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Risk factors for substance use and substance use disorder differ
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that not everyone who initiates the use of substance like, nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine ends up with a substance use disorder.
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Portfolio diet can lower heart disease risk
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 28(ANI): Turns out, portfolio diet, a plant-based way of eating , reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease including blood pressure, triglycerides, and inflammation.
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Can obesity alone increase death risk?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): According to a study, obesity sans other metabolic risk factors does not increase the risk of death.
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Oil prices seen as major risk to Indian economy: Moody's
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 4 (ANI): Credit rating agency Moody's in a recent survey has predicted that oil prices, government's recapitalization package, financing conditions and competition in the telecom sector are amongst the major risk factors for the Indian economy.
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Men-women pose different factors for developing brain cancer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): The researchers discovered that men and women have different genetic risk factors for developing brain cancer, also known as glioma.
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Undiagnosed hypertension one of leading risk factors for deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes have overtaken communicable diseases as the leading causes of mortality in urban areas, as per a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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Turns out, eggs don't break your heart
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): Despite the conflicting advice, eating up to 12 eggs per week for a year did not raise cardiovascular risk factors in the patients with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, according to a study.
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Does alcohol cause dementia?
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 16 (ANI): Turns out, alcohol consumption is one of the biggest risk factors for dementia.
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Obesity not linked with respiratory illness
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 01 (ANI): Seems like, obesity is not one of the risk factors for acute respiratory illnesses.
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Bariatric surgery during adolescence may help in later life
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): Bariatric surgery, when performed in adolescence, significant improves cardiovascular disease risk factors later in life, according to a study.
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The faster you eat, the more kilos you gain?
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 18 (ANI): Are you wondering why your waistline is expanding? Don't watch what you eat; watch how you eat.
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Comprehensive estimates, trends of disease burden, risk factor in India re
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India generated the
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