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Mediterranean diet may decrease risk of prostate cancer progression
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): In a study to examine a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers found that men with localized prostate cancer who reported a baseline dietary pattern that more closely follows the key principle
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'Why expose people to risk?' Kejriwal urges Centre to extend ban on UK fli
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit out at the Centre for partially lifting the ban and resuming flights between India and the UK amid concerns over the new mutant strain of SARS-Cov-2 virus.
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Human migration patterns are connected to Vitamin D deficiencies: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Oxford [UK], January 7 (ANI): A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers found that people's ability to synthesize Vitamin D from sunlight declines with skin pigmentation, and unveiled the direct association of its deficiency with a higher risk of mortality.
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Opioid use might increase risk of developing pancreatic cancer
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that opioid use might increase a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
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Smoking associated with increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms, suggests stud
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 6 (ANI): Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to attend hospital than non-smokers, a study has found.
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Study reveals sexual dysfunction hits some women harder than others as the
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Cleveland [Ohio], January 6 (ANI): A new study identified the determinants that affect a woman's risk of sexual dysfunction and sought to determine the effectiveness of hormone therapy in decreasing that risk and modifying sexual behaviour.
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Common drug may protect hearts from damage caused by breast cancer chemoth
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], January 6 (ANI): New research shows statins, a drug commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, may also protect the heart from damaging side-effects of early breast cancer treatment.
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New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn't work fo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): Lithium is considered the gold standard for treating bipolar disorder (BD), but nearly 70 per cent of people with BD don't respond to it. This leaves them at risk for debilitating, potentially life-threatening mood swings. Researchers at the Salk Institute h
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Bone fracture risk may increase when critical enzymatic processes decline
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): A new study suggests that a loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person's risk of bone fracture.
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Unseemly haste risks jeopardising India's good reputation: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): A day after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called Shashi Tharoor a cynic for criticising the Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) approval of COVAXIN for "restricted use in an emergency situation" without this COVID-19 vaccine havin
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Ind vs Aus: Disagreement over quarantine rules puts Brisbane Test at risk
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], January 3 (ANI): With reports coming in that the Indian squad is not too keen to travel to Queensland if strict quarantine protocols need to be followed, the state's Health Shadow Minister Ros Bates has said that rules need to be followed.
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Study indicates malaria risk can be accelerated by multiple mosquito blood
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 3 (ANI): A recent research by Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health revealed that multiple blood meals by mosquitoes increase malaria transmission potential and shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites.
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