Search For "risk"
Cosmic rays may have put Apollo astronauts at increased heart risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 29 (ANI): Seems like deep space has stamped its mark on those who dared to go there as a recent study has found that members of the successful Apollo space program are experiencing higher rates of heart problems.
Read More
Not enough proof that skin cancer screening benefits outweigh risks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 28 (ANI): Frowning upon the regular full-body exams for skin cancer, members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said that there is not enough proof that they are more beneficial than damaging.
Read More
Brain games can ward off dementia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): Turns out, lowering your risk of dementia is as simple as playing a computer game.
Read More
This is your brain on 'risk-taking'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): A new study has shed light on what's going on inside our heads as we decide whether or not a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Read More
Smell test can reveal if you are at Alzheimer's risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): An odour identification test can tell whether or not your loved one is at risk of Alzheimer's disease, suggests a recent study.
Read More
Ancient Himalayan temples offer clues to earthquake risks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): Tilted pillars, cracked steps and sliding stone canopies in a number of 7th-century A.D. temples in northwest India are among the telltale signs that seismologists are using to shed some light on historic earthquakes.
Read More
Low physical capacity, a 'second-deadliest' risk factor for men
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): A new study in middle-aged men has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to smoking.
Read More
Breast milk cuts infection risk in preemies
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): Mommies, breast milk has the power to ward off infections in premature babies, suggests a recent study.
Read More
More than 90m people may get Zika over next few years
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): As many as 93 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, including 1.6 million childbearing women, are at risk of catching the Zika virus before the epidemic burns out, according to a team of researchers.
Read More
Zika risk at Rio Olympics 'low'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): People traveling to Brazil for the Olympic Games next month can breathe a little sigh of relief as a team of researchers has claimed that the risk of international spread due to the event is low.
Read More
Vines putting tropical forests at risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 25 (ANI): Tropical forests are taking longer than expected to recover from felling and other forms of deforestation, thanks to woody climbing vines called lianas.
Read More
Bank of Baroda, CreditMantri to launch first-of-kind lending program
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jul 25 (ANI): Bank of Baroda has announced today that they are working with CreditMantri to launch a first of a kind credit product, wherein data from traditional and alternate data sources is used to help evaluate an applicant's credit worthiness and make a credit risk decis
Read More