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Less popular antihypertensive drugs found to be safer option
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 26 (ANI): During a new multinational observational study, two types of drugs that are recommended as the first treatment for high blood pressure patients were found equally effective in improving cardiovascular outcomes. But the study pointed out that the more popular typ
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Risk of breast cancer increases by chemicals found in consumer products
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Common chemicals including ingredients in consumer products, pesticides, food additives, and drinking water contaminants cause cells in breast tissue to produce more of the hormones estrogen or progesterone, leading to an increased risk of breast cancer.
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Research links vaccine immune response to age
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Oregon [US], July 24 (ANI): Older people appear to have fewer antibodies against the novel coronavirus, suggests a new laboratory study from Oregon Health and Science University.
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Antibiotics might help in treatment of melanoma
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma, according to the findings of a new study.
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NASA Perseverance Mars rover to acquire first sample of Martian rock
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a scientifically interesting target in a part
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Researchers demonstrate why different types of cancer are caused by identi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], July 19 (ANI): During a new study, researchers demonstrated that cells originating from different organs are differentially susceptible to activating mutations in cancer drivers. The same mutation in precursor cells of the pancreas or the bile duct leads to fundamentall
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Climate crisis has led to worrying future for key habitat-building corals
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], July 19 (ANI): The results of a new study show that the loss of stony coral species could have devastating consequences for the marine ecosystems they inhabit. This finding highlights an urgent need for coral reef management in the Atlantic.
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Across globe forests play major role in depositing toxic mercury
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): In a Massachusetts forest mercury measurements indicate that the toxic element is deposited in forests across the globe in much greater quantities than previously understood.
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Patients with noncancerous brain tumors affecting hearing may benefit from
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): The findings of a recent study indicated that the blood pressure drug losartan can benefit patients suffering from neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). It's a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas or noncancerous tumours along the nerves in t
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Safer high-energy density batteries can be made by preventing oxygen relea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): To pave the way for more robust and safer high-energy-density batteries, during a recent study, researchers produced fresh insights about the release of oxygen in lithium-ion batteries.
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Melting ice sheets can be monitored using solar radio signals: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun that could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribute to sea-level rise has been found by researchers at Stanford University.
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Study finds bats are kings of small talk
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [US], July 17 (ANI): During a new study, researchers from the University of Cincinnati found that conversations between bats might actually be light on substance.
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