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DNA breakthrough detects genetic diversity of invasive fish: Research
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ecologists have proven that the genetic material that species shed into their environments can reveal not only the presence of the species but also a wide range of information about the genetics of whole populations — information that may assist scientists to trace the source of a new invasi
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Healthy guts containing mature bacteria linked to less allergy-related wh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, babies and young children with better-developed populations of gut bacteria are less likely to develop allergy-related wheezing or asthma.
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Socially vulnerable communities are affected by poor water quality: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent investigation into the connections between poor drinking water quality and social vulnerability in the United States, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by IOP Publishing, shows that these violations disproportionately harm the most vulnerable populations.
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Study shows how immune cells migrate along self-generated gradients
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The researchers shed light on the immune cells' capacity to collectively migrate through diverse environments in their work, which was published today in Science Immunology.
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Parental incarceration increases cardiovascular risk in young adults: Stud
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that can have long-term impacts on one's physical and mental health. Parental figure incarceration is an (ACE) that disproportionately affects underprivileged populations, but little is known about its physical effects.
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Scientists reveal how living alone can put people with cognitive decline a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
One in every four senior Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone, making them vulnerable to risky driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications, and skipping appointments.
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Researchers reveal how living alone can put people with cognitive decline
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a study led by UC San Francisco and published in JAMA Network Open on August 18, 2023, patients living alone with cognitive decline, whose numbers are expected to rise as the population ages, are not effectively served by the American health system.
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Researchers find genetic mutation for Alzheimer’s disease linked with high
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Apolipoprotein-4 allele has been linked to an increased risk for a number of diseases in ageing populations, particularly Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, this genetic mutation continues to be common in about 20% of the human population despite its harmful effects. A
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Unhappy family or trauma in youth leads to poor health in old age: Researc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Adverse childhood experiences, particularly those involving violence, have repercussions later in life that include both physical and mental impairments.
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Study finds how micronutrient in human breast milk linked to newborns’ bra
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A recent study by researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk benefits newborns' developing brains significantly. This finding sheds more light on the relationship between nutrition and
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WHO lauds countries for scaling up routine immunization, urges efforts mus
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia, in a press statement, said, "The countries and partners agencies must continue to and scale up efforts to identify the unvaccinated children, strengthen capacities of the health workforce, better understand and engage with vul
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Uniform Civil Code has to consider aspects relating to Hindu Undivided Fam
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Implementations of the Uniform Civil Code will not be easy as it has to face various issues dealing with Hindu Undivided Family and some indigenous populations where the inheritance is matrilineal.
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