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Impacting Healthcare's Future: Cureus India Symposium Drives Innovation an
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9: The Cureus Journal of Medical Science, well known for its pioneering open-access publishing platform and part of the Springer Nature Group, successfully concluded its Cureus India Medical Science & Publishing Symposium: Innovating for Tomorrow. The symposium,
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Factors linked with age-related hearing loss differ between males, females
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Certain factors associated with developing age-related hearing loss differ by gender, including weight, and hormone exposure, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dong Woo Nam of Chungbuk National University Hospital in South Korea and colleagues.
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Research reveals brain processes speech, its echo separately
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Echoes can make speech difficult to understand, and getting rid of echoes in an audio recording is a very difficult engineering task. According to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Jiaxin Gao of Zhejiang University in China and colleagues, the human brain appears t
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Research suggests up to three meals of kimchi per day may lower men's obes
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a research published in the open access journal BMJ Open, eating up to three servings of traditional Korean kimchi per day may lower men's overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is related with a lower incidence of belly bulge in both sexes.
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New open-access book explores UAE's remarkably diverse ecosystems
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Professor of Biology John Burt edited and published a first-of-its-kind, open-access book titled A Natural History of the Emirates. With over 20 contributing authors from leading universities and major institutions including Emirates Nature-WWF and the Environment Age
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Research shows sniffing women's tears lessens aggressive behaviour in men
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to new research published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, tears from women contain molecules that reduce violence in men. The study, directed by Shani Agron of Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, discovered that smelling tears reduces brain activity connected to aggres
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Study discovers training gut's immune system to combat detrimental effects
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In a new study, mice with immune systems that had been trained against the microbial protein flagellin did not experience the usual harmful repercussions of taking food additive emulsifiers, pointing to a potential new way to combat numerous chronic inflammatory illnesses. These findings we
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Wolves, dogs appear to remember where people hid food: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a research involving many wolves and dogs, both animals did better at finding hidden food if they had previously watched the food being hidden by a person, implying that they remembered where the food was and did not rely simply on scent to discover it. Sebastian Vetter of the University
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Study reveals how bright-light treatment improves sleep in stressed mice
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sleep disturbance is linked to chronic stress. In their current study, Lu Huang and colleagues uncover the brain circuit behind this behaviour and explain how bright-light treatment may combat it. The study was carried out in mice at Jinan University in China and was published in the open ac
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79 pc rise in cancer cases among those under 50 in three decades: Study
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
According to research published today in the open-access journal BMJ Oncology, there has been a startling 79 per cent rise in the number of new cases of cancer among those under 50 worldwide over the previous three decades (1990-2019)
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Hyperactivity disorder is risk factor for major mental health problems
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
As per the new study published in the open-access journal BMJ Mental Health, the hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD, is a separate risk factor for a number of common and significant mental health issues. The researchers advise health practitioners to be vigilant in an effort to
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Common supplements may reduce natural hearing loss: Research
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers report that age-related hearing loss is associated with a reduction in cholesterol in the inner ear. Experiments published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology reveal that phytosterol supplements can act in place of missing cholesterol and prevent sensory impairment in mice.
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