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Brain flexibility may hasten hearing improvements from cochlear implants
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kickstarting the brain's natural ability to adjust to new circumstances, or neuroplasticity, improves how effectively a cochlear implant can restore hearing loss, a new study in deaf rats shows. The investigation, researchers say, may help explain the extreme variation in hearing improvement
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Celebrations may benefit your health, well-being: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study has revealed that making a conscious effort to recognize positive life events and successes while meeting for food and drink can leave you feeling more socially accepted.
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Smoking raises risk of midlife memory loss, confusion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study, middle-aged smokers are considerably more likely than nonsmokers to experience memory loss and confusion, and the chance of cognitive decline is lower for those who have quit smoking recently.
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Study examines maternal attitude, infant development
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eve Holden and Katie Slocombe of the University of York, UK, and colleagues, mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while in a group level the experience and develo
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Early forests did not significantly change atmospheric CO2: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land plants affect the climate.
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Study reveals diving birds are more prone to extinction
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The authors suggest this is because they are highly specialised and therefore less able to adapt to
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Music therapies bring down discomfort, anxiety in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the journal 'Integrative Cancer Therapies', music therapy reduces levels of pain and anxiety in cancer patients and sickle cell disease patients.
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Researchers outline five challenges in advancement of fire studies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study led by a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and co-authored by 86 other fire experts from a variety of disciplines highlights the challenges for fire science and offers recommendations for future research investments.
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New drug offers potential treatment for common kidney disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A serious condition that can cause the kidneys to suddenly stop working could be treated with existing medicines, a new study shows.
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Study reveals existing medicines prevent to cause kidney disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study, serious illness that can cause the kidneys to suddenly stop working could be addressed with existing medications.
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Patients with treatment-resistant depression are at higher risk of early d
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients with treatment-resistant depression have a 23 per cent higher risk of death than other depressed patients. They also have twice as much outpatient care and spend three times the number of days in inpatient care. These are findings of a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry by resea
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Key to new lupus treatment lies in blood: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study suggests that restoring the balance of a protein in the blood could be a promising treatment option for systemic lupus erythematosus, also known as lupus, an untreatable autoimmune disease.
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