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Do psychiatric diseases increase risk of heart disease and diabetes? Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Oxford [England], January 29 (ANI): The impact of mental health on one's physical health is something that is now being realized by people more and more, as a result of more open discussions on mental health. A new study has revealed that mental health has an impact on chronic diseases too.
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Study reveals flavonoids might reduce risk of death in Parkinson's disease
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): A new study has found that people with Parkinson's disease who eat more flavonoids - compounds found in richly coloured foods like berries, cocoa and red wine - may have a lower mortality risk than those who don't.
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New study explores if body weight affects mortality risk of excessive drin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], January 25 (ANI): It is not an unknown fact that alcoholism is linked to the mortality rate of an individual, but now a study has revealed the correlation between the weight of an alcoholic individual and their death rate.
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Increased mortality risk among alcohol abstainers might depend on other fa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): A new study has found that increased mortality risk among current alcohol abstainers might largely be explained by other factors, including previous alcohol or drug problems, daily smoking, and overall poor health.
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Study reveals COVID-19 vaccines reduce infection, mortality risk in organ
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): According to a new research, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 substantially lowers the risks of breakthrough infections and death due to COVID-19 in adult organ transplant recipients.
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Study shows that mortality is associated with vision impairment
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): Researchers recently during a meta-analysis found that blindness and impairment of vision are closely associated with increased mortality risk. This has prompted a need to address global eye health disparities.
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Smartphone fitness apps, wearable activity trackers boost physical activit
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): Smartphone fitness apps and wearable activity trackers do help boost physical activity levels, finds a review and pooled data analysis of the available evidence.
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Certain pre-existing conditions may increase mortality risk for COVID-19 p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], October 9 (ANI): A new study conducted on COVID-19 patients has confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient's risk of dying from the virus.
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Antifungal preventive drugs reduce mortality risk following lung transplan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], September 27 (ANI): Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to new research.
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Lung transplant patients not given antifungal preventive drugs have higher
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], September 23 (ANI): Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018.
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Study finds hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin increases heart risk
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 29 (ANI): The largest safety study performed on both HCQ and HCQ+AZM suggests that the combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (AZM) has been linked to significant cardiovascular risks, including mortality.
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Myanmar issues alert for dengue fever
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], July 18 (VNA/ANI): Myanmar's Health and Sports Ministry has issued an alert for high mortality risk of dengue fever infections.
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