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Reducing hazards, decluttering prevent falls among older people at home, r
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a recent Cochrane research, reducing hazards from the home, such as clutter, unrailing stairs, and inadequate lighting, can reduce older people's risk of falling by roughly a fourth.
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Researchers reveal smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Smoke from a wildfire may travel to great heights and linger there for up to a year. The protective ozone layer that shields the Earth from the sun's harmful UV rays while suspended there may be eroded by these particles, revealed a recent MIT study.
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Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demo
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Study shows how BMI affects long-term outcomes of 'partial' knee arthropla
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Long-term outcomes for patients with higher BMI getting unicompartmental or "partial" knee replacements (UKR) are improved when the implant is put using a cementless rather than cemented technique, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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Natural peptides may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes, other obesity-related
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An innovative strategy to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related disorders including hepatic steatosis may exist thanks to a peptide (small protein) called PEPITEM, according to recent research (fatty liver).
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Study finds soft gingiva results in inflammation, hinders the development
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The many gingival fibres that connect the tooth to the gingiva, the tissue region that surrounds our teeth, allow healthy teeth to firmly rest in the gums. Fibroblasts, which are cells that help connective tissue form, are found in the gingiva. Researchers from Tohoku University have shown t
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Dim lights before bedtime to reduce gestational diabetes risk: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, pregnant women should dim their home's lights and switch off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to lower their risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
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Study reveals how nerves, immune cells interaction in lungs can contribute
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The most prevalent chronic condition in children, allergic asthma can last into adulthood and is characterised by wheezing and breathing difficulties brought on by inhaled allergens such pollen, mould, and pet dander. The interaction between nerves and immune cells in the lungs can play a ro
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Study reveals how reducing hazards, decluttering at home prevent falls amo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A recent Cochrane study found that removing risks from the home, such as clutter, stairways without rails, and poor illumination, can cut older people's chance of falling by about a fourth.
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All work, no independent play pose threat to children's mental health
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Findings, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, suggest that the rise in mental health disorders is attributed to a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam and engage in activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults. Although well inten
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Honey bees use social learning to enhance their waggle dance: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and the University of California San Diego demonstrated in a study published in Science that honey bees use social signal learning to increase their capacity to waggle dance.
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Ozone pollution is linked with increased hospitalizations for heart diseas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The European Heart Journal, a publication of the European Society of Cardiology, published the first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is related to significant increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure, and stroke (ESC). Even ozon
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