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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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Study uses nanobodies to block tick-borne bacterial infection
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): The findings of recent research suggest that tiny molecules called nanobodies, which can be designed to mimic antibody structures and functions, might be the key to blocking a tick-borne bacterial infection that remains out of reach of almost all antibiotics.
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Fair climate policy could help reduce extreme poverty: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], April 27 (ANI): Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. If recent trends continue, the UN goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 will be clearly missed.
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Researchers discover nanobodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
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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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Infant cardiac surgery associated with adult hypertension risk
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): In a recent research, scientists have discovered that while surgery to congenital heart disease (CHD) within 10 years after birth may restore young hearts to healthy function, it might also be associated with an increased risk of hypertension, high blood pres
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Wound healing, infection can be determined by genetics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Texas [US], April 25 (ANI): Researchers from Texas Tech's Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Science Research Laboratory recently determined that some genes have an association with the pathogens that infect chronic wounds and hinder the healing process.
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Researches find body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Interrupting RNA activity can improve survival chances in pancreatic cance
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], April 24 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers uncovered a molecular pathway that enhances chemotherapy resistance in some pancreatic cancer patients. A patient's response to therapy and their overall survival chance can be increased by targeting an RNA to interrupt its a
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Researchers find simple foot test detects heart rhythm disorder in patient
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Study defines how to assess quality of care for patients with atrial fibri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 40 million people globally. A team of researchers presented a document on the management and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congr
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Study finds cracks in resistance of harmful hospital bugs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces in hospitals and kitchens.
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