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Study: Screening healthcare workers could serve as early warning system fo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): New research has shown that COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers during the first wave of the pandemic provided an accurate sample of the general population. The study suggests that data from healthcare workers could be used to estimate the severity of futu
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In medieval Britain, cancer cases around ten times higher than previously
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], May 2 (ANI): Between 9-14 per cent of adults in medieval Britain had cancer at the time of their death, suggests the first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of the disease among the skeletal remains of a pre-industrial population.
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Potential treatment of breast cancer through targeted drugs, reveals new s
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Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered strong evidence that prolactin, a hormone responsible for breast growth and production of milk during pregnancy acts as a major contributor to breast cancer development and that the hormone could inform the creation of target
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Animal model study suggests fasting lowers blood pressure by reshaping gut
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Houston (Texas) [US], May 2 (ANI): intermittent fasting can reduce hypertension by reshaping the gut microbiota in an animal model, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Study finds high vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pand
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Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): A new research shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to reduce case numbers and controlling the pandemic.
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter to begin new demonstration phase
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions
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New York City nurses experienced anxiety, depression during first wave of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): New York nurses caring for COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic experienced anxiety, depression, and illness--but steps their hospitals took to protect them and support from their coworkers helped buffer against the stressful conditions, acco
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Researchers discover nanobodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 26 (ANI): In a groundbreaking discovery, Australian researchers have identified neutralising nanobodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering cells in preclinical models.
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Study: Close monitoring for heart risk needed if breast, prostate cancer t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dallas [US], April 26 (ANI): According to an American Heart Association scientific statement, the hormonal therapies used to treat many breast and prostate cancers raise the risk of a heart attack and stroke, and patients should be monitored regularly and receive treatment to reduce risk and
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Researches find body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): A study in cells and mice finds an opioid-receptor modifying compound that works to relieve pain using the body's own pain-killers, with fewer side effects than opioids.
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Researchers find simple foot test detects heart rhythm disorder in patient
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], April 24 (ANI): Atrial fibrillation can be detected during annual foot assessments in patients with diabetes, according to research presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
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Scientists develop e-health patches to monitor pulse, blood pressure
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Scientists at Osaka University, in cooperation with JOANNEUM RESEARCH (Weiz, Austria), introduced wireless health monitoring patches that use embedded piezoelectric nanogenerators to power themselves with harvested biomechanical energy.
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