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Vehicular pollution escalates asthma risk in children: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 18 (ANI): A recent study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Journal showed that residential distance to a major road (a marker of exposure to traffic-related air pollution TRAP) is associated with increased allergic inflammation.
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Newly developed urine test could predict high-risk cervical cancer
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov. 18 (ANI): As per a recent research published in the Cancer Prevention Research journal, researchers have developed a urine test for the likely emergence of cervical cancer that is highly accurate compared to other tests based on genetic markers derived directly fro
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Your pessimistic attitude can kill you, says study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.17 (ANI): A recent study published in journal BMC Public Health has found that pessimism is associated with risk of death from coronary heart disease (CHD).
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75,000 children at risk of starving to death in Nigeria within months: UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Nov. 16 (ANI): The United Nations said on Tuesday that 75,000 children are at the risk of dying in "a few months" due to starvation in Nigeria following the Boko Haram insurgency in country's ravaged north-east parts.
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Black women face greater risk of breast cancer than whites: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): Black African women are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer than white women in England, a new analysis by the Cancer Research UK and Public Health England has found.
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Children of alcoholic parents face risk of underage drinking
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): Approach to preventing alcohol and drug use by some adolescents should begin in early childhood, suggests a study published in Developmental Psychology journal.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs help prevent heart attack risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults with cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking, but have not had a heart attack or stroke
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NCP chides Kejriwal, says will sue him for calling Pawar a black market tr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday warned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that he risked being sued for defaming their leader Sharad Pawar.
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Stop buying medicines if you are not going to have it as prescribed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI- Business Wire India): How often have you said this or heard people saying it? We forget many things in our daily lives, but there is a difference when we forget to take our prescribed medicines. If you missed yesterday's medicines, you can't take the
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Healthy lifestyle reduces even genetic heart attack risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.14 (ANI): A recent study has found that even among those at high genetic risk, following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar event.
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AxSpA patients, women at risk for manifestations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 13 (ANI): According to a new research, gender and disease duration can help predict which axial spondyloarthritis patients will develop extra-articular manifestations such as uveitis, or inflammation of the eye
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Graduate education might fill rheumatology workforce gap
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 13 (ANI): According to a new research, the U.S. adult rheumatology workforce is at risk of a serious decline but incentives to pursue rheumatology training, including help with graduate medical education funding, could provide critical relief.
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