds antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preter
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk.
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