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Study: Close monitoring for heart risk needed if breast, prostate cancer t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dallas [US], April 26 (ANI): According to an American Heart Association scientific statement, the hormonal therapies used to treat many breast and prostate cancers raise the risk of a heart attack and stroke, and patients should be monitored regularly and receive treatment to reduce risk and
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Researches find body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): A study in cells and mice finds an opioid-receptor modifying compound that works to relieve pain using the body's own pain-killers, with fewer side effects than opioids.
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Researchers find simple foot test detects heart rhythm disorder in patient
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], April 24 (ANI): Atrial fibrillation can be detected during annual foot assessments in patients with diabetes, according to research presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
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Scientists develop e-health patches to monitor pulse, blood pressure
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Scientists at Osaka University, in cooperation with JOANNEUM RESEARCH (Weiz, Austria), introduced wireless health monitoring patches that use embedded piezoelectric nanogenerators to power themselves with harvested biomechanical energy.
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Researchers find new blood markers may reveal heart attack in chest pain p
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): A new study published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine identified telltale markers in the blood of heart attack patients that distinguished them from patients suffering chest pain with other causes. The researchers hope that the
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Researchers develop personalized, 3D printed shields to protect patients d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], April 22 (ANI): In a new paper, a team of investigators describe efforts to develop a new personalized, 3D-printed device intended to shield patients who are undergoing radiation therapy and prevent radiation-induced toxicity.
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Smartphone app detects silent atrial fibrillation in American Indians
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dallas [US], April 21 (ANI): A smartphone-based electrocardiogram (ECG) screening accurately detected previously unknown atrial fibrillation in American Indians, and more than half who were diagnosed with the irregular heart rhythm were younger than the recommended screening age of 65, accor
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Gene therapy shows promise in initial trial for patients with childhood bl
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Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], April 20 (ANI): A new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision, according to initial data from a clinical trial led by researchers.
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Study focuses on designing healthy diets with computer analysis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], April 20 (ANI): The findings of a novel research suggest a new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut which could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases.
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Study claims good dental health may help prevent heart infection from mout
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): According to a new study, maintenance of good oral health is more important than the use of antibiotics in dental procedures for some heart patients to prevent a heart infection caused by bacteria around the teeth.
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Researchers discover new amphibious centipede species in Okinawa, Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 18 (ANI): A new species of large, tropical centipede of genus Scolopendra has been discovered by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hosei University in Okinawa and Taiwan.
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Researchers shed light on effect of climate change on good coffee producti
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Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): A new study by an international team of researchers looked at the peculiar effects climate change has on Africa's largest coffee-producing nation, Ethiopia.
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