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Cut chores, kill chill time: New advice to boost children's academic outco
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], October 30 (ANI): Exploring associations between 24-hour daily activities (sleep, sedentary time, light physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) and academic achievement, a world-first study found that the fewer time children spent in light physical
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Decision conflict before cancer surgery correlates with lower activity aft
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Boston [US], October 30 (ANI): Nearly one-third of cancer patients who decide to undergo surgery for their condition may have second thoughts, and this decision conflict may lead to less favourable treatment outcomes in both near and long term, according to a team of investigators.
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New study shows food rich in omega-3 EPA, ALA can reduce risk of death aft
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], October 28 (ANI): A new study found that regular consumption of foods rich in omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), found in marine foods like fatty fish, and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), found in plant foods like walnuts, was associated with improved outcomes in individual
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Study reveals effects of social determinants of health on kidney transplan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Certain social determinants of health predict patient-reported outcomes in potential kidney transplant recipients, according to a study.
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Blood transfusion increases risk of surgery outcomes in neonates, suggests
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Delaware [US], October 25 (ANI): A recent study suggested that blood transfusions may have a potential danger on the outcomes of surgeries on newborns.
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COVID-19 interventions can cut virus infections, severe outcomes and healt
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the COVID-19 can reduce the peak number of infections, daily infection rates, cumulative infections, and overall deaths, a new study suggested
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Study finds critically ill infants given blood transfusion before surgery
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Delaware [US], October 21 (ANI): Critically ill newborns who receive blood transfusions prior to surgery had about a 50% increased rate of complications or death than those who did not receive transfusions, according to a new study.
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Cabinet approves STARS programme under New Education Policy, focus on impr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Cabinet on Wednesday approved Strengthening Teaching Learning and Results for States (STARS) programme under the New Education Policy.
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Stay-at-home orders cut noise exposure nearly in half amid COVID-19: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Michigan [US], October 10 (ANI): People's exposure to environmental noise dropped nearly in half during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the University of Michigan researchers who analysed data from the Apple Hearing Study.
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Research shows benefits, risks of treating appendicitis with antibiotics i
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Houston [US], October 6 (ANI): Results of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial shed light on when antibiotics instead of surgery might be the better choice for treating appendicitis in some patients, according to a new study.
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Study suggests gut microbiome may influence cancer patients response to or
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], October 4 (ANI): The way gut microbiome interacts with oral medication in prostate cancer patients has been illustrated in a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University. The study also suggests that the bacteria in the gut play a role in treatment
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Personalised cancer therapy improves outcomes in advanced disease: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], October 3 (ANI): Patients receiving care for advanced cancer at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health were more likely to survive or experience a longer period without their disease progressing if they received personalised cancer therapy, reported University of Califo
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