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Breakthrough study finds microbial gene discovery could mean greater gut h
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): As the owner of a human body, you are carrying trillions of microbes with you everywhere you go. These microscopic organisms are not just hitching a ride; many of them perform essential chemical reactions that regulate everything from our digestion to our immun
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Embryos of many species use sound to prepare for the outside world, finds
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 27 (ANI): It's well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine a hatchling's sex. Now, researchers writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution say that embryos of many different animal species also rely on acoustic signal
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Plant-based dinner could reduce risk of heart disease: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): People who eat too many refined carbs and fatty meats for dinner have a higher risk of heart disease than those who eat a similar diet for breakfast, according to a nationwide study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Meta
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Research could inform different treatments for chronic skin itch sufferers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): Chronic skin itching drives more people to the dermatologist than any other condition. In fact, the latest study by the Georgia Institute of Technology researchers finds that 7 per cent of the US adults, and between 10 and 20 per cent of people in developed cou
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Study finds zapping nerves with ultrasound, lowers drug-resistant blood pr
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Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney produced a clinically meaningful drop in blood pressure in people whose hypertension did not respond to a triple cocktail of medications, as per a new study.
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Mammals can use their intestines to breathe: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, according to a new study published in the journal Med.
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Researchers discover 18.5 million year old vine fossil as new species
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): An 18.5 million-year-old fossil found in Panama researchers at the Cornell University provides evidence of a new species and is the oldest reliable example of a climbing woody vine known as a liana from the soapberry family. The discovery sheds light on the evol
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Study finds evidence points to answer why COVID-19 is so hard to treat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], May 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Trinity College Dublin showed that a comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has a unique infectious profile, which explains why it can be so hard to treat and why some people experien
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Short-term exposure to air pollution may impede cognition, Aspirin could h
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance; however, these adverse effects were lessened in people taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, according to a new study led by research
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Satellite study finds rising levels of hidden air pollutants in Indian cit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 2 (ANI): A UK based study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, found that hidden air pollutants like fine particles- PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), both hazardous to health, are increasing in Indian cities.
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Researchers invent better tool for assessing infant brain health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain.
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Researchers reveal how brain flexibly processes complex information
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Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI): Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear.
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