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Study explains how heart disease deaths can be prevented by changing diet
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The number of people dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is steadily rising.
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Study reveals new method to boost immunity to viral infections
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A syndrome known as immunological "exhaustion" occurs when the immune system, particularly T cells, are severely weakened by cancer and severe viral infections. Overcoming immunological exhaustion is a key goal in the development of new drugs for serious viral infections or cancer.
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Study reveals music helps to treat substance use disorders in men
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Utilized as a powerful healing therapy in Peru is music. A man's drug and alcohol addiction treatment programme includes icaros, or traditional songs. At the Takiwasi Center for Drug Addiction Rehabilitation and Research on Traditional Medicines in Tarapoto, Peru, ayahuasca healing ceremonie
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Researchers find how women burn fat even after menopause
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
It is believed that women's capacity to utilise fat as a fuel is compromised by the oestrogen deficit that results from menopause. According to a study done at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyvaskyla, neither menopausal status nor blood oestrogen levels reliab
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Researchers identify two distinct types of obesity
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists identified two distinct types of obesity, each with physiological and molecular differences that might have long-term implications for health, disease, and medication response.
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Study finds genes influence cats' response to disease medication
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Cats develop hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, which causes the heart muscle to thicken. As the illness progresses, cats can develop blood clots in their hearts, which can dislodge and cause excruciating pain, anxiety, or even death.
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People sleep least in their early 30s to early 50s: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers from UCL, the University of East Anglia, and the University of Lyon discovered that people sleep less in mid-adulthood than they do in early and late adulthood in a new study.
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Study shows microglia cells colonize the human brain in waves
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New research published today by the University of Southampton shows new insight into how our brain develops, which can pave the way for treating neurological disorders.
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Research shows the role empathy may play in music
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Can people who understand the emotions of others better interpret emotions conveyed through music? A new study by an international team of researchers suggests that abilities are linked.
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Researchers look to licorice for promising cancer treatments
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A research review into molecular insights of a licorice-derived substance called glycyrrhizin for preventing or treating cancer suggests further research could lead to specific agents for clinical use.
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Researchers find ketamine can increase brain noise
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
An international team of researchers has found that ketamine, being an NMDA receptor inhibitor, increases the brain's background noise, causing higher entropy of incoming sensory signals and disrupting their transmission between the thalamus and the cortex.
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Study: Lab results don't always paint full picture for antiphospholipid sy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Patients with Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS0, an autoimmune disease that preferentially affects women, are typically given different medications to reduce their risk of blood clotting and help normalize lab values such as platelet count. Despite this, patients sometimes internally feel that
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