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Coffee associated with improved survival in metastatic colorectal cancer p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], September 18 (ANI): In a large group of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, consumption of a few cups of coffee a day was associated with longer survival and a lower risk of the cancer worsening, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other organizations re
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US Embassy in Afghanistan warns of extremists' attacks on women
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Embassy in Afghanistan has issued a security alert for its citizens, warning about an increased risk of attacks on women by the extremist organisations.
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Financial sector confronts deforestation as a key ESG risk: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 18 (ANI): The environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors could increasingly influence global banks' financing activities relating to commodity producers in forest-risk regions as deforestation is under growing scrutiny from activists and policymakers, Fitch Rat
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Potential COVID-19 drug azithromycin may increase risk for cardiac events
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Azithromycin -- a commonly-prescribed antibiotic -- is being investigated as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
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Children who take steroids at increased risk for diabetes, high blood pres
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and blood clots, according to Rutgers researchers.
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Higher risk of betting in IPL than bilateral ties, says Sportradar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], September 17 (ANI): They might have worked earlier with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Cricket Australia (CA), but this will be Sportradar's first tryst with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). And having come on board for the 13th edition of the India
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Pandemic poses risk to decade of progress in health, education, child surv
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI/Sputnik): A decade of growth of the Human Capital index, defined by improvements in health, education and child survival rates, faces an unprecedented threat from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic unless nations begin developing long-term protection
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Study focuses on predicting therapeutic response in depressed teen girls
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], September 16 (ANI): The risk of developing the major depressive disorder (MDD) surges during adolescence-particularly for girls. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be an effective treatment, but only about half of girls diagnosed with depression show significant impr
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Study finds middle-aged adults with healthy heart habits may lower high bl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dallas [US], September 16 (ANI): Better heart health, as measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 (LS7) scale, was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) in middle-aged, Black and white adults, according t
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Economy showing sign of stability, but recovery to be gradual: RBI Governo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 16 (ANI): India's economic recovery is likely to be gradual as the country is still reeling from the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) and rising infections continue to pose a risk, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday.
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Study connects hormones to lifetime risk for immunological diseases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Differences in biological sex can dictate lifelong disease patterns, says a new study by Michigan State University researchers that links connections between specific hormones present before and after birth with immune response and lifelong immunological
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Opposition parties putting lives at risk for 'narrow political gains': Ker
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 15 (ANI): Hitting out at the Opposition for carrying out protests while violating COVID-19 protocol, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that opposition parties in the state were putting people's lives at risk for "narrow political gains
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