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Researchers reveal how obesity increases risk for dementia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A significant global public health concern, dementia now affects 50 million individuals and is projected to reach more than 150 million cases by 2050. An ongoing global problem is obesity, which is typically assessed by body mass index (BMI). Previous research has revealed that obesity in mi
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Amount of water people consume over their lifespan explored in new study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A research of thousands of people has found a significant difference in the amount of water people consume around the world and throughout their lives, clearly refuting the oft-repeated concept that eight, 8-ounce glasses of water cover the human body's daily needs.
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Study reveals wide range in the amount of water people consume around the
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study of thousands of people reveals a wide range in the amount of water people consume around the globe and over their lifespans, definitively spilling the oft-repeated idea that eight, 8-ounce glasses meet the human body's daily needs.
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Study examines amount of water people consume over their lifespan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Recent research of thousands of people finds a significant difference in the amount of water people consume around the world and throughout their lives.
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Study finds that honey bee life spans are 50 per cent shorter today than t
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50 per cent shorter than it was in the 1970s.
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World population to hit 8 billion people today
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100.
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Study suggests increased green space could narrow lifespan gap between poo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 18 (ANI): According to research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology of Community Health, increasing the amount of natural (green and blue) space and private gardens has the ability to reduce the difference in lifespan between people living in the most and lea
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Check out 'astonishing' health benefits of grapes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Fresno (California) [US], August 9 (ANI): Dr John Pezzuto and his Western New England University team recently published studies that demonstrate "astonishing" effects of grape consumption as well as "remarkable" impacts on health and lifespans.
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Do you know lifestyle may be more important than age in determining dement
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): A recent Baycrest research found that adults without dementia risk factors like smoking, diabetes, or hearing loss had brain health compared to those who are 10 to 20 years younger than them. The research discovered that only one dementia risk factor can age a
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Long human lifespan is due in part to contributions of older adults
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to the long-standing canon in evolutionary biology, natural selection is cruelly selfish, favouring traits that help promote reproductive success. This usually means that the so-called "force" of selection is well equipped to remove harmful mutations
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Lifespan Pvt Ltd becomes the Nodal Testing Agency of Ayush for testing the
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 6 (ANI/PNN): Lifespan Private Limited has got approval from the Department of Ayush (Government of Telangana) for carrying out tests for the identity, purity, quality and strength on the Ayurvedic, Siddha or Unani Drugs, Raw Materials and Finished Products
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Higher levels of optimism are associated with longer lifespan, finds stud
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that higher levels of optimism were associated with longer lifespan and living beyond age 90 in women across racial and ethnic groups.
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