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Study finds link between healthcare inequities, stroke treatment
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
People with stroke may obtain treatment with clot-busting medications based on social characteristics like education, neighbourhood, and employment, according to a new study.
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More than 40 pc pillion riders do not wear helmets, sustain serious injuri
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In the study years 2021-22, most of the patients who were admitted to the trauma centre during road accidents were those who were not wearing a helmet while driving. This also includes the two-wheeler driver as well as the pillion passenger who did not wear a helmet and suffered serious inju
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Poor sleep health is linked with muscle dysmorphia: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Past studies indicate that, on average, adolescents and young adults are sleeping less than the recommended 7 to 10 hours per night.
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Daylight saving time has minimal effect on heart health: Study
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Researchers concentrated on the week immediately following the spring and autumn DST transitions when clocks are changed either an hour forward or backwards.
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Abdominal fat can influence brain health, cognition in high Alzheimer's ri
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to researchers at Rutgers Health, the impact of abdominal fat on brain health and cognition is often greater in middle-aged men at high risk of Alzheimer's disease than in women.
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Study reveals role of cholesterol in pain perception
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
When you stub your toe or hit your head, you know that rubbing the area can help relieve the pain. But how? New research from the work of Scott B. Hansen, Ph.D., demonstrates how physical pressure on cells may reduce pain signals, whereas excessive cholesterol clumps in cell membranes can in
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Vaping can enhance vulnerability to infection with SARS-CoV-2: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a study, vapers are susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 and continues to infect people all over the world.
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Butterflies mimic each other's flight patterns to evade predators: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers discovered that inedible butterfly species that replicate one other's colour patterns have developed similar flight habits to warn predators and avoid being eaten.
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Small intestine adapts its size based on nutritional intake: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
One of the most striking examples of gut plasticity can be seen in animals that are subjected to prolonged periods of fasting, such as hibernating animals or phyton snakes that go months without eating, where the gut shrinks by up to 50 per cent but recovers in size after a few days of refee
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Study reveals how innovative chemotherapy approach works against lung canc
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Lung cancer is not the most frequent type of cancer, but it is by far the most deadly. Despite therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all persons with the disease will live more than five years following diagnosis, and the World Health Organiz
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Yoga gives distinct cognitive advantages to older women at risk of Alzheim
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new UCLA Health study discovered that Kundalini yoga improved cognition and memory in older women at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by restoring neural pathways, preventing brain matter decline, and reversing ageing and inflammation-associated biomarkers - improvements not seen in
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Gut bacteria may cause blindness due to some inherited eye conditions: Stu
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sight loss in certain inherited eye illnesses may be caused by gut bacteria and could be treated with antimicrobials, according to a new study in mice conducted by a UCL and Moorfields researcher.
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