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'Wooden-shoe' wearers' achy-breaky feet
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered a pattern of unusual bone chips in the feet of clog-wearing 19th-Century Dutch farmers - injuries that offer clues to the damage we may unwittingly be causing to our own feet.
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Intensive glucose control in diabetes can up death risk
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 16 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that the common approach of intensive glucose control to achieve low blood sugar targets in type 2 diabetes can increase the risk of mortality.
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Here's why sleep is good for our memory
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): A team of researchers has shed new light on sleep's vital role in boosting our memory.
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This protein may be new weapon against cancer, birth defects
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): A team of researchers has come up with an artificial protein that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth defects.
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Most, but not all women affected by thin-ideal media
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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 14 (ANI): A team of researchers has measured women's perceptions of how media impacts their body image.
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Study finds impact of exposure to benzene during pregnancy
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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): In a bid to study the health impacts related to living near fracking sites where contaminants, including volatile organic compounds, are released, researchers at the Universite de Montreal Public Health Research Institute studied a group of pregnant women
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Declining sense of smell can identify patients with mild cognitive impairm
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], November 12 (ANI): Researchers have determined that a declining sense of smell may be able to identify patients with mild cognitive impairment that could respond to certain drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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A promising treatment to cut brain injury in newborns
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): A team of researchers has identified a promising treatment to reduce or prevent brain injury in newborns who have suffered hypoxia-ischemia, a serious complication in which restricted blood flow deprives the brain of oxygen.
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Scientists found effective method of preserving cells, tissues
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], November 6 (ANI): In a recent research, a group of scientists have found a new and effective method to acquire viable cells from cryopreserved tissue samples, which could help researchers to collect and analyse samples from different study sites to conduct more ce
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How obesity is changing risk, severity, cost of knee dislocations
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 4 (ANI): With rising rates of obesity in the United States (U.S.), a team of researchers has shed some light on the burden of knee dislocations in this population.
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Newly discovered disease causes kidney failure
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 4 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered an insidious new autoimmune disease that causes kidney failure.
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Eliminating viral hepatitis amongst children is need of the hour
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): Viral hepatitis is a global health problem. Researchers suggest without abolishing it in children, its elimination will be impossible.
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