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Autistic adults respond less to hearing their own name
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], January 30 (ANI): In a ground-breaking new research, a team of scientists showed for the first time that the brain's response to hearing one's own name is also diminished in adults with an autism diagnosis.
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Vitamin deficiency puts cancer cell into hibernation, finds study
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Jan 30 (ANI): In a significant new research, scientists have found a new potential therapeutic agent, diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), which effectively switches off cancer stem cells, preventing their proliferation.
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Heavy periods may soon become history
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [U.K.], January 29 (ANI): According to a recent study, heavy periods might soon become a thing of the past.
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Scientists move Doomsday Clock ahead to 2 minutes to midnight
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chicago [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Thursday moved the hands of the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" ahead to two minutes to midnight, the closest since the 1950s, amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change.
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New low-cost tool developed for bacteria detection in food, water
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jan. 24 (ANI): A team of scientists has reportedly developed a new low-cost method for detecting bacteria in food or water samples.
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Depression may shorten head, neck cancer patients' lives
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], January 22 (ANI): Sadness and anticipatory grief are normal reactions to the various crises faced during cancer and now, a recent study has found that even mild depressive symptoms were associated with poorer overall survival.
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E-cigarettes attracting more youths towards world of tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], January 16 (ANI): In a recent study, a group of scientists have found nonsmoking adolescents who use e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco water pipes are more likely to start smoking conventional cigarettes within a year.
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Here's why obese people find it difficult to lose weight
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): Are you one of those who exercise daily but are still unable to lose weight?
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When being fat is beneficial
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): Did you pile on the kilos this festive season? You can take a sigh of relief because being fat may not be as unhealthy as believed.
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Diabetes drug could treat Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): A diabetes drug may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease after "significantly" reversing memory loss in mice, say scientists.
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Eating more fibre can help you trim your waistline
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 31 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that eating more fibre can help trim one's waistline and combat obesity.
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Researchers find new ally against Tuberculosis infections
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], December 29 (ANI): Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. Compared with other diseases caused by a single infectious agent, tuberculosis is the second biggest killer, globally.
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