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Brain protein linked to seizures, abnormal social behaviours, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 1 (ANI): A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has found a new mechanism responsible for the abnormal development of neuronal connections in the mouse brain that leads to seizures and abnormal social behaviours.
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Large study finds no link between blood pressure medication and cancer
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], Aug 31 (ANI): There is no evidence that blood pressure-lowering drugs increase the risk of cancer, according to the most extensive study conducted on the topic.
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Blood test may predict those likely to develop psychotic disorders: Study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis or is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later, suggest the findings of a novel study.
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Study finds estrogen may lessen severity of COVID-19 symptoms in women
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine conducted a review in an effort to understand why men are at greater risk for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age. The scientists conducted a review of the published preclin
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Study reveals overdose of opioid for knee surgery linked to death
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Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death, suggest the findings of a new stud
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Artificial intelligence accurately identifies infants with low risk of ser
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Washington [US], Aug 29 (ANI): Artificial intelligence, or 'supervised machine learning,' could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study.
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None of most-used anti-hypertensives associated with increased risk of dev
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Copenhagen [Denmark], Aug 29 (ANI): In a novel study from Denmark, researchers found that none of the 41 most common high blood pressure medications increased the risk of depression, while nine medications appeared to lower it.
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Study finds online searches for 'chest pain' rose, emergency visits for he
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New York [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Researchers looked at search engine queries to find out whether online searches for chest pain were correlated with fewer people visiting the emergency department with acute heart problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Increase in medication for diabetes may reduce risk of heart attacks, sugg
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Sophia Antipolis [France], Aug 29 (ANI): An increase in the use of preventive medication for diabetes may reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients. This is the finding of a research study presented today at the ESC Congress 2020.
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Vaccines against respiratory infections linked with less heart failure dea
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Sophia Antipolis [France], Aug 28 (ANI): The results of a novel study conducted on nearly 3 million Americans suggest that influenza and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with fewer hospital deaths in patients with heart failure.
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Researchers find potential to make brain cancers in children respond bette
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Toronto [Canada], Aug 28 (ANI): Brain cancer in children is always a devastating diagnosis, but researchers may have found a way to have the most serious types of pediatric brain cancer respond better to therapies.
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Scientists use blood test to predict those likely to develop psychotic dis
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 26 (ANI): In a recent study, scientists have discovered that testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later.
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