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Study suggests gene variants increase risk of Addison's disease
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Solna [Sweden], February 11 (ANI): According to the largest genetic study to date on patients with Addison's disease --variants of nine genes increase the risk of developing Addison's disease, a rare disease in which the immune system attacks the adrenal glands.
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Study suggests why portraying humans as healthy machines can backfire
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Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Stanford University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores how human-as-machine representations affect consumers--specifically their eating behavior and health.
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Scientists suggest early Indian monsoon forecasts could benefit farmers
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Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Farmers in India should be provided with early forecasts of expected variations in the monsoon season in order to reduce crop losses, said a team of scientists.
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Link found between children's time perception, risk for developmental coor
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): Neuroscientists at McMaster University have found a link between children who are at risk for developmental coordination disorder (DCD), a common condition that can cause clumsiness, and difficulties with time perception such as interpreting changes in rhyt
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Study reveals Nehandertals' gut microbiota, bacteria helping our health
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Bologna [Italy], February 5 (ANI): Neanderthals' gut microbiota already included some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found in our own intestine, suggest the findings of a new study.
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A new method to predict individual risk of cognitive decline
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Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The early prognosis of high-risk older adults for amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), using non-invasive and sensitive neuro markers, is key for early prevention of Alzheimer's disease, suggested the findings of a new study.
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Study reveals brain-related visual problems may affect one in 30 primary s
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Bristol [England], February 3 (ANI): A brain-related visual impairment, which until recently was thought to be rare, may affect one in every 30 children according to new research investigating the prevalence of Cerebral Visual Impairment [CVI].
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Study analyses hormone seasonality in humans
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Tel Aviv [Israel], February 3 (ANI): A recent study has provided researchers with a dataset of millions of hormone tests from medical records that shows seasonality with a winter-spring peak in hormones for reproduction, growth, metabolism, and stress adaptation. The hormone seasonality indi
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Disposable face masks can be recycled to make roads to tackle COVID-genera
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Melbourne [Australia], February 2 (ANI): Researchers have shown how disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads, in a circular economy solution to pandemic-generated waste.
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Study offers clues on why psychiatric drugs work differently for women
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Colorado [USA], February 1 (ANI): New research, sheds light on one reason why drugs for mental illness work differently on men and women, and why these individual differences may exist. Turns out a key protein in the brain called AKT may function differently in males than females.
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Study reveals nutrition, companionship reduce pain in mice with sickle cel
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California [US], February 1 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that an enriched diet and companionship can reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease by increasing serotonin. They also discovered that duloxetine, an antidepressant that boosts serotonin levels, could be an alternative t
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Male breast cancer patients at increased risk of heart disease: Study
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Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, male breast cancer patients are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
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