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Study finds why men face higher risk of most cancers than women
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Men have a higher incidence of most cancers than women. A study showed that the cause could be underlying biological sex differences rather than behavioural differences related to smoking, alcohol consumption, food, and other things.
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Vegetarian women more likely to suffer hip fracture than meat-eating women
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Woodhouse (Leeds) [UK], August 11 (ANI): Compared to habitual meat eaters, vegetarians have a 33% higher risk of hip fracture, according to a study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women.
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Protest in China's Henan underscore risks bank faces as real estate sector
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 12 (ANI): Recent protests in China's Henan province underline the risks being faced by banks as the real estate sector continues to struggle.
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Upper heart chamber abnormalities lead to increased dementia risk: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dallas [US], August 12 (ANI): According to new research, structural or functional abnormalities inside the heart's left atrium, with or without symptoms, may increase a person's risk of acquiring dementia later in life by 35 per cent. Dementia risk increased even in those who did not have at
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Nanoparticle treatment may benefit individuals hospitalized with severe CO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, an experimental dendrimer nanoparticle medication called OP-101 significantly lowered the risk of death and the need for a ventilator in a study of 24 seriously ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Risk of dementia might be higher if an upper heart chamber is abnormal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to new research, structural or functional abnormalities in the heart's left atrium, with or without symptoms, may increase a person's risk of acquiring dementia later in life by 35%.
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Study: Vegetarian women are at higher risk of hip fracture than habitual m
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Woodhouse (Leeds) [UK], August 11 (ANI): According to research of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women, vegetarians have a 33% higher risk of hip fracture than habitual meat eaters.
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Extreme heat and drought events necessitate more thorough risk assessment:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], August 11 (ANI): The economy, public health, and food production are just a few of the effects of simultaneous extreme heat and drought events. Additionally, as a result of the intricate socioeconomic connections, such extreme events may have a domino effect, according
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G7 demands Russian withdrawal from Ukraine's nuclear power plant
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], August 10 (ANI): The Group of Seven (G7) nations on Wednesday asked Russia to vacate Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine citing a risk of a dangerous nuclear accident.
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Bangladesh Finance Minister warns developing nations of Chinese loans stra
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 10 (ANI): Warning developing countries of taking Chinese loans through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Bangladesh's finance minister Mustafa Kamal said that the nations must think twice about these loans as Beijing's poor lending decisions risk pushing these na
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Laos finds itself in China's 'debt trap': Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], August 10 (ANI): Laos, a south-east Asian nation is at a high risk of default as the country has taken huge loans from China to build its large-scale infrastructure projects, giving new momentum to the 'debt trap' diplomacy.
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Rare large fungal ball extracted from elderly patient's aortic heart valve
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The doctors at a private hospital in the national capital successfully treated a 70-year-old male patient, with fungal endocarditis, a rare condition in which fungus had developed in the heart's aortic valve, said the hospital officials said on Tuesday.
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