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Disturbing sleep schedule on weekends has health consequences
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): People who have different sleep patterns on the weekends than they do during the work week may experience 'social jet lag', which according to a recent study has health consequences.
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When it comes to marijuana as stress buster, less is more
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): A recent study has confirmed that small doses of medical marijuana do help relieve stress, but taking more can have an opposite effect.
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Specific long-term therapy may not save older women from fractures
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Older women may want to rethink about getting a specific long-term therapy as according to a recent study, it may not prevent fractures.
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For some UTIs, antibiotic risks outweigh benefits
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Antibiotics may not be the appropriate treatment for some urinary tract infections or UTIs, a recent study has suggested.
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Patients nearing death don't mind 'deprescrition' of statin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Patients nearing the end of their lives because of a "life-limiting illness," such as cancer or heart disease, may not feel medically abandoned if their doctor wants to take them off the cholesterol-lowering statins, according to a recent study.
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Is your sleep apnea putting your baby at risk?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): Babies born to mothers with sleep apnea have a higher risk of congenital anomalies and are likelier to need resuscitation at birth, according to a recent study.
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1 in 3 hospitalized patients suffers from depression: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A recent study suggests one in three hospitalized patients show symptoms of depression which could delay recovery time, increase length of hospital stays and increase the frequency of readmissions.
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Pot-smokers don't necessarily quit after becoming parents
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 2 (ANI): Marijuana-smokers often cut back after becoming parents, but they don't necessarily quit, a recent study has found.
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Tourists run risk of mistaking wild monkeys' angry pouts for 'ki
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): Wildlife tourists are at a risk of being bitten by wild monkeys as many misread the animals' facial expressions, according to a recent study.
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The tale of sperm's 'bendy' tail
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): A sperm tail utilises interconnected elastic springs to transmit mechanical information to distant parts of the tail, helping it to bend and ultimately swim towards an egg, according to a recent study.
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New teen drivers 3 times as likely to be involved in deadly crash
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): Parents, do you let your teen turn a key in an ignition? According to a recent study, new teen drivers aged 16-17 years old are three times as likely as adults to be involved in a deadly crash.
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How multiple exposures to anaesthesia risk your kid's memory
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): A recent study has found that repeated exposure to a common anaesthesia drug early in life results in visual recognition memory impairment, which emerges after the first year of life and may persist long-term.
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