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Researchers boost human mental function with brain stimulation during new
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): In a pilot human study, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have shown that it's possible to improve specific human brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility by merging artifici
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Good night's sleep can help mitigate infant obesity risks: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): New research from investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and collaborators suggests that newborns who sleep longer and wake up less throughout the night are less likely to be overweight in infancy.
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Study suggests infant obesity risks can be mitigated through good night's
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], October 22 (ANI): Researchers have long suggested that getting enough sleep at night is important to staying healthy. However, only a few studies have highlighted the necessity of sufficient sleep during the first months of life.
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Immunotherapy beneficial for patients with cancer that has spread to tissu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Two new studies indicate that immunotherapy may benefit people with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMD), a rare but serious complication of cancer that has spread to the brain and/or spinal cord. The research was led by investigators at Massachusetts Genera
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ePropelled releases groundbreaking electric vehicle Motor System at CENEX-
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lowell (Massachusetts) [United States]/Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): ePropelled, the Massachusetts-based technology company that offers leading-edge electric propulsion systems, today announced the release of a groundbreaking new electric vehicle (EV) p
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Diet impacts COVID-19 risk, severity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) found that people whose diets were based on healthy plant-based foods had lower risks of severity in COVID-19.
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Emmy winner Michael Constantine passes away at 94
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Emmy-winning veteran actor Michael Constantine has passed away at the age of 94 at his Reading, Massachusetts home.
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Diet may affect risk and severity of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): In a recent study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in Gut, people whose diets were based on healthy plant-based foods had lower risks on both counts. The beneficial effects of diet on COVID-19 risk seemed especially
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Boom in social stress may contribute to population decline: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has developed an "overlooked hypothesis" to help explain the projected global population decline beginning in 2064: social stress.
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Research shows ethnic studies increases student engagement, high school gr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that enrolling 9th graders who are struggling academically in an ethnic studies course greatly improves the likelihood those students will graduate from high school and enroll in college.
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Researchers explain how muscle fatigue effects ability of older adults to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): A University of Massachusetts Amherst team of scientists in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences is focused on understanding how muscle fatigue and changes in gait affect the ability of people in their 70s and 80s to remain active.
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Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new strategy that could offer much more precise control of prosthetic limbs. After inserting small magnetic beads into muscle tissue, they can accurately measure the length of a muscle
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