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Study reveals biologic therapy for psoriasis may reduce heart disease
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dallas [USA], September 15 (ANI): Patients with psoriasis treated with biologic therapy, which are protein-based infusions to suppress inflammation, had a significant reduction in high-risk plaque in heart arteries, over one-year, according to new research.
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MPs are 'warriors' performing duty while at risk of acquiring COVID infect
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Appreciating the parliamentarians for risking their lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic while attending the monsoon session, Rajya Sabha Congress Member of Parliament KTS Tulsi on Tuesday said they are also the corona "warriors".
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Older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer's at risk of falls
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 15 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that, in older people without cognitive problems who experience a fall, the process of neurodegeneration that leads to Alzheimer's dementia already may have begun.
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Loneliness doubled among older adults in first months of COVID-19, poll sh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Staying close to home and avoiding crowded places can help older adults reduce their risk of COVID-19. But a new national poll suggests it comes with a cost, especially for those with health challenges.
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Asthma patients given risky levels of steroid tablets, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], September 14 (ANI): A recent study found that more than one-quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets. With the findings, researchers warned that the prescription of dangerous amounts of steroid tablets puts them
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Has COVID-19 increased the risk of modern slavery in Asia?
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore, September 14 (ANI): A recently published study revealed that the risk of modern slavery is higher than at any point since 2017 in manufacturing hubs across Asia.
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Improved early psychosis detection system may halve risk in young people
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 14 (ANI): Doctors have developed a new data mining method to detect many young people with emerging psychosis.
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ICICI Lombard announces bancassurance tie-up with Yes Bank
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 14 (ANI): ICICI Lombard General Insurance said on Monday it has entered into a bancassurance tie-up with Yes Bank to make insurance more accessible to customers across 28 states and 8 union territories.
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Surat doctor who risked life to save patient shifted to Chennai for treatm
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], September 13 (ANI): Dr. Sanket Mehta, (Anesthesiologist) Surat, who himself was COVID positive and admitted at a hospital in Surat from last 42 days, saved the life of another covid positive patient by performing intubation while he himself was on Oxygen support.
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Study reveals depression risk maybe detected by measuring heart rate chang
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, doctors have shown that measuring changes in 24-hour heart rate can reliably indicate whether or not someone is depressed.
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Electroconvulsive therapy shown to significantly reduce suicide risk in bi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): One of the largest ever studies of patients with untreatable bipolar disorder has shown that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) was able to reduce suicide risk by 84 per cent in high-risk patients, as well as giving effective treatment to around 72 per cent
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Study suggests adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): High avoidance, low conscientiousness, and parent's substance abuse history found amongst adolescents could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, over a three year period.
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